An AP article that starts out "SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal government has taken billions of dollars from the taxes and fees paid by airline passengers every time they fly and awarded it to small airports used mainly by private pilots and globe-trotting corporate executives." gives a very...

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We often talk about the BEST aviation movie here, but how 'bout the worst? Having spent nearly a year of my life showing aviation movies every Tuesday night in our theater at the hotel, I am in a somewhat unique position to comment on this. I've seen over 50 aviation movies in a row, and can lend...

You're flying happily over the desert in your small plane, in bright, clear weather, on your IFR flight plan. You notice a plume of smoke a short distance away at your nine o'clock, and looking more carefully, you see what looks like a stranded car with some people standing around it. You'd like...

How many uses are there for a stopwatch or similar device aboard an aircraft? I note that a clock with an elapsed-time function is required equipment. The only time I've had occasion to use it is for holding patterns. What other uses are there? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by...

Jeppeson sure has a nice little monopoly going. $760.00 to get the updates for my mx 20 and Apollo 60 GPS. Dang.

Suppose you're in your small aircraft and you want to climb from 4000 to 6000, or descend from 6000 to 4000. What method do you use? I can think of several, but I don't know which is best/recommended. For example, to climb from 4000 to 6000, I can just ease the yoke back and climb. When I get...

Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't snorting cocaine in the cockpit. See http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was just thumbing through a publication my fiance happen to subscribe for me as a birthday present, and they had an ad in there for the Big South Fork Airpark/Scott Municipal, in Oneida, TN (KSCX). In wanting to find out more about it, I pull it up...

For anyone who might be in the DC area on April 28th this should be a good evening! Margy (yes, I work at Air and Space so this is a shameful plug, but the event is FREE). This is the Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport. The National Air and Space Society will be holding a special event on...

Has anyone out there ever flown IFR in uncontrolled airspace without a flight plan. I understand there are places out west that still have large tracts of uncontrolled airspace that go up to altitude (14,500 feet??). I am used to it either ending at 700 or 1200 feet AGL. Danny Deger

I just passed my PP-SEL checkride what a great day............... Sacramento, CA

I've been reading about oral exams for a private pilot license (in the U.S.), and two questions have come to mind. Where does this exam take place? Is it in a classroom, or in a testing center, or is it actually in the aircraft? When you are asked math-type questions, are you expected to answer...

Y'all be careful if you're flying to SnF. There's already been an accident here and since the weather is great (and expected to get better) there will likely be a lot of traffic. My condolences to the families. Blue'ns, TP

Apologies if the (un)wrap gets ya (un)wrapped ;) Logan to get radar to detect ships Monitoring could improve flow of air traffic By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff | April 14, 2007 The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to install a $1.3 million radar system at Logan International Airport to...

See http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/10/controller.fatigue/index.html -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Now have 12.7 hours logged and doing lots of touch and go landings. My CFI is still working at my cross wind landings before he lets me go solo. One thing he has me doing on nearly every flight is to bank and keep the nose going straight and hold altitude too. Said its for cross wind landings...

Can anybody identify the airplane or pilot in this photo? http://webpages.charter.net/akoch1/Times%20Pics/times4.jpg Thanks Jim

A question for Stephen, Newps or other folks knowledgeable in the finer points of ATC. A friend of mine flew into Reading, PA last week with another pilot. Since Reading is a class D airport with no TRSA, but with radar approach control, they elected to simply call tower directly 6 or so...

Has anyone seen the notice on the NGA website that the USFIF (raw aviation waypoint data for the US) will be discontinued in October of 2007? They tried to kill DAFIF as a whole last year but eventually succumbed to pressure from the industry to allow US territorial data to remain available. ...