Can a commercial pilot be hired to rent a plane and fly a journalist on a local flight for aerial photography, without meeting any operator requirements? Or does that count as a sightseeing flight, invoking the part 135 drug-testing rules?

Integrate 1km resolution satellite/topographic image and political boundaries, coastlines, rivers, lake and island boundaries, 267 countries and regions, 40000+ ranked cities, 15000+ islands, and 1700+ noteworthy historical earthquakes since 1980 into an interactive 3D globe. Detailed information...

The Current Challenge (given February 22, 2004): A private pilot has a four-seat plane, and he's offered to take three friends up for a flight. To do his load and fuel calculations the pilot needs to know the combined weight of his three passengers. Now, the three passengers are sensitive about...

Any suggestions on where I can find the inflight limitations with the door removed, for any aircraft?

Anyone use it on their pocketpc? Curious on how you like it? Have the desktop version.

Must say Jay your aviation videos have made it to the uk.rec.humour news group. Way to go!

Hello out there, I am planning a long "life list" XC this summer, Vancouver to Halifax CZBB to CYHZ (longer story, don't ask...) The airplane is nearly ready, and planning has begun. What I need is a series of old WAC charts for route planning. I intend to plan the routing and do the research...

I was returning to LOM today and after one plane had landed but not yet cleared the runway, a pilot at the approach end announced "position and hold". He taxied into position and waited for the previous aircraft to clear the runway. He then made a normal departure. I was taught at uncontrolled...

Someone on another group just posted one of these. I had no idea someone was tracking this info. Kind of interesting...

Is it just me or has the Airnav site ground to a halt. It seems very slow of late.

It looks like the news media's sensationalized stories have begun to take root: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Business AVflash Volume 2, Issue 4 -- February 25, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Is The TSA Coming To...

Folks, this is a quick note to let the word out about the most amazing DVD about the last flyable B-17s in the world: B-17 Flying Legend. It's an award winning film about the importance of preserving the last flyable B-17s. It's a DVD packed with bonus features. A definite collector's item. You...

Hello, I've been reading news on flying for quite a while and these seems to be the most well-informed groups (the googles)on the net. I would therefore like to have your personnal opinion on a question. I live in Northern Quebec (Yes, I'm french speaking so forgive the spelling mistakes) and...

I posted a message awhile back about one of my relatives offering me free flight instruction. He's a very experienced airline pilot and has done a lot of CFI work in the past. He's still current on his CFI rating, and the plan is to begin training in June (when I have more money and he has more...

"MRQB" wrote in message ... Attached you will see a photo of $17,000 in cash i will trade it for a airplane that is current and is in flying condition e-mail photos of what you got at On Tue, 24 Feb 2004...

"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message ... Sorry to jump on you but it is a serious annoyance when you don't have broadband. I don't because I can't get it in the rural area I currently reside. Yes...

A group of us are meeting today to discuss setting up a "Friends of Iowa City Airport" trust fund as an ancillary to our support group. Voluntary donations could be made by airport supporters to help off-set the cost of running our airport. Our local library has done something similar, and now...

Thinking about going there for a float plane rating and would appreciate any feedback, pro or con, on his operation. TIA, Pete

Hi all, This is probably a rather mundne thing for most of you, but it's something I've been wanting to do since I got my ticket a few years ago. All of the aircraft I've flown to this point have been early-model Cessna 152s, 172s and a few Piper Warriors (only because the FBO's I flew out of...

Here is some background on Kerry's flying family and where he got started, extracted from the Des Moines Tribune. Quote John Forbes Kerry was born Dec. 11, 1943, in Denver, Colo., to Rosemary Forbes of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family and Richard Kerry, a test pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps....