https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbWsgAIc_c Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet Published on May 8, 2016 The egg-shaped plane, called Lilium, has been heralded as high up as the European Space Agency (ESA) The plane, designed by four German engineers, takes off...

Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff?

Nomen Nescio wrote: "You have to leave, NOW, sir!", he replied sternly. Now this brings up an interesting question. Are we, as US citizens on public land during peacetime, required to abide by the orders of military personnel? On what grounds did he have authority over your actions and...

In the mid 80s I was in flight training at a part 141 school, Navarro College, In Corsicana, Texas. I would not recommend this college to anyone seeking an aviation college, by the way. I'll let you know more privately if you wish. I took the nice 172 to Gilmer, Tx. for an overnight visit to part...

What are the rules nowadays for getting your CFI? Is a commercial rating required before you can become a CFI? I imagine it is, since you're "flying for hire"...? I know you *used* to be able to get your CFI without an instrument rating, but I understand that is no longer allowed,...

I was trying to explain to a non-pilot why increased power is required with altitude. She said "isn't the air thinner up there so there isn't as much resistance?" I said "yes, but the plane needs to fly fast enough for the air over the wings to feel like it does down low. So the speed required...

On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 5:45:06 PM UTC-6, Tina Marie wrote: In article , Jay Honeck wrote: I guarantee that NOTHING looks more fun (or more dangerous) than flying one of those big ol' crop-dusters. Man, if you can...

here you have another reason for using GA for travel: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04973.html ---snip Subject: I was ejected from an airplane today for wearing a "Suspected Terrorist" button Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:29:28 -0700 From: John Gilmore

A CFI I had lunch with last week suggested I should always do full stop taxi backs instead of touch and goes when practicing landings. I've frequently done touch and goes for about an hour when I wanted to do some quick flying, but I tried his suggestion. I also ran into an old AOPA Flight...

The Honorable Norman Mineta Transportation Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 400 7th Street, S.W Washington, DC 20590 Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to express our grave concern about the recent conduct of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in lobbying Congress for the

From the Cessna Pilots Ass'n avionics forum: "Just talked to Tom Engberg at Cessna about G1000 WAAS upgrade. He said that Cessna was waiting on Garmin to propose an upgrade to the pre 07 G1000s. He also said that it was going to take a change in the GIAs and that would be very expensive. This...

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

In article , Paul G wrote: Let's keep out of the debate over aspartame's safety. This is an exercise in getting some primary source evidence. I just want to find out if SWA does indeed have such a policy. Are there any crew out there who can...

When I look at the NTSB reports it seems pretty often a bounced landing and loss of directional control is cited as a cause of accidents. Many of the pilots involved were highly experienced. My question is why isn't recovery from bounced landings stressed more in private pilot training? ...

Does anyone know of any maps available that show ATC radar coverage at different altitudes?

I recently got my high performance checkout and have taken a 182Q for a couple of X-C flights. I love the ability to put four people in the plane and still climb out at 500 ft/min at over 100 knots. If it wasn't for the additional costs, I would never fly an C172 again. On both flights, the...

I had always planned on getting my instrument rating- within the next year, probably. But last weekend I had a chat with someone who really got me thinking about it. This guy is a friend of a friend and is a retired 20,000 hour ATP. Retired in the 80s flying 707s and I forget what else. ...

I am not a pilot, but familiar with flight simulation. I know that gliding limits your ability to control altitude. This is extremely risky? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQc7VRJowk&feature=colike Mainly curious about how difficult that was. Thanks.

"Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane and if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt speeding in the opposite direction. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths." Quoted from the Discovery channel...

We often talk about the BEST aviation movie here, but how 'bout the worst? Having spent nearly a year of my life showing aviation movies every Tuesday night in our theater at the hotel, I am in a somewhat unique position to comment on this. I've seen over 50 aviation movies in a row, and can lend...