Finally picking up my airplane tomorrow after a 2-month annual. Just bought it in April. It is a '61, and despite logbook entries that SAY annuals have been done every year, it was pretty clear the majority of stuff under the cowl hadn't been touched in a LONG time. Picking it up tomorrow. Along...

HAHAHA I have no connections and I'm not "rich" - tho my kid is grown, I have a good paying job and - most importantly - not married ;^) So I have money to spend and that's how I'm spending it. But mostly I have dogged determination, a goal, and a plan. Nah Nah Saville,mostly you don't...

No, you cannot limit a FR (also called a BFR). Your choice is to either sign it or not sign it. I may be behind on this but I do not believe there will be any pilot's certificate issued for SP-single seat. In other words, a BFR can be given in any aircraft the pilots is rated in. I would assume a...

My first wife didn't like to fly, either. — Gordon Baxter

This data, from the FAA website, seems to fly in the face of the oft-quoted statistic that "we're losing 2 airports a month in the U.S.: (In case the formatting gets screwed up, the data is showing a net GAIN of 243 airports from 2002 to...

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to take my two children to my and their first NASCAR stock car race at Watkins Glen, NY (USA). As we were sitting in the bleachers listening to the Canadian National Anthem just prior to the start of the race, I looked up and saw a Cessna 172 circling about...

I just called LEI to get a databse update for my Airmap 100 and was told that they can't get them because the databae is too large. I was told about a rebate program to upgrade the receiver. Yea right. It is bad when I have a perfectly good receiver and can't update the database. Still, it is a...

I've heard bad things happen in threes but this rash of airline accidents is kinda scary. First the ATR that crashed off the Palerma cost ten days ago then the Greek 737 on Sunday and today a MD-82 goes down in Venezuela with all aboard presumed lost. The other day I'd read about a close call at...

Post your comments about the DC "ADIZ". http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm Search for docket number 17005 Thanks!

They're stopping babies at the airports now http://makeashorterlink.com/?X33D23E9B George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Say I fly VFR from ISP to FRG. It's less than two miles from the end of ISP's Class C to the start of FRG's Class D (unless I stay below 1500 for more than ten miles, which I'd rather not do). In a situation like this, would the Class C controller typically 1) hand me off to the Class D controller;...

A Cessna 172 crashed yesterday short of the approach end of RWY 16 killing the pilot and instructor aboard. No cause for the accident has yet been established, but the weather was at or near minimums for the ILS-16 approach at the time of the crash and and tracking the...

Tomorrow (weather pending) or next weekend, we're probably taking the RV-6 to just north of Little Rock Arkansas to look at and probably buy a puppy. Yeah, I know, there are plenty of puppies locally, but my wife is on a quest to find a pup with the same bloodline (or at least some of it) as the...

Fly-In Forum: Don Swords and the staff of Don's Dream Machines will be at Pickens County Airport, August 20, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, to answer your questions about engine overhaul and repair, aircraft certification including the Light Sport Category, homebuilding and avionics. Don is a well...

I am not a pilot, and as much as my email address sounds like I am a doctor, I'm not... That said, I thought someone here might be able to help me out - they news reports talk about passing out within seconds at high altitudes. I understand the air is thinner / less O2. But if I go underwater,...

Went to Lone Rock, Wisconsin today for the $100 hamburger , with excellent VFR conditions, and winds light and variable. After lunch we saw a 210 taxi to the approach end of runway 27 (clearly visible from the the far end at the restaurant). Just as he started his takeoff roll, another guy in a...

*WASHINGTON (AP) -- Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the United States because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list."* It sounds like a joke, but it's not funny to parents who miss flights while...

Considering the number of threads we see discussing what a pilot can and cannot get away with insofar as sharing costs and quasi-Part 135 operations are concerned, today's Avweb article on increased FAA emphasis in this area should be illuminating. Bob Gardner

A week after earning my license, I took my wife up for an hour flight today. She has put up with the process of me spending 8 months earning the license, so I wanted to "treat" her by being my first passenger. No big details to add, other than the flight was great. Relatively strong wind, 20...

Apparently sometime in 2004 the database became too large but I would still like to update my unit to at least the year 2004. Please contact me via email Ron Lee