Well friends I had another opportunity to practice my landings yesterday at Alexandria Field (N85). During the first landing I was too fast and ended up going around. With the second landing the speed control was better but I started the transition to the three point attitude a little too late,...

With the increasing popularity and availability of rental and training aircraft equipped with "glass" panels, are we heading toward limited or type like instrument ratings? For example, will an pilot trained from the onset in an aircraft equipped with a Garmin G-1000 panel from private through...

Yesterday I had an acro lesson scheduled, but since the ceilings were too low we decided to do some pattern work instead since I'm also working on the TW endorsement. The grass field at the airport had some soft spots from the rain this weekend, so the plan was to fly over to Queens City Airport,...

I know this has been discussed here before but I'm still not able to connect my Garmin III Pilot to the Jeppesen FliteStar program I have on my laptop. The problem of course is the serial-USB adapter which I have to use since modern laptops do not have old style serial connections anymore. If...

Meet the man who started Professional Pilot Magazine and runs it today http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0501008

Many of us have heard about this exclusive organization through the posts of Dudley Henriques, founder of the IFPF and a frequent poster on these newsgroups. Dudley asked me to help create a website that would document the history of this remarkable group of pilots. An honor society comprised...

Sunshine! We had not flown since December 23rd -- a new downtime record for Mary and me -- so flying today felt really, REALLY good. 1.0 hours up to Janesville, WI in crystal clear, absolutely silky smooth, -20 degree air at 5500 feet, followed by an outstanding (if cholesterol deadly) breakfast...

I noticed that my Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 engine, when cold in the AM sounds like its running on 3 cylinders for the first 5-10 seconds on start up. After that it sounds strong and runs well. Does this sound like "morning sickness" or just normal startup? -Robert

Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark beauty. Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the pattern -- a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with...

Well friends I had another opportunity to practice my landings yesterday at Alexandria Field (N85). During the first landing I was too fast and ended up going around. With the second landing the speed control was better but I started the transition to the three point attitude a little too late,...

For those who have only seen Oshkosh in the blazing heat of summer, here's what landing on Rwy 27 looks like at this time of year: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O24B42F3A To see all the pix from our overnight stay, see: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_in_winter_2004.htm Quite a difference...

Have you ever really taken your aircraft to the bottom edges of its flight ability and airspeed, and flown it with any degree of precision and of more than just a few moments/minutes? Are you comfortable doing it on the edge or nibble of a stall? Can you do it while holding altitude and desired...

I'm looking at a Kitfox airplane. The wings fold for tranporting. Total lenght is 22' width 6' 11". Total weight 650#s. The plane is in San Diego going to Wisconsin. Has anyone ever hire a trucking company to move a airplane? Thanks, JR

Apparently when you are the only provider of GPS data for the Garmin GNS430, as Jeppesen is in the US, you can afford to have **** poor after-business hours customer service. Jeppesen does not offer telephone sales or customer support on weekends. OK, fair enough since Jeppesen does have a web...

I have decided to release this year, some specific data, background information, and photographic memorabilia connected with the International Fighter Pilots Fellowship. Anyone interested in viewing this material, may do so through a Google search for IFPF HISTORY. Thank you Dudley...

Hi, A landmark. Given that the airport is called Reid-Hillview Airport... It sure will be sad to see it go. The planes are in excellent condition and the FBO has a real old feel about it. I think I might just head down there this weekend and log some time in a Citabria... Hilton

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After weeks and weeks of clag, freezing rain, snow, sleet, and low ceilings, the sun is finally beaming down brightly upon Iowa ....but the winds are 28 knots, gusting higher... ....and are not aligned with any runways... ....which are ice covered... ....and the temperature is plummeting...

I Passed My Instrument Written Today. I took a Practice test today befor the actual I scored mid 96's nerves kicked in I guess! I got an 85 I can live with that.

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