I'd appreciate any intelligent input into this idea I've had presented to me. Lately several flight schools have mentioned to me they'd be interested in leasing a light-sport plane from me if I purchased one. One person told me about someone who did this with a new Cessna 172, and it was paid off...

Just a word or two of caution, folks. Sound levels in SEL airplanes can exceed 90 dB A at the pilot's ear, and prolonged exposure to that level can lead to hearing loss. I stuff a couple of thousand bucks worth of electronics in each ear now, partly because I didn't use a headset in the airplane in...

Ham radio and general aviation (GA) have a lot of things in common. Among them a They are both technology oriented. The members of each can't understand why more people aren't interested in

I thought I had no problems with distractions. After all, I'm a highly trained and experienced pilot. But today I was taking some friends out flying, and just as we were leaving the class C airspace I noticed a bit of a strange noise - and I looked over and realized the door wasn't closed. I...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070822/gas_station_lawsuit.html?.v=4 What do you want to bet that the same thing is happening with 100LL? So much for U.S. anti-trust laws.

I presented a brain teaser of sorts to my friend who had been a professional football player and coach. I asked: "What would you say of a football coach who recruited (within constraints) less than the best players for his team?" Well, my friend simply couldn't fathom this. He kept repeating:...

Is there a decent source for a statistic that gives VFR vs. IFR vs. NO FLY for geographic areas? Say, for iced in Iowa, or for turbulent but clear Tejas.

Hi everyone, I want to share with you a new website I have found about electronic union of travel industry www.euoti.net. It's an organization provides services for all tourism sectors allover the world. It provides a huge directory contains everything related to tourism like hotels, tourism...

As long as they take their meds: http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/02/pilots.depression/index.html

Well, did my first solo on the weekend! Went up with my instructor first and did 2 touch and go's than on the third time around he asked me to do a full stop, and he'd get out and I could do one on my own. "Are you happy with that?" he asked. We landed, and taxiied off the runway and the plan was...

Iraqi Generals Meet Iranian Tomcats During the war with Iran, for Iraqi generals the life depended on two factors, both of which had to do with their superiors: a) not taking too much action and make themselves too dangerous for the dictator in Baghdad as to become his target, and b) not taking...

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2888090 Plane lands in field near runway A two-engine plane landed on its belly in a grassy field next to the runway at Weiser Air Park in northwest Harris County on Saturday. The pilot was able to land the plane after the left-wing wheel fell...

Dear friend, Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bill Gamelson, and I had a promising life ahead of me. I grew up with the nicest mom and dad I could have ever had. I stayed in school and when I graduated I wanted to become an airline pilot. I began the quest for my goal by getting my...

Here's a question for the group: I've got a flight instructor that I work well with. I finished my private with him and did my entire instrument rating with him. I want to start on my commercial (SE, and then CFI, CFII, and later ME) and was wondering if there is any good reason to look for someone...

I dreamt that I received a notice from a collection agency that I had some unpaid bills. I called them and they said that I owed the FAA some money, so they were initiating the collection process. This came as news to me, so I marched down to my local FAA office to get things straightened...

South side, towards the west, W83 deg 09 min, N45 deg 08 min, just above the box for the Alpena VORTAC. Is that a shipwreck with mast sticking up, or what? Seems that the water would be too deep there for a mast to be visible. I can't remember ever seeing that symbol before. Anyone? David

What exactly do they mean by this? Has anyone ever been denied their ATP because they weren't in "good moral character"? What do they use as a metric?

Hi all, Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA (my 3-rd class is coming up for renewal and I don't remember what I put on the application 3 years ago). I searched the FAA's website and didn't find any official forms for requesting this info, all they seem to require is a "signed...