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Sid Mayeux

Sid Mayeux
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Sid "Scroll" Mayeux has over 25 years of experience in aviation training, safety, and risk management in the military, civilian, airline, and general aviation sectors. He currently trains Boeing 777 pilots, and he built and is flying a Van's RV-7A.

Preparing for Flight Test Unknowns

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Admit it: We're all amateurs. Unless we're actual test pilots, none of us are test pilots. Yet, when we sign the checks for those...

Risky Business

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Knock it off.

In Case You Missed It

Completions

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Stephen Port's RV-8Here is my RV-8 that I completed in June 2017. I...

Conflicting Cues

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Many years ago, after a visit to my snowbird parents, I was IFR and...

The Home Machinist

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If you need to send a part out to be built by a professional shop, a good drawing, well identified, is essential. The KISS principle applies, and be sure you don't request closer tolerances or more exotic materials than you really need, or it will cost you.

RV-8 on Ice

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The effects of icing on aircraft performance.