For what it's worth, Google has changed their logo (probably just for the day) to show the Wright Flyer. The two spinning props make the two o's in Google. http://www.google.com

In article , BoDEAN wrote: Anyone ever hear of this company or have any experience with them? Auster Aviation If it's the Auster I'm thinking of, I have several hours of time in the Auster 5J1 we use to tow gliders. Built in 1946. The...

The Manx flag flying above the gate flapped in the wind. The gate dismally creaked as I opened it, and Bob drove his diesel station wagon through. Weak winter sunshine reflected off the damp patches on the ground. I closed the gate, and thought of Douglas Adams's description, "several billion...

I realized about 5 weeks ago my checkride was coming up and what better day to earn my wings than the day Wilbur and Orville earned theirs. I passed and obviously quite happy. :) The weather the Bay Area the past few weeks has been rather crummy. Luckily I was able to get all my required time,...

From: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/rutan_update_031217.html http://tinyurl.com/29r5l Summary: "A privately financed passenger-carrying sub-orbital rocket plane screamed its way through the sound barrier today, the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers historic 12-second...

Tonight was the first time in years that I have watched TV for more than 1 hour straight. Junkyard Wars - with 3 aircraft build and flown - you have to admit - that French Team had style, Followed by the Wright Flyer - what a great documentary. You guys that get Wings Channel are spoilt - we just...

http://tinyurl.com/29r5l At motor shutdown, 15 seconds after ignition, SpaceShipOne was climbing at a 60-degree angle and flying near 1.2 Mach (930 mph). Binnie continued the maneuver to a vertical climb, achieving zero speed at an altitude of 68,000 feet. He then configured the ship in its...

I just received the following press release from Scaled Composites. "Our White Knight turbojet launch aircraft, flown by Test Pilot Peter Siebold, carried research rocket plane SpaceShipOne to 48,000 feet altitude, near the desert town of California City. At 8:15 a.m. PDT, Cory Bird, the White...

Thanks to Steven McNicoll, a regular newsgroup contributor, we've now got old Iowa City Sectionals (going back to 1939!) available for download on our "History of the Iowa City Airport" website. These charts provide a fascinating glimpse into our past, and graphically illustrate the evolution of...

Over recent Thanksgiving weekend, I went to San Jose with one stopover, Dallas. I noticed and unusual procedure at Dallas. After boarding the American S-80 (MD-80), the plane was ready for a push-back. All of sudden, I heard engines roared loud as the plane push-back at higher than normal speed. I...

Scenario: student pilot on x-country solo. About 50hrs. Planning went fine. One long outbound leg (to satisfy the FARs) and two shorter inbound legs to fulfill the three landings requirement. Outbound leg: went great. Course maintained and all visual landmarks nailed, within a minute of...

My flying club is going to trade our 172 N (only airplane) in next spring for a 2 -3 year old 172 S or SP. We'll be moving up from a very simple VOR - Loran panel to GPS and possibly autopilot. I can't imagine that we can just put a new plane like that, with fuel injection, boost pump, etc. out...

RAP, In the spirit of Kitty Hawk, here's a good story from todays Dallas Morning News. I would have posted a link but they require registration (free) to read their web site. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Texas soars into aviation history 10:49 AM CST on...

On 2003-11-27 11:38:22 -0800, Ross Younger said: Apologies if it's an oft-asked question, but what does flying do for you folks? It pays the bills!

Thunderbird F-16 cockpit video of ejection at Mountain Home AFB crash. http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/eject.mpg

I will be in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City visiting relatives over the holiday season, and I was looking online to see what rental aircraft are available at local FBOs. Unfortunately, the web sites for the local FBOs aren't very helpful other than the mention of an Archer at CID. I've flown into CID...

Click http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see: - From England, a bunch more pictures from Chris Blythe - From an "anonymous friend of Rich's", a new pic of Rich Shankland's plane - From California, Jav Henderson's (our "Grand Poobah of Webmasters", without whom the Rogue's Gallery...

I saw recently on the disovery channel that the 3rd safest group of drivers by occupation are pilot. Just thought I'd share with you guys

I know this question pertains to aircraft and piloting in general, but I'm wondering what C-182 pilots do. I'm sold on the benefits of a stabilized approach. I consider a stabilized approach to mean that power, flaps, and trim are set right after turning final (assuming a standard pattern)...

Ken Adelman photographed the entire California Coast from a helicopter, placed all the very high resolution photographs on the internet for free public access, and a snobbish singer tries to cripple him with an abusive law suit: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA...