Great story about two teens planning on flying across the country. One happens to be my daughter's classmate - nice kids. http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/get_out/article/0,1713,BDC_8836_2638537,00.html

Friday, February 6, 2004 · Last updated 5:27 p.m. PT Lightning hits airplane on ground at Sea-Tac airport THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATAC, Wash. -- Lightning struck an airplane on the ground Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, slightly injuring a worker. Thirty people were aboard the...

This link was posted on other thread with no comments??? Here is another photo of the ejection. Fabulous picture. Go see. Shows much more than the TV pictures. http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006871

Is one of my favorite movies, up there with Memphis Belle. They had an interview with two of the Tuskegee Airmen who answered questions about how realistic the movie was. One of them shot down a Nazi jet fighter. Even though they won many medals, the two veterans said that they experienced terrible...

boy this group has changed unfortunately since i last checked it out. what happened? where are the students? where's the V speed questions? ok. here's mine. tailwind landings... i read in aopa flight training an article that said that deflection is different in quartering tailwind while taxiing...

Does anybody know why on the Denver Terminal Area Chart, the Byers (BVR 113.5) vor/dme facility is charted without the compass ring that are on most vortacs? It's the only one I've seen charted like this. Byers is located 33NM on the 090 radial of DVV (the Denver International Vortac). Thanks,...

Wellllll..... we got it....! A 1974-5 172 M... Quite nice, got it after a student landed it on the nosewheel... Been repaired, flys great, tight & straight.. This Cessna is even WARM! Hadda turn the heat down in -10C

I recently helped a friend fly to St. Augustine from Orlando. My question is: Can or should you log the time as safety pilot? Although I did not actually fly the aircraft, I did handle the radios and visual guide while my friend flew under the hood. David (KORL)

Gonna be in Turkoise in the Carribbean in early March and definitely want to do some recreational flying. I'd really like to hear from anybody who has experience with FBO's for rental in the area. Thanks.

Every so often, we have people post here and complain. Flying isn't useful. It's too expensive. It's inconvenient. The customer service at FBO's is terrible, and the planes are always broken. It's taking forever to solo and the CFI (is always late/is just looking to move up/has no clue/is...

Please excuse this shameless plug... For Anywhere WX users (well actually, anyone using a PocketPC while airborne), I've created a custom Soft Input Panel (SIP) which lets you enter commonly used text fragments with a single tap. There are also some more advanced features in the works, like the...

I just received the latest issue of SPORT AVIATION. New Piper has finally announced their version of the flat panel. Better late than never. BTW... it's only for the six seat aircraft (at this time).

I was in Tucson over the holidays. At the AFB there (Davis-Monthan), they keep a lot of aircraft in storage. At the south end of the base, several recent arrivals were parked near the fence. For some reason, the "U.S. Air Force" markings on the side had been torn up. Does anyone have any idea...

My problem is that I want one for my flight bag but don't want to pay $105 for the one Sporty's sells. Are there alternatives? Other than leaving open the chance of dying a horrible, fiery death? (Sorry, it just doesn't seem that they ought to cost that much..)

Hope ATC never has to describe me as "orbiting like an idiot"! http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/video/013004_video_pilottape.html

This url from National Review. A must read. Delivered by Wm Buckley to the graduating class USMA 1971 about Kerry's activities in the anti-Vietnam movement. http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/wfb200402040837.asp Big John

A 13 week Instrument Rating ground school is starting at Caldwell Airport (KCDW) on Feb 11. The class meets from 7p-10p on Wednesdays for 13 weeks. The instructor is my old CFII, which is why I know about this; I'm posting it as a favor. The course is $250. The materials (the Jeppesen instrument...

According to Reuters today, British scientists tracking homing pigeons with GPS transmitters discovered that the pigeons don't return home by celestial navigation. Instead, they follow roads. Closely. Prof. Tim Guilford: "It is striking to see the pigeons fly straight down the A34 Oxford bypass,...

Many GA a/c are restricted to operations above a certain temperature. In my case (Zlin 242L) the restriction is -20C at sea level and goes down to -40 C (or F) at 9000 feet. But, the POH doesn't say why. Anybody know? moo

With apologies for my somewhat silly previous question picking on the wording of the Commercial aeronautical experience requirements, this one really is a call for others' experience / opinion. Saturday afternoon I met my new instructor; Plan A was to do the day and night VFR duals back to back,...