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

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...

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...

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",...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...