I'm picking up a passenger in San Diego, and KSAN is the closest field. Is it a big deal to land there? Is it GA friendly? Do I need to make any advance arrangements? rg

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Still an amazing film.

Maybe about a year ago there was a post of humorous flying rules that were compiled during WWII. If anyone knows this post (I apologize for the vagueness of this request), please tell me the Subject name so I can look it up. Thank you kindly! AJ

Trade in those relatively inexpensive Coast Guard personnel for some nice expensive civilians: To: From: Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:30:55 -0500 USCG FY 09 Budget:

Airline Delays in 2007 Were Second Worst Ever, With More Than 26 Percent of Flights Late WASHINGTON (AP) -- A quarter of domestic flights failed to arrive on time in 2007 -- the industry's second poorest performance on record -- and analysts say it is likely to get worse. More than 26 percent...

The KC-10A Extender was an advanced tanker/cargo aircraft. It performs missions such as refueling fighters and carries simultaneously the fighters support equipment and people on overseas deployments without dependence on overseas bases. Warplanes.com offers the KC-10A Extender model aircraft on a...

Hi to all, I'm curious if anyone has first hand experience with keeping Franklin engines running? I'm curious about a couple of homebuilts on barnstormers that are for sale, and I see that some Maule's have them as well (which a friend of mine in interested in buying) and was curious if parts are...

Can a float plane land on a body of water inside a city, more specifically, could one land he http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.934957,-84.250739&spn=0.012551,0.019956&t=h&z=16&om=0 Note: the body of water is privately owned and in case you were wondering, that is the building in which I...

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$25,870 seems like a paltry slap on the wrist for three deaths, but I suppose the victims' families will likely demand substantially more. -------------------------- http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-sci-rutan19jan19,1,5443287.story Space tourism firm fined over deaths Burt Rutan's...

In case you missed it, here's the segment on You Tube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KSBFQOfas60&feature=related And yet, the debate continues. :- ( -- Dallas

Sorry if this has been posted recently. The controls at the bottom allow you to pan around. http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

The subject of checklist use has come up in another thread and I thought it deserved its own. I was recently told that the compulsory use of written checklists originated with the introduction of the B17 which was experiencing a high degree of incidents caused by procedural deviations. It was...

The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial transport aircraft with a pressurized cabin. It was capable for a crew of five and 33 passengers. Warplanes.com offers a complete replica of Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Pan Am on a 30% sale. The model aircraft has a span of 18.5 inches and...

Hello, Usenet, Jay, Marry, Montblack, And Friends!!! Since Comcast is so lame and Lost the HF thread will start my own. HF-Box build project, Goal is to simplify next flight T182T to Qatar next week!!! and return airline flight home with equipment not broken. Most all you know what I do for a...

When I read about Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Boeing 747-SR46) that crashed due a bad repair of the rear pressure bulkhead. And the subsequent rupture of ALL hydralic pipes. It makes me wonder WHY are airplanes designed with this single-point-of-failure? Seems a lot of crashs could been avoided if...

Today I was shooting approaches at MHR. Wx was 001OVC 1/8SM. When I got handed off to tower they would say "Mooney 1234, not in site, landing own risk, landing runway 22L". That doesn't sound like a landing clearance to me. What does "landing runway 22L" mean in the tower ATC phrase book? Why would...

We've had a string of headset misfortunes. First, my Lightspeeds started acting up (some sort of ANR problem - more of an annoyance than anything), so they went back to Lightspeed for a fix. When they came back, the ANR was working, but the headset volume was so low the headsets were not...

Now let's take 91.175. The USA mandates the use of a published IAP. The UK does not. 91.1 says p91 does not apply outside the USA. Does this mean one can fly an unpublished IAP in the UK? I don't see anything in 91.1 saying that it does not apply outside the US. It says that it...