727 Control Wheel http://www.angelfire.com/il2/aphs/27wh.jpg "297" 737 Control Wheel http://www.angelfire.com/il2/aphs/37wheel.jpg "495" Can someone tell me what the conrol on the right horn of the 727 and 737 control wheel ? In the pictures linked above I've listed the number "dialed in" on...

Is anyone using or know for a fact that you can use the Ch Products Flight Sim Yoke-USB with Elite sim? I am specifically asking if you have the throttle/prop/mixture functionality of that yoke while using Elite. I would like to fly the Mooney and Bonanza but I don't want to buy a separate...

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Thanks for the exciting story. I'm really glad it worked out OK. -- Scott

OK just kidding. I finished reading the great post about a failed vaccum in IMC and the happy outcome. I wanted to post this message to share something I learned some time ago when I participated in a university research program. The researcher was investigating pilot's decision to declare...

A Chalks Airways Grumman Mallard (Turbine Mallard) crashed during takeoff near Miami, FL today. Watching TV coverage of the aftermatch it's certain two things will happen after such an event. The TV networks will report a fiery explosion before the crash and Mary Shiavo will be on-air...

http://tinyurl.com/c35mrw Passenger lands plane in Fort Myers after pilot dies Monday, April 13, 2009 FORT MYERS, Fla.(AP) -- A passenger landed a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport after the pilot died in flight, saving five people. Federal Aviation Administration...

There are a couple of techniques I've never been particularly good at while flying, proper rudder work, and smooth turn onto a VOR radial without over or undershooting the needle. What's a good way to smoothly know when to start a standard rate turn onto the heading to intercept a VOR/GPS...

Elite sent me email detailing their Black Friday sale. They are offering the "core" version of their Elite (172, Archer) for $99 and their "premium" version" (12 aircraft) for $199. That's $100, 300 off the regular price. They are also offering one of their avionics consoles on sale for $1000...

-- Scott "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken http://tinyurl.com/6qkhjb

-- Scott "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken http://tinyurl.com/6qkhjb

Anyone know why the elevators on MD-80s, while parked or taxiing on the ground, are almost always split? By that I mean the elevator on the left side is up and elevator on right side of rudder is down. I don't recall seeing thie elevators split left/down and right/up and I don't recall 737s...

I just finished a book about the aviation details of Sept 11 attacks. "Touching History" by Lynn Spencer was a quick read. I picked it up a couple hours before bedtime expecting to get through a couple of chapters and turn in. I stayed up hours past my bedtime and read about 95% of the book...

-- Scott "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken http://tinyurl.com/6qkhjb ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

-- Scott "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken http://tinyurl.com/6qkhjb ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

working towards my instrument, only about 7 hours so far, but taking the written next weekend and feeling pretty confident about everything so far. question i had planned to ask my instructor, but maybe i can get an answer today... suppose i'm flying from denver to rapid city on a VFR flight...

have about 140 hours and 8 hours into instrument work. going at moderate pace- usually once a week sometimes two, but long flights and i practice MS04 and read a lot in between. probably gonna step it up a bit now that written's done passed with 95%. was actually quite easy since i've been...

If you live in a country that does DD/MM/YY, then this year is Boeing's year. Let me explain. April 7, 2007 7/4/07 will be 747 May 7, 2007 7/5/07 will be 757 June 7, 2007 7/6/07 will be 767 July 7, 2007 7/7/07 will be 777 - the best one of them all! August 7, 2007 will be 787 Boeing should...

Cathay boss: "Young pilots don't think about pensions or medical care, just want 777" For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, all major U.S. airlines are hiring pilots or recalling those laid off during the industry's five-year downturn. But the airlines are discovering that many of...

I have a GNS 430 and a GNC 250 XL in my aircraft. When I switch on both GPS, the GNC 430 will not, in the satelllite status page, show the solid signal strength bars even though the hollow bars are all showing good strength and the 250 XL works just fine. Does this have anything to do with the...