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  TBO is not a reason to do anything to an engine

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  If you lose a cylinder in your Cessna 150 you are down on a road somewhere

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  Am I doing anything evil?

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  That installation is fraught with peril

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  "I'm an old mechanic and really like the idea of priming and painting"

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  That's an oft-reported myth

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  Is this like pulling a mattress tag off?

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  You're going to give him nightmares

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  He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy

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  Just be sure you lube it with something

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  If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off

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  It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens

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  Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation

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  That's an urban legend

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  More time to fly, less time to turn wrenches