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    Failed Checklist

    October 27, 2016

    What's wrong with the picture above?  It's a battery connection.  A few weeks ago when the pilot who will remain nameless switched to Battery 2 mid-flight everything electrical failed...jet engine, radio, flight computer, transponder, and electric vario.

    Why would you not want to ruin a possibly 900km day with a measly 400km flight because you ran out of battery? Well based on

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