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Still trying to find out details. I know a Cirrus popped their chute. I believe the other was a helicopter. Edit/Update: A cirrus (N122ES) and an R44 helicopter (N7518Q) collided in the pattern. The helicopter went down near some self storage units with all three killed. The cirrus popped...

We had the W&B redone. The empty weight is 50lbs higher than it should be. Lets assume the scale isn't wrong. So we're trying to figure out where the 50lb anvil is hiding in this little thing. Examining all the logs, we found that the plane got a repaint without stripping the old paint. Not...

To date, training has always been "mixture full rich - check". Lean it out as you climb and in cruise. Then obviously bring it back in as you descend. And full rich for landing. This is all in a C150. I've been reading about folks who say you should lean the mixture to max RPM at any...