Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get...

FOUR KILLED IN MINNESOTA SR22 CRASH (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1006-full.html#196677) A Cirrus SR22 was on its second try to land at the Faribault airport in southern Minnesota on Sunday afternoon when it flipped over and burst into flames by the side of the...

NEW YORK — Boeing Co's (BA) new carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner plane may turn out to be unsafe and could lead to more deaths in crashes, according to a report by veteran journalist Dan Rather to be broadcast in the United States on Tuesday. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297248,00.html

After an additional 5.5 hours practicing forward slips to a landing and soft field landings, I got my ticket today. I will admit it is exciting to finally get your ticket checking to see if it's truly mine, yep, has my name on it. Now that the "pressure" is off, I plan to just fly and...

The fact that this hotel was built entirely with taxpayer's money, by the City of Coralville, might surprise you. You know, after reading your post an hour or so ago, I have gotten more and more ****ed-off. Since when does a government have the right to tinker in direct competition...

Over on the Cherokee Chat page people are talking about yet ANOTHER incursion into the restricted airspace around D.C. by a Spam Can driver today. Anyone got any details on this? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

Lately I have modified my flying methods in the sim in ways that seem to produce better results, but I don't know if I'm learning to do things correctly or simply acquiring bad habits. I want to make sure that I don't "cheat" too much when flying. For example, lately I've had a tendency to adjust...

A couple of days ago the NTSB found the 320 series to have too sensitive a rudder, it can be torn off with peddle pressures. What's especially of interest is the problem seems to persist even when crews are given special training about the problem. There are some details...

Russia to approve new Moon rocket By Anatoly Zak Science reporter http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm Russia is developing a new generation of space vehicles Russian space officials are to select the winning proposal for a new rocket intended to carry cosmonauts on...

That's the official term to be used in describing what happened to me yesterday. I went to HFD for the LDA approach for something different and I sure got something different alright. Saw a flash out of the corner of my eye. First I thought it was fireworks, then an airport beacon, then I...

This question is directed at student pilots and flight instructors. How many of you learn/teach cross country navigation using the traditional methods using paper charts, protractors, E6B and navigation logs? During my training more than 10 years ago, xc planning was a fairly elaborate process...

CNN reports that Nancy's B757 operating costs are $22,000.00 an hour. Geez, I used to think $125 an hours was expensive. -- Dallas

I am thinking about buying a 1946 Taylorcraft that has NO gyros at all on the panel. I really want at least a turn and bank so I want die if I loose reference to the horizon for any reason. I have been told that the heading information from a GPS is good enough to do the function of a turn and...

With school started, and family vacations a soon-to-be-distant memory, it's time to reflect on a summer of flying. Where'd everyone fly to? What was the coolest flight you made this summer? Help us plan NEXT summer's flight, by describing your "must-see" place from this year. I'll get the ball...

I'm just home from the 'plex, where I spent a claustrophobic hour and a half living through the last flight of "United 93." By this time, it will come as no surprise that this is one of the most astonishing pieces of movie-making of all time. (FAA operations manager Ben Sliney, who plays himself as...

Just curious how much "trickle-down" aviation there is among us? My father flew, that is how I got started. We never owned a plane of our own, only rented. I got my first plane ride when I was three. He was my first passenger upon passing my PPC checkride and J3 checkout. I got to fly him to...

The other night, when we were working the pattern as an excuse to watch the sunset from 1000 AGL, it dawned on me that I hadn't practiced any emergency procedures since my last biennial. I like to do these things once in a while, in an effort to remain sharp, and now seemed like a good time. With...

Do you own or are you planning to buy or build an aircraft that fits into the Light Sport Aircraft rules? The airplane can be an older "factory" certified airplane such as the Cub or Ercoupe, a new "factory" S-LSA or an experimental that does or will comply with the LSA...

Wow. When we started the Rogue's Gallery -- a webpage where aviation newsgroup aficionados can post pictures of our aircraft, in an effort to get to know one another better -- I had no idea this thing would eventually grow to encompass 32 different makes of aircraft! More amazingly, within those...

Hi I am a student pilot hoping to take my checkride within the next month (PPL/A). I am after a David Clarke Headset but am not sure which one to buy. Does anyone know of a good website that has independent reviews on all the Dave Clarke models, the only reviews I can find are either on the...