Happy New Year folks! Hope you get all the flying in 2005 that you could wish for! Paul

Why in the world would they let us see what goes on at that airline on the show AIRLINE on A&E Mondays at 8:00pm eastern. They overbook and strand passengers and families headed for vacations booked months in advance. Remove paying passengers from the plane to accommodate deadheading crew. I am...

Has anyone seen wheelbarrowing occur? Prima facie, it appears too improbable (ludicrous almost) a thing to happen but even the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook copy that I have mentions it! Also, while the ways of performing a flare is mentioned at many places, the reason for a flare is conspicuously...

I am trying to find the Lat/Long coordinates for the VFR Waypoints on the Chicago TAC. A magazine article I read said they were listed on the back of the chart, which they aren't on the one I have. The chart I have says they are listed in the A/FD, which they aren't. Does anybody know where I can...

Over the years, I have posted several diatribes against Class D (so-called) "controlled" airspace. In my opinion, having guys standing in a control tower with binoculars, trying to "control" air traffic is, at best, a ludicrous throw-back to a simpler time. At worst, it's dangerous. Yesterday...

I signed a training contract with a small 121 airline as first officer (19 pax turbo prop). I left just before training was finished (after my first round of IOE) because I felt the job was too stressful for me to accomplish safely, and that's what I told them when I left. They want to sue me now...

I just finished reading FREE FLIGHT: FROM AIRLINE HELL TO A NEW AGE OF TRAVEL written by James Fallows of the ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Copyright 2001 ISBN 1-58646-040-5 This is an interesting book written in layman's language. He does a good job of describing the possible future of light general aviation...

Chief flight instructor and my primary instructor are both gone for the week, so I've been flying with whatever low-time, newly-minted Cessna-jockey greenhorn flight instructor that answers the phone when I call to schedule. I've flown with four different instructors in the last two weeks. I...

Hi there, I'm in the process of moving to Eugene, OR and I was wondering if anyone knew of any flying clubs there. The main GA airport seems to be EUG, the Mahlon Sweet field, but I haven't figured out if there are any other GA airports w/ rentals and/or clubs nearby. I called Friendly Air...

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan National Guard is still holding in custody near Caracus a Portuguese-registered Citation X seized last October after about 880 pounds of cocaine were reportedly found on board. It's believed the business jet arrived from Mexico and had stopped in Caracas for fuel before a...

King Air on Climbout Survives Collision with Obstacle When investigators inspected a King Air C90 after it collided with a=20 weather station antenna, they found an obstruction light was embedded in = the right wing, two propeller blades on the right engine were bent, and=20 the right horizontal...

I wish you all a very cheery 2005. You really are a nice set of guys here (those branding me a terrorist notwithstanding), mostly patient even at clarifying elementary stuff :) Some more Qs, if you don't mind. 1. How does a pilot get to know the distance to the airport that he has to land in, so...

After several Court ordered Recounts the Results of the Poll follow. Note some people voted for multiple ways and one person alleged that he did not know what a sectional is. Sectional North Up 28 Track Up 14 GPS North Up 6 Track Up 9

Well, after a lot of self studding I should have my instrument written endorsement tomorrow I think I will take the test on Monday to kick off the new year on a good note then off to work on the commercial written its time to get them done and over with. My airplane is ready to start my...

For those who are still in holiday mood, the Alien training/citizenship validation rule is in full effect since Dec. 20: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2004/041220tsa.html Chris (Green Alien with a Card or something like that) PP-ASEL, Glider New Mexico PS: Actually the SSA should be...

I remember seeing a button on the A320 flight deck for disconnection of the nosewheel steering control. I also remember the cap'n saying that that's used during the push-back of the aircraft. He mentioned some reason for that but I don't recall what; possibly something to do with the hydraulics not...

A while back there was info posted about where to get long range (3-5 days) cloud height predictions but the listed links are no longer in service. Anybody have a new source for this?

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I have a quick question regarding system on a piper seneca. IT is !!! what's the pressure on Hydraulic system when the gear is uP? and how about when it is going down? I check with the Mainteneace today, they said somewhere around 600~800 PSI, but I always thought it was somewhere around 1500s. ...

I'm looking for a photo taken from the cockpit of a modern small plane (Cessna, Piper, whatever) showing several planes in front of it visible through the windshield waiting to take off ("...you're number 6 for takeoff"). Ideally the control tower and at least part of a well equipped instrument...