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Vic Syracuse

Vic Syracuse
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Vic is a fixed-wing and helicopter commercial pilot, CFII with ASMEL/ASES ratings, an A&P/IA, DAR, and EAA technical advisor and flight counselor. Passionately involved in aviation for over 40 years, he has built 11 aircraft and logged over 10,000 hours in 72 different kinds of aircraft. Vic volunteers as a Young Eagle pilot, has his own sport aviation business called Base Leg Aviation, and has written two books on aircraft prebuy and condition inspections.

Checkpoints

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Improving the safety record.

Unairworthy

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Loose alternate air door.

Checkpoints

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Prebuy inspection success tips.

That electric feeling

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Well, the weather came back with a vengeance today at SNF, but nothing stops the dedicated crew at Van's from helping a builder. So,...

Talking about weather – or not?

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So here we are prior to opening day at SUN N FUN 2018 and I managed to catch the Scoopmaster himself, Paul Dye, with...

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Three common discrepancies.

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Missing baffling screws.

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So, what's the Homebuilt Council?

Windy at Sebring

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The Light Sport Expo in Sebring Florida is in full swing for the 3rd day. Lots of vendors and foot traffic as well. Unfortunately,...

Unairworthy

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Throttle interference.

In Case You Missed it

3D Printing to the Rescue!

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Saving a $1,000 headset by making a new earcup bracket.

Tube-Notching Made Easy

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Tubemiter software creates perfect templates for fishmouths. By Jeff Point.

Inserting Bolts, Installing Nuts

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I never set out to write a hardware trilogy, yet here we are. A...

Second Chance Six

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Part 5: Uncovering the history of N2165U and doing lots of sanding.