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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.

Limitations

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Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry) once said, "A man's got to know his limitations." I think that when it comes to building and flying...

Checkpoints

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Alternative engines.

Checkpoints

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Fly-in gems.

Checkpoints

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Advice for flying in Alaska.

Checkpoints

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Alaska anyone?

Checkpoints

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Pre-buy inspections.

Checkpoints

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Touchscreen transition.

Checkpoints: Condition Inspections

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I promised I would cover condition inspections in a future article, and having just completed a number of condition inspections for some non-builder owners,...

Checkpoints

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Those pesky inspections.

Checkpoints

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First flights.

In Case You Missed It

No Two Rivets Alike

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It's a first-world problem—I admit it. With too many airplanes in our little fleet,...

Ray Hill’s Wag-A-Bond

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The honest airplane.

Archive: March 2013

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On the cover of our March 2013 issue was the last fully new airplane...

Sikaflex Canopy Bond

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Tips for making The Big Cut and bonding a canopy.