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by Chanse Watson
Fri May 04, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Use of Landing Lights
Replies: 6
Views: 5567

Re: Use of Landing Lights

You will see some pilots turn on all available lighting when crossing a runway as well. It is not in the regs, but is listed in AC 120-74A and AC 91-73A.
by Chanse Watson
Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: ATC communications tutorial
Replies: 7
Views: 6449

Re: ATC communications tutorial

I've never heard such poor radio discipline from an airline pilot before.

You'd be suprised how lazy pilots are nowadays. Ok, not ALL of them but it's quite amazing considering how aviation is looked at to be highly 'professional".

I work in Airport Operations at MSY (basically we manage the ...
by Chanse Watson
Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PilotEdge User Locations
Replies: 14
Views: 10538

Re: PilotEdge User Locations

That's interesting...who's the fellow Louisianian I see near the BTR area?
by Chanse Watson
Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: time to build a new machine, and thoughts on XP10
Replies: 10
Views: 7952

Re: time to build a new machine, and thoughts on XP10

After several days of trial and error, I decided to return the Zalman. It was performing well but when I began to overclock, it wasn't cooling as it should. It's uncertain whether or not the issue was the contact with the CPU cooler and the CPU or the type of thermal paste used (XIGMATEK). Even ...
by Chanse Watson
Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: time to build a new machine, and thoughts on XP10
Replies: 10
Views: 7952

Re: time to build a new machine, and thoughts on XP10

Keith,

I just built (as you may very well be aware from the ZLA forums) a machine similar to the specs you mentioned:

- ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Motherboard (compatible with the upcoming Ivy Bridge CPU's)
- i7-2600k (currently at stock speeds) cooled by Zalman 9500
- 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 ...