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How to build a complete cockpit audio recording solution for $43

Update , I Just found a $38 solution that does the same thing! Look here . Building it from scratch There are $100 kits on aircraft spruce, but you can build your own cheaper using parts off amazon. This solution below either plugs into an unused headphone jack or splices into an in-use headphone jack. Should be obvious what i"m doing here. This will let you record to an IPhone (3.5mm) or into a GoPro. ems shipped from  Amazon.com Hosa Cable CMS105 1/8 inch TRS to 1/4 Inch TRS Adapter Cable - 5 Foot $5.20  Sold by: Amazon.com LLC Quantity:  2  Change quantity of Hosa Cable CMS105 1/8 inch TRS to 1/4 Inch TRS Adapter Cable - 5 Foot from 2 Add a gift receipt and see other gift options Hosa YPP118 1/4 TRS To Dual 1/4 TRS Female Y Cable $6.05  Sold by: Amazon.com LLC Quantity:  1  Change quantity of Hosa YPP118 1/4 TRS To Dual 1/4 TRS Female Y Cable from 1 Add a gift receipt and see other gift

20,000 mile humanitarian flight in SR22, circumnavigating South America

On November 14th, a sole SR22 will set out on extraordinary 20,000 mile journey through 18 countries to ignite awareness for Multiple Sclerosis across the Americas with focus on Latin America. Our journey will be documented on our facebook page, twitter and instagram, see details about plane and pilots and journey at http:// www.flyms.org . The organization is Fly For MS, an american 501(c)3. USA NEW YORK CITY USA MIAMI USA PUERTO RICO USA PUERTO RICO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SANTA DOMINGO COLOMBIA CARTAGENA COLOMBIA SANTA MARIA COLOMBIA MEDELLIN COLOMBIA BOGOTA COLOMBIA CALI ECUADOR QUITO ECUADOR GUAYAQUIL PERU MANCORA/Chiclayo PERU LIMA PERU CUSCO PERU SANTA ROSA CHILE ANTOFAGASTA CHILE SANTIAGO ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO PARAGUAY ASUNCION BRAZIL FOZ DO IGUACU BRAZIL FLORIANAPOLIS BRAZIL SAO PAOLO BRAZIL RIO BRAZIL PIRASSUNUNGA BRAZIL TRANCOSO BRAZIL FERNANDO DE NORONHA BRAZIL FORTALEZA PANAMA PANAMA CITY COSTA RICA SAN JOSE HONDURAS SAN PEDRO SULA GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY

2 asteroids near miss on Halloween 2015!

Not one, but TWO asteroids will rip past the Earth on Halloween, one at mere 1-lunar distance. Next time you stand outside and admire the beauty of the night sky - try this for an exercise. Realize, I mean truly realize and try to ACCEPT the sheer HORROR that there is _nothing_ between you, and yes - THE FRICKEN UNIVERSE. No magic force field, no glass dome. If you can comprehend this reality, the terror of this paralyzingly simple Truth, staring back at you, you will not b e able to sleep that night. You will lie in bed, paralyzed with fear thinking about how fragile and temporary our existence is. When a (relatively small) 10km Chicxulub rock smacked into Yucatan, Mexico 65m years ago, 80% of species on the planet were eliminated instantly, and the ones that survived suffered tremendously on a scorched planet (global firestorm, skies black with smoke) for 1000 years before atmosphere was restored to normal. 12 generations being born and dying without a sun or fresh air.

Super rapid technique to become fluent in a new language

Here's my dilemma: I need to learn fluent Spanish really fast, in a month. I'm going to be chief pilot on an 18 country humanitarian flight through Latin America and none of us speak Spanish. Not yet. I've been going through various Spanish courses, trial and error to figure out most effective way to learn. There is big money behind learning languages, so of course there is a lot of crap out there. I finally came across what I believe is the fastest most effective technique. 2 categories of language instructions Course based (sequential, building blocks, repeat previous material in new block) Somewhat random (throw nouns and verbs and phrases in, no real course outline) (1) is much harder to implement so lots of the online stuff is (2). Avoid (2) at all costs, human brain does not learn well without a sequential course. 2 types of course based products The ones people like  The ones that are actually effective in teaching This may seem obvious, but