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Photos from this weekends airshow at Sonoma County KSTS by
Randy Wentzel
I've posted photos that I took at the Pacific Coast Air Museum's annual
Airshow at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on
Sunday.
My two favorite photographs:
http://www.sonic.net/randyw/airshow/photos/pages/DSCN4879a.htm
and
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Malibu Midair by
Larry Dighera
Two planes collide in air; 3 dead, one missing
Associated Press
MALIBU -- Two small airplanes collided in midair off a Malibu beach
Sunday, and three people were confirmed dead and a fourth was presumed
killed, officials said.
The two planes collided about 5:30 p. m. roughly 100 yards off...
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"one-week" Instrument Training? by
Rod S
In the next few months, I may have a couple of weeks I could dedicate
to earning my instrument rating. I am a PP-SEL with about 100 hours,
and my BFR is due in November. Since I'm committed to keeping my
ticket, and the instrument rating would meet the BFR requirement, I'm
considering one of the...
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Dr.Curtiss runs out of his medicine by
Toly
Hi folx,
Here we go again... now it's ostensibly one of "us" selling his soul
to the boulevard press devil for a few greenbacks...
"How Hard Is It to Fly a 757 or 767?"
http://airsafe.com/journal/v1num16.htm
It's an exciting reading... the guy is in "unique position to answer
that question",...
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August 24th 04 09:41 PM
by gregg
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is it just me? by
The Weiss Family
Admittedly, I only have about 65 hours (PP-ASEL), but I've yet to have a
flight where something "unusual" didn't happen.
Also, admittedly, half of the time, it's something dumb I've done (forgot to
turn my transponder to ALT, etc).
However, the other half isn't.
Today for example, I almost made a...
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First NASA form filed by
Paul Folbrecht
And I sincerely hope it will be the last.
I landed at LSE (LaCrosse) on the way home from the twin cities last
week. I landed on 18 and asked for a progressive taxi to the FBO,
having never been there before. Controller told me to turn left on
taxiway bravo down to the construction cones at the...
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Handheld Nav/Com Radios by
Dave Burton
I concur.
NiCad batteries (with their "memory" flaw) are a technology of the
past. Alkaline batteries have a shelf life measured in years, so self
discharge is a non-issue, unlike NiCads.
Exactly wrong. NiCads don't have a memory problem and alkalines self
discharge like crazy. I'd be...
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August 24th 04 05:12 PM
by BllFs6
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Run-in with Chicago Center by
Jay Honeck
So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I
saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and
the weather is fairly crappy.
By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to
KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...
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Lean of Peak video by
Roger Long
There's been a lot of discussion this year on the Cessna Pilot's Association
Forums about lean of peak operation in carb engines with simple
instrumentation. I've been experimenting with it and flying this way a lot.
LOP is actually easier than the "find peak and the enrich 50 - 75 degree"
method...
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Busted ADIZ - What Now? by
Scott Lowrey
I haven't posted to this group for months so forgive me if this has been
discussed in other thread.
I'm looking for advice on how to respond to an FAA order suspending my
ticket. I've read and posted here for some time but I stopped after
last May. I respect the opinions of most in this group,...
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Yeah! I'm back online..No thanks to Charley. by
CFLav8r
Well it's been a week since Charley took out my internet cable line, but I'm
back online today.
The damage that Charley did to the planes across the street at Orlando
Executive is indeed sad to see.
Many of the hangars have also received quite a bit of damage, one even looks
like a bomb went off...
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Charged plane thief indicted by
Laura
Some of you may recall the story of the Cessna from Lakewood, NJ
last year. It's a nice airport, but If you fly there, it may be
a good idea to lock everything tight. A few years ago there was
a rash of avionics thefts; the thieves preferred Bendix-King
avionics and seemed to leave others...
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August 24th 04 02:45 AM
by Laura
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Charlie took an old friend... by
Ditch
Well,
Getting more and more news from Florida.
The company I flew for, Warbird Adventures, lost two of their SNJ-6's during
the storm. They put them inside a new hangar for protection, but the best they
can tell a tornado hit the hangar and it collapsed. If you go the Orlando
Sentinel website and...
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Electronic Flight Planning Programs by
Donald M. Ross
What is everyone using and why? OWuld you buy it again? Would you
recommend it to someone who only wants to fly VFR, but do long cross
countries?
Please reply to my e-mail address also since I will be gone for business for
the next couple of weeks.
Don
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New class 2 medical requirements by
Robert M. Gary
My neighbor just failed his class 2 medical. He said he had to do
something where the Dr would shine a pen light at him and he had to
line up some lines. The Dr wasn't able to describe what he was testing
but said it was new. I use a different AME but I don't remember doing
that 10 months ago when...
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August 23rd 04 10:41 PM
by tom418
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Squawk Sheets by
Greg Esres
I'm curious as to the legal status of the squawk sheets for airplanes
at flight schools or FBOs. There has been some discussion as to who
is "legal" to sign off on a return to service after a renter has
written a squawk. Some mechanics say instructors can do so.
My suspicion is that squawk...
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Is Charley telling us anything about A/C tie-down? by
Icebound
Does anybody know of any wind-tunnel tests for analysis of tie-down
behaviour? I tried a google search without much success.
Having seen the Charley pictures from Orlando Executive and Punta Gorda, I'm
wondering if we are doing the right thing.
The standard for tricycle gear GA planes seems to...
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August 23rd 04 07:38 PM
by roo
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Red Bull Air Race by
Richard Russell
Did anyone see the webcast of the Red Bull Air Race in Budapest this
afternoon? I saw the blurb in the AOPA Friday email and decided to
take a look. All I can say is WOW....WOW.....WOW. It's a darn shame
that, for a variety of reasons, that we will never see anything quite
like this in the...
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When the ASI Reads Below Zero by
BTIZ
In gliders, we train no ASI and no altimeter landings.. fly by "attitude and
feel".. what looks right and feels right . Our students experience a no
ASI/ALT approach and landing at least once before solo. They are taught, in
the traffic pattern to be looking outside, only inside for ASI...
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August 23rd 04 04:57 PM
by Stefan
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pilot-in-command question... by
Tom Kreyche
After looking online and in the FARs, I still can't see a definite answer for the following question:
Let's say two pilots are flying together in an aircraft, and the aircraft doesn't require more than one pilot and it's not a commercial aircraft. If the pilots alternate flying the aircraft by...
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