Anybody know why the Porterville, CA airport is selling 80 octane on a "temporary" basis?

I'm about 15 flight hours along in flight training. My buddy is about 30 hours along and rounding the bend. He's going to buy a plane - just part of his overall goal. So here's a question: (Let's assume I get a my PPL and checkout in the plane and everything is cool .. .)

Hi all, Today the Egyptian air force brought a nice surprise inside a C-130 for the Gilze-Rijen open days. We just uploaded some pictures of it: www.afterburner.nl/egyptiansurprise.htm Cheers, Fred and Maurice.

Evidently Bax died this past Saturday. See these links: www.aero-news.net http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14685040&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512596&rfi=6 One of my proudest posessions is a copy of "Bax Seat" autographed by Bax with a piece of fabric from the Stearman on the...

Those PDFs are driven by the "TEXT" tab in JeppView. Click on the "TEXT" tab and you will be led to a series of pages that are similar to the NOTAM pages in a Jeppesen paper subscription wrote: As far as I can tell this is part of Flitedeck or Jeppview version 3 or...

For those of you who may find a need for this (which probably won't be too many of you), I put my copy of a KR-20 marker beacon receiver install and op manual (with pinouts, that's why I put it up), on the site. You can download a small PDF file at http://www.bd5.com/kr-20.pdf Juan

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Friend of mine said at lunch today that the upper wings of biplanes have no dihedral. Hementioned specificlaly the Stearman PT-17. I believe he was mistaken. I know the Sopwith Camel upper wing was flat but I think the PT-17 and most other biplanes have dihedral in both wings. Any expert...

I have an old TRT-250 transponder maintenance manual, for the ORIGINAL analog TRT-250 (not the 250D digital version). This transponder is no longer supported by Free Flight Systems and I suspect few shops take them in for repair, as some of the parts are simply not available (most importantly,...

Greetings to all. I have run into a discussion whose answer is not clear. The question, especially since 9/11, and its variant is: Can passengers on commercial flights, during the flight, visit the flightdeck (with captain's permission, of course!)? Essentially, is it the FAA or IATA that makes...

The Fitchburg Pilots Association is having their annual Fly-in on Saturday, June 25 at Fitcburg Municipal Airport, Fitchburg, MA. See this link: http://www.fitchburgairport.com/fpa.html for details. One thing isn't on the Web page: Columbia Aircraft Sales of Groton, CT (GON) is donating one hour...

I just passed my check ride and earned my private ticket last week. I'm now starting to do some extended cross country work and would like some input as to GPS units. I have researched (3) units and would like some "real-world" opinions as to features, usability and support. Here are the units I'm...

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Hi Folks, I'm a low-time (10 hour) student pilot. I took my first flights in my school's 152 about 2 years ago, then had an 18-month wait for various reasons. When I first flew the plane, I don't remember the right rudder being such an issue (I flew 3 times 2 years ago). Now, the right rudder...

Aircoupe Alon A2 with C90 engine with two props, one 48" pitch and the other 52". It doesn't make the static runup RPM minimums with either one, for instance the 48" prop should be 2225 to 2325 rpm, I averaged out to 2162 rpm. Likewise the 52" prop falls short 100 rpm or more. Three years ago...

Hello! Here's a bit of aviation-historical news: http://www.pelastamalmi.org/en/bulletins/wmf2005.html . Historic Helsinki-Malmi Airport, Finland, has been reselected to the global List of 100 Most Endangered Cultural sites by the World Monuments Fund. A landmark from the dawn of commercial...

I want to punish the French because they are a bunch of traitors. What do I need ?

Hello, this is an odd question of curiosity from an amateur: Two days ago I was flying from Dulles to LHR on a United 747-400. The aircraft taxied to the end of the runway, then the pilot announced there was a problem with the weight distribution on the aircraft wings, and we would have to move...

How do I cut 3/16" stainless steel aircraft cable? I've tried wirecutters, tin snips, airplane sheers, and a branch lopper. Tough stuff!

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