I have been looking for some resources on the Internet (including AOPA's member section) for some basics on airframe construction. In my studying to become a pilot, I have come across references to spars, bulkheads, and other A&P terminology that I don't have an understanding for. Can anyone point...

Hello all, I'm planning a trip from Newton, KS to Bangor, ME. We'll be flying a Twin Comanche. Time frame would be in the next 2 or 3 weeks. I'm looking for advice on airports to stop at, fuel up and get a bite to eat. Ideally we'd stay away from the big centres and inexpensive fuel would be a...

.. . . - God Bless Ya' Boys... http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikespeech.html Jay Beckman PP-ASEL Chandler, AZ

I do not usually like to copy and paste, but this I could not resist. Makes me wonder how I would react. I am not a fan of snakes. Pilot Fights Black Snake Stowaway on Plane Friday, June 02, 2006 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out...

Upshot: Pilot has heart attack ... manages an off-field landing from which pax walk away ... pilot (unfortunately) eventually succumbs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13147788/?GT1=8211 Talk about not giving in to "resignation." Jay Beckman

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All I have to say is... wow, and very well done. Pilot Safely Lands Plane w/ 3 Passengers While Having Heart Attack Associated Press

B A R R Y wrote: Those morons have a $150 hold on the account! Let me provide some information regarding "holds" on X amount of $$ for credit card purchases. We have a self-serve pump also and about once every couple of months someone calls me (after checking their card data online) raising cain...

Does anyone know of a good way to locate airports that are 200 miles or more from a given airport? I realize a large planning chart with a circle drawn would be easy, but I don't have one of those handy. I need to plan a 200 mile cross country for my commercial day/night long cross country and...

Hello, I once heard about a book which is written for non-pilot-rated passengers giving some basics about flying and navigation so that he/she has some basic understanding. Does anybody know the title of that book? Thanks, Phil

Those of you in the Southeast may remember Ralph Martin of Catherine, Alabama, who died Friday of a malignacy. Ralph was a long time pilot and instructor who gave me my first airplane ride as a youngster in his Luscombe out of his cow pasture. Later, he was also my insturctor pilot and we...

How often do you spot traffic without guidance from ATC when you are out flying" How often do you spot traffic called out to you by ATC? On a recent trip, while flying a PA32-300, I never saw traffic that ATC called out to me that passed within two miles and 1000 feet vertical separation. This...

I bought one of those "Y" adapters so I could play my iPod thru my stereo headset. Your headset plug goes in 1 end, and then it branches off to a standard headset plug for the intercom and a "mini" plug for the iPod. The problem is that the plane's radio volume drops to barely audible, even with...

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In June 2006 Newsletter You are invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In - www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com - and watch this month's World War II aviation features for free online video viewing. "At the Matinee," we're showing nonstop action in "A Day with the A-36s," "Black...

Amazing how fast fire fighting TFRs can pop up. Two just today and both are either on or close enough to airways to make low-level flights north from Phoenix a little problematical. One is just SE of Prescott and the other is just S of Sedona. I'm going to Page, AZ tomorrow and I'm lookin' at...

I was wondering if there was a software package that would allow me to download the "crumb trail" maps from my handheld GPS. I'm using a Garmin GPS 12, (a hell of a buy at $100). It has "data in" and "data out" pins. I know you can hook it up to a laptop computer for certain applications. All I...

A Lear 35 flipped over after striking approach lights and ended up by Long Island sound yesterday after attempting to land on Rwy 5. The two pilots were killed, several passengers were able to escape and will be ok. The aircraft was being chartered by charter firm and the airframe was owned by one...

I am lucky to live right under the approach path of 32L at Moffett and I can enjoy watching whatever -- sometimes odd -- birds land there (imagine that: working from home, in the backyard, laptop, cool drink and the VHF handy to do some plane spotting -- doesn't get any better than that :-) ); ...

Jack, Check your email regarding Tuesday. Jay

Marty Shapiro wrote: " wrote in : Let's save the Dodge Dart, too. (snip) How about Ralph Nader's favorite - the Chevrolet Corvair!

I'll take a few flights between Rochester, NY and the Detroit area this summer. Going through the Canadian airspace just seems so much shorter. I can go IFR. My questions is: * I don't need to deal with customs at all, as long as I don't stop at Canada, right? * Do I need to use the ICAO...