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From: trisoft@realtime.net (James M. Knox)
Subject: Re: How picky should I be in preflight?
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In article <19990203232722.29334.00000502@ng148.aol.com>, d5lr@aol.com (D5lr) wrote:
>...I'm just a new pilot and overly cautious. 

And so?  As a new pilot you *should* be "overly cautious."  No one should EVER 
deliberately fly an aircraft that is unsafe.  A pilot with enough experience 
*may* choose to fly an aircraft that is unairworthy (that's what a Ferry 
permit is for).  And I feel comfortable evalutating an INOP ADF for a nice day 
VFR flight and saying "who cares?"  Perfectly legal.

But a sticking mixture cable is *not* the kind of evaluation you should be 
expected to make.  Those things *do* jam, and they *do* break.   

For next time, here's a good idea.  While wondering if you should fly the 
plane with condition "X", imagine yourself in an FAA post-investigation.  Now, 
how uncomfortable would you be trying to explain that "well, I did notice it 
on preflight, but I figured..."  <G>

Sounds like you did just fine.
                                                jmk
