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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.

Avilution – The New Way to EFIS

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  Every once in a while you happen onto something actually NEW at SNF, not just improved. So it was today when I met Mark...

Checkpoints

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Go/no-go decisions.

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,...

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