.... making us all look bad, and giving the politicians ammunition: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/07/10/pilot.dui/index.html Plane clips van in emergency freeway landing No one injured; pilot charged with flying while intoxicated

I just bought a Treo, and am wondering about my options for inflight weather. I've never had access to weather in flight, so I'm not really sure what I should be looking for given the size and resolution of the screen. Does the weather map provide enough point details (VORs, airports?) so that you...

I notice that there is a Windshield antenna kit fir ICOM handheld radios. According to a certain website... " This antenna kit attaches to the inside of the windshield and dramatically improves portable nav/com's transmit, receive, and VOR performance based on extensive field testing. It is...

Plane crash kills two N.J. couple dies when craft wrecks short of Bader Field By J. STAAS HAUGHT Staff Writer, (609) 272-7253 ATLANTIC CITY - Two people are dead after the small plane they were traveling in Sunday experienced engine trouble en route to Bader Field and plunged into the shallow,...

Why is this on topic for this forum? Face it, even if the next terrorist action is carried out with trained hamsters marching down 42 ND street with little explosive backpacks, shutting down general aviation will be a centerpiece of the response. Those of us in aviation have followed the security...

A couple of days ago, I saw a picture of a DC-8, i think, taking off, trailing thick black smoke from the engines (they weren't on fire). The description of the picture said that it was using water injection to give more power for takeoff. I also came across this when reading about the P-47. How...

The wet compass in my Cessna 150 has suddenly decided to indicate way off. I took it off the dash mount and it reads nearly correctly when moved about 12" away from the instrument panel, and even better when out in the open by itself. I got another wet compass from a friend, and as I moved it near...

Hi there, does anybody has experience in doing the IFR-Rating on the isles of Hawaii ? (especially Oahu) ? Thanks Peter

I just pulled by Skymap IIIc out and relaced it with the Garmine 296. There are certainly things I like better about the large screen IIIc but I really like the crisp colors of the 296 and the fast update rate. The turn coordinator seems really good and may work in a real IMC emergency. In anycase,...

Was flying IFR in the clear on top of an overcast layer today. I noticed at some point that the ammeter was indicating zero, and not moving. The Alt warning light was not illuminated, except when I pressed the test button. I started to shut down non-essential electriconics in case this was for...

Are there any Peterborough area pilots here? My wife wants to go to Ottawa for the weekend (Canadian Aviation Museum here I come :-) I thought that Peterborough would make a good lunch & leg stretching stop. It is almost exactly half way from Port Elgin. Is there a restaurant at the airport? If so...

(Pardon the cross-posting, but...) You are cordially invited to our 2nd Annual "Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party" at our aviation theme-suites hotel in Iowa City! Designed to say "thanks" to the aviation community for another great year, this party features free food, pop, beer (*gasp!*), and live...

Dear newsgroup reader, Today 11th of July 2004 Airshow Action Photo Gallery with a new update: - Volkel Airshow the Netherlands Nice pictures from the Dutch F16 with flares... I hope you like the new pictures (more than 100 pictures)

Today I learned a lesson about practicing IFR flight. I was practicing with another member of our flying club who is a private pilot, but not instrument rated, coming back from Rogers, AR to Fort Smith after a pancake breakfast fly-in. Fort Smith was landing 7. My safety pilot wanted to fly just...

I ran across this . . . sorry it's long, but there *are* some gems mixed into this collection . . . also some Bravo Sierra . . . but entertaining nonetheless. I especially like the last line. Pilot Rules

Flew today, as did my wife. The owner of the school was also very helpful. My mistake was looking for a specific plane, instead of methodically deciding what my requirements were. Also, some of the kids said they did not want to fly with us on weekends, which lowered the requirements a...

Not that it matters terribly much, but there's a few things I don't get. On a WAC, which is a Lambert chart, a straight line is more or less a great circle, right? However, to fly a great circle, you have to constantly adjust your heading. I still can't conceptually work out why, I must say....

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This TFR claims it is to help the recovery of an aircraft crash. Does anyone know the details of this crash? Is this military?