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__BRAINTEASERS Quiz #72 — Grab Those VFR Sectional Charts And FlyFAR 91.103 says that you need “all available information” before launching on any flight. Yeah, right. Where’s a PIC supposed to glean all that stuff? Surprisingly, much of what you need — IFR or VFR — is on the lowly VFR sectional chart. But you need to decode a few things … _SKYWRITINGS A Different 9/11For AVweb editor Glenn Pew, five years of building and many more years of scheming to complete his one-of-a-kind, (almost) 200-mph, 3000-fpm, fully aerobatic kitplane would prove its worth in one day — first flight. Unfortunately, some things don’t work out the way you hope.

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Published Sep 10, 2003 12:00 AM EDT

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BRAINTEASERS
Quiz #72 -- Grab Those VFR Sectional Charts And Fly
FAR 91.103 says that you need "all available information" before launching on any flight. Yeah, right. Where's a PIC supposed to glean all that stuff? Surprisingly, much of what you need -- IFR or VFR -- is on the lowly VFR sectional chart. But you need to decode a few things ...

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SKYWRITINGS
A Different 9/11
For AVweb editor Glenn Pew, five years of building and many more years of scheming to complete his one-of-a-kind, (almost) 200-mph, 3000-fpm, fully aerobatic kitplane would prove its worth in one day -- first flight. Unfortunately, some things don't work out the way you hope.

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