I've been flying nothing but 172's. Whats different about the C175 and 177? John

With the crossbreeding of amateur (ham) radio operators and pilots being something on the order of 25%, this is only slightly OT. There is a free online ham radio course being offered and sponsored by RST Engineering. It is intended to take anybody with an interest in getting a ham radio license...

.... necessarily have Autopilot? Ramapriya

Why, in aviation-speak, do we so frequently refer to wind in the plural? Stan, just curious

------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 7, Issue 2 January 14, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------- BOYER BLASTS AIRPORT MANAGER FOR PRAISING MEIGS DEMISE Did you think you'd ever hear someone in general aviation...

Did anyone else read Peter Garrison's article about pilot suicides in this month's "Flying" mag? It really makes you wonder if some of those "inexplicable" accidents we talk about here -- you know, the ones where the normally safe and solid pilot flies off into horrible weather, or flies a plane...

I have a slot in my very, very tight panel that current houses my MX-170 (digital replacement for the KX-170B). How does the size of the KX-170B tray compare to the GNS 430? I'm wondering how major the surgery (i.e. inches of addition space required) must be in my Mooney panel to fit the 430 where...

Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least today Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won’t be any popup presidential TFR’s, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the prairie. My landings showed a lot of rust, but weren’t particularly scary. What was scary was a...

Who do you all think will be the first to come out with a new certified single-engine, six-place composite (non-aluminium) airframe? Given Cirrus' success, all the manufacturers are undoubtedly thinking about this. Any bets on the Beechcraft-Cessna-Piper trio before Cirrus and Diamond?

I haven't seen any stats on this, but it seems to me that, just maybe, there could be a much higher rate of crashes when there are ladies in the cockpit. Maybe this is not the case, and I'm sure the more PC gents here will be quick to jump on me for even suggesting it, but during the past, I have...

Is there a key on duat.com for the different weather graphics. Some of them I just don't quite understand. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast...

I guess my question is simply put this way, do you cut power immediately before touching down? If not, when? I suppose a carrier landing would be an extreme. Only curious. Thank you.

I live in Washington state, home of McCord airforce base. They have C-17's there, and the local news station just stated what seems to me to be an unbelievable fact. They reported that th C-17 can descend 20,000 feet in 1 minute. Now I'm a general aviation pilot, and 2,000 feet per minute is a fast...

I turn once again to you, the great internet gurus of aviation, for answers to the mysteries of the web... Yesterday NPR announced that only a third of internet users are connected at high speed, using either DSL or cable. This truly surprised me, and I'm absolutely amazed that so few people have...

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/148-full.html I guess we shouldn't be surprised, but wow!

Has anyone been following the disturbing (to me anyway) news stories about airliners approaching to land being hit with laser beams aimed at the cockpits? One pilot reported having his eyes temporarily damaged. The FBI appears concerned because the beams are apparently tracking the airliners,...

OK, sports fans, the rules of the game have changed since I last ran for the BOD in 1997. They no longer accept email signatures; they want wet ink sigs. Therefore, we have to play the game a little differently. If you will please email me with subject EAABOD, I will send...

Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only reason i'd do it...

I sort of feel like the Harold Stassen of the EAA election process, but here we go again. In 1997, I ran for the EAA Board Of Directors and got some 700 of you to email me your proxies. The vote was 700 to 35,000 for the proxies that EAA held for the current board member candidate. (I ran in...

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