Hi people! I'm looking for manuals of any type of aircraft, specially in multimedial format (ex. pdf files, docs, txt, etc...) and free.Where could I find them? Do you have some to send me? Bye bye MC, Milan, ITALY

The Dec issue is mostly dedicated to flying, given the centenniel. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/ Not sure if NG is sold at news stands, but if it is it is worth getting. Michael

It was rather surprising and disconcerting to see a Cessna 150 leaving a contrail in the pattern. When I saw it I thought it was on fire since the idea of a contrail never entered my mind. An Instructor and student were in the pattern doing touch and go and I nearly called the pilot to advise when...

Good articles.... http://www.msnbc.com/news/997995.asp?0ql=c9p http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001835.asp

I have no flight experience, but I'd like to persue some kind of career as a pilot. My problem is that I have two DUI's and I don't know how that effects my opportunities. Does anyone have any knowledge on this subject? I'm 23 years old and I don't neccessarily have to be a commercial pilot, but...

I just wanted to open a discussion regarding other's personal weather minimums for VFR flights. I recently received my PPL ASEL certificate in July and most of the days that I have flown have been very nice days. Yesterday though I got caught a bit off guard and it prompted me to set a few...

Real nice video sequence from a special produced for the History Channel: This is a 9-minute clip, 22.6MB, featuring an interview with the builder/owner, Bob Bishop, and sumptuous footage of the craft in flight over the Arizona desert. Also featured are intriguing reminiscences by Bill Fornof's...

Just wondering whether IR checkrides can be carried out in real IMC. Not being from the US, some States must have far worse weather than others and so I kinda assume that if its IMC weather on the day of the checkride then its done in IMC. I must admit that I wanted to have a checkride then doing...

(It's cute, but be careful who's looking over your shoulder -- it's "R"-rated! ;-) http://home.chello.no/~siamak.javid/etc/NewAirportSecurity.swf -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

Come to http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see: - From Massachusetts (and, soon, Florida), Ken Balch's fantastic RV-8 - From Oregon, John Ousterhout's cool Nieuport Replica - From North Carolina, Jerry Malin's nifty Warrior II Want to add YOUR pride and joy to our Rogue's Gallery? ...

Attention everyone. On CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, there was a 'trailer' tonight announcing that on the CBS Evening News tomorrow (Thursday Night) there would be section on the Wright's and their airplane(s). I plan on watching and seeing what they put on. Big John

Howdy. I was discussing with a friend of mine my concerns about flying single-engine planes at night or in hard IFR, due to the possibility of engine failure. My buddy is a CFI/CFII/ATP as well as an A&P, about 3500 hours, and been around airplanes for a long time, so I tend to give credence to his...

Hello. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a quetion about engine failure rates, and got some very interesting answers. I'm still finding it hard to get a grip on hard data, so I'd like to ask a favor of RAP folks. I constructed a poll on the subject...

Anyone have an alternator problem with their Skylane? The alternator indicator needle flickers and so do the lights. What were the remedies? Thx in advance, V. Lenoch (Posted here because I'm a pilot & this is where I read daily....sorry!)

Anyone using safelog logbook software? http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/Safelog I'm looking at dauntless' test prep software and they offer quite a discount if you order both at once. The demo version has alot of stuff crippled and only allows 10 entries. Also, on something like this, is...

A Twin Squirrel has come down near Hurstbourne Tarrant in Hampshire, 3 people are reported to have been killed. This is next to my airfield (Bourne Park). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3257236.stm It was reported to have just taken off from Thruxton. I was watching some...

The news mentioned that while AF1 was enroute to Baghdad Int., a British Airways pilot saw AF1 and asked (on the horn) "is that AF1?". Then AF1s' pilot responded "No, it's a Gulfstream". At first I thought that was funny but then after thinking about it, I'm wordering how true this is. First of...

I went through the B-36 some years ago for a magazine article. The deal was that I should be at the museum at eight a.m. and a docent would take me through, and we would be done before it opened to the public at nine. Well, of course we weren't through by nine, and at one point I looked back, and...

I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ I think it's a beautiful day to go to the zoo and feed the...

In Orville's own words: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0486256626/ref=sib_rdr_prev2_ex1/103-2081585-2013409?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S003&j=1&ns=1#reader-page "We could not understand that there was anything about a bird that would enable it to fly that could not be built on a lager scale and used...