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Top 10 thngs you don't want to hear your copilot say: by
Dan Luke
10) "I think I left the plates in the van."
9) "You should have gone to lunch with us; we had Mexican food."
8) "Your wife's lawyer called."
7) "Did you know I'm gonna be on American Idol? Listen to this..."
6) "What's that funny smell?"
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DIY ANR kits by
Casey Wilson
Hi all,
Any PIREPs on Do-It-Yourself ANR kits like the ones shown at:
http://www.anr-headsets.com/ ??
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Bush Sr's Gulfstream crash... by
Dave S
So far, nobody has made mention of this incident in the newsgroups I
frequent so thought I would give it mention. I'm sure its gotten
national coverage. At approx 6:23 AM CST a Gulstream 1159a (formerly a
G3 I think) impacted the ground about 6-7 miles SW of Hobby airport as
it was on approach for...
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G-1: which is considered "the original" by
Kai Glaesner
Hello,
I would like to buy a G-1 jacket (the one with the "fur" ;-) There are a
variety of vendors (Avirex, Sporty's,...) on the market offering this items.
Is there one vendor that is considered producing the "original" G-1? Or one
that supply's the armed forces? Or one that is simply outstanding...
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Pressure Altitude and Terminology by
Icebound
In a previous thread:
"Icebound" wrote in message
...
... a look at the altimeter provides you with *indicated*
altitude. It only shows *pressure* altitude if the altimeter setting is
set
to 29.92
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Keyhole satellite imagery and GA by
Patrick Pohler
Hey everybody, I'm a lurker to these forums but I found a pretty neat
piece of software I've been playing around with for the past couple of
days. Google last week bought a company that produces this software
called Keyhole. Bascially it's like Terraserver, which streams satellite
images for...
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November 27th 04 10:03 PM
by aaronw
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Places to go around Las Vegas by
Al Gilson
We will be in Las Vegas in February. We rented a Cessna 172 last year and
did the Hoover Dam, Lad mead, Grand Cayon thing. Where do we go this
year? Are there any good $100 (or more) hamburger destinations nearby or
other sights we should see?
- - -
Al
1964 Skyhawk
SFF/Spokane WA
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November 28th 04 01:44 AM
by BTIZ
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Reporting an Aviation Accident by
Happy Dog
The Canadian and US regulations state reporting procedures and the
conditions under which a accident plane can be moved. But what is the
procedure for this scenario:
Two planes are involved in a midair enroute from Canada to the US. The
midair happens in Canadian Airspace but the planes land in...
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Regular Passenger Service From San Jose to Sacramento? by
CHANGE USERNAME TO westes
Is there any small airline that is running regular passenger service between
San Jose and Sacramento? What about any city in the Bay Area and
Sacramento? There was an outfit out of Mather that was supposed to be
doing this with a Cessna Caravan, but their web site appears mostly
abandoned and...
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OT Flying an A320 :) by
Ramapriya
Hi guys,
A couple of days ago, I had this fantastic opportunity of flying in
the cockpit, from start to finish, on a 3-hour flight from Almaty to
Atyrau in Kazakhstan in an A320 that our Company had chartered. I was
in the jump seat between the captain and FO. There was a crew of 6 and
there were...
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November 28th 04 05:25 AM
by Morgans
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Air Safety in America at grave risk by
AntiSocialist
The FAA is losing hundreds of controllers and Radar/ILS/Communication
technicians each month
They are not being backfilled
But, the FAA is promoting homosexuality and gay pride and forcing their
employees to accept perversion in the workplace and hiring unqualified
welfare to work blacks in the...
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November 28th 04 09:59 AM
by PJ Hunt
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Accidents happen... by
Manuel
Unfortunately accidents do happen, but it was the first time I had
somewhat to do with it. The airplane I usually fly with, a Piper Arrow
from the local flight school and FBO, crashed on landing during a
cross-country flight to Florence (Italy). The plane suddenly banked to
the left 10 feet over...
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November 28th 04 11:32 AM
by Roger
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speed record set by scramjet - fair? by
Don French
How fast was the rocket going when it released the record-setting
scramjet? If the rocket was going Mach 9 in the thin atmosphere at
100,000 feet and released a stone, for example, the stone would travel
several seconds at close to Mach 9. I assume that the rocket was not
going Mach 9, but I...
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Vertex Handhelds by
Jeff Franks
Just wondering if anyone here had experience (good or bad) with Vertex
handheld transceivers. I'm about to buy SOMETHING, but I'm not sure whether
or not I'm gonna stick with the standard ICOM.
thanks for any opinions.
jf
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Slick new aviation weather webpage by
Jay Honeck
Check out http://makeashorterlink.com/?F44F312E9
This is a great new (to me, anyway) aviation weather link.
It has everything I need in one easy-to-read format. I especially like
the graphic, hour-by-hour depiction of ceiling and visibility --
something I've not seen in other weather...
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IMAX Red Flag movie by
Hap
I recommend viewing the trailers of the new BA IMAX film, Fighter
Pilot: Operation Red Flag posted on todays (11.28) Aero-News Network
Website.
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Trip to Disney by
mickey
GET YOUR TRIP
TRIPS TO DESNEY
TRIPS TO HAWAII
http://travelexpert2004.us
http://travelexpert2004.biz
http://gotraveling85.us
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November 28th 04 07:38 PM
by mickey
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