I am a person with reactive hypoglycemia (gets weak/confused if does not eat healthy snacks/meals regularly) - I'm sure there is not much chance of being certified to get a PPL or go onto being an airline pilot - I just thought I'd ask if anybody knows what the deal is, or if anybody knows about...

Are VOR's all MH based? I was flightplanning the other day (I must be one of the few poor souls left who flight-plans by hand... I guess I just haven't been flying long enough to get sick of it yet, I consider my flight planning to be 'part of the experience') And I got to thinking- Why in gods...

http://members.cox.net/jgalban/id60.htm Neat photos of Johnson Creek. It's funny -- that is one of the most popular airports to "fly" to in our Kiwi flight simulator, so I am completely familiar with the terrain in the photo. I'll bet I've flown the Maule and Super Cub into that strip a...

32,000 ft. must be a new worlds record for paragliding. This gal was in really great shape and very attractive. Suffered some frostbite and was in the hospital for an hour Interesting Daveb

Can someone tell me why vacuum power is popular for certain instruments? I cannot see any special reliability of a vacuum pump as opposed to an electric motor. The only reason I can think of is historical, in that many small aircraft have traditionally not had on-board electrical systems beyond...

....on my first post-engine inspection flight. The plan was to stay within gliding distance of the field, "just in case", so I launched, made a wide circle of the field, while climbing to 3,000' AGL. When on what was more or less an extended crosswind, I made a descending 135 degree left turn...

Two weeks ago we had weather in the upper Midwest of 78 degrees and sunny. Took the taildragger out and did some touch and goes at three different airports, and they went fine. It was the first flight after three months due to a mandatory prop inspection, and the plane lands hot- 120 in the...

It can be fun sometimes. http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=31199

Do you have a late database in your 3-496? Does it include 0ID2? That's zeroID2. I don't want to upgrade my database till it's in there. I know it's in the 430W. Best, Karl "Curator" N185KG

Just got back from a week of flying Caribbean charters in the Pilatus. We were based at San Juan, PR (SJU) and flew a bunch of trips to St Bart's, St Maarten (the place with all those cool widebody landing photos on Airliners.net) St Croix, Nevis and Mustique. St Bart's and Mustique are tied for...

With all the problem of the modern planes according to ecology (CO2, white vapour trails, etc ...) I would like to ask a question : -- does turbines and normal airscrew planes less pulluting aircraft than pure jets one ?? -- does this aircraft use less petrol for a journey ( knowing that they are...

I'm due for a flight review shortly, so I figure I'll start a new logbook with that entry. I'm wondering what anyone else does regarding endorsements. I have a high performance endorsement, and I don't know how I should carry it forward. Should I photocopy the page from the old logbook and...

But since that subject (and my opinion on it) has nothing to do with piloting I'm not going to share it. I hope by making this posting that I can hint to others that they direct their opinions on that subject to more appropriate forums. Jim "naive and hopeless optimist" Logajan

I'm looking to work towards my commercial certificate soon and was wondering what I should expect. I passed the written today and will be starting the practical training soon. I know there are more difficult maneuvers and the complex aircraft flying, but what else? Other than that, is it mainly...

This was originally intended as a reply to MX's callous assumption that ATP's look down on Private Pilots... But on further reflection, I would actually like to break it out as a separate topic. After a particularly beautiful X-country-for-the-hell-of-it this weekend, I was filling out my log when...

Does anyone know the correct format for a stopover VFR flight plan? Many of us often have a single flight with a stopover for fuel. I have never tried to file a stopover. I also understand the FAA guys aren't that familiar with it and often don't understand what you are trying to do and it is...

I've noticed that often the TAF's in DUATS are much older than ADDS. Has anyone else found this? It appears that either DUATS does not posts updates or they take much longer to post. -Robert

Hello all! I'm wondering about a notation I've seen on a couple of VFR sectional charts. A small area - no bigger than about 3 or 4 miles on a side - will be outlined with thin black dashed lines, with a note "street pattern". The note is in the same typeface used for other landmarks like "golf...

Does anyone know what the "GPS IS UNRELIABLE AND MAY BE UNAVAILABLE" NOTAMs are all about? Some of them have a radius of nearly 400 nm. That's an area of half a million square miles--almost three times the area of the State of Texas. If it's a test of jamming equipment, it sure is conducted on a...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5025745/ Hmmm.... I don't know about this. Probably no big deal, but still.