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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French by
Tina
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its
terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in
France are "Surrender" and "Collaborate." The rise was precipitated by
a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively
paralysing the...
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Why GA is Dying by
Kyle Boatright
After I landed from this morning's flight, a young guy (maybe 18 or 20 years
old) came over, complimented my airplane and asked if he could take some
pictures. Of course, I was flattered and told him to shoot away. He hung
around and we talked for 20 minutes or more as I wiped down the...
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8710 (maybe a little OT) by
Matt Whiting
I'm filling out the 8710 for my upcoming commercial flight test and am
not sure what to put into three of the fields. I'll ask my CFI next
time we meet, but I thought I might get a quicker answer here.
For Solo, Cross Country Solo and Cross Country PIC, I'm not sure exactly
what they want. I...
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Jet fuel A-1 specific gravity by
[email protected]
When I was involved in the design-build project of at least two A-1
pipelines here in the United Arab Emirates, I recall seeing the bid
documents state the Specific Gravity of A-1 as being between 0.78 and
0.84.
Can anyone point me to a link that endorses this range as an accepted
international...
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GPS Altitude with WAAS by
Phil Verghese
I posted earlier about seeing differences of up to 500' between the
altitude shown on my Garmin GPS 196 (even while receiving WAAS) and my
altimeter. The GPS would consistently indicate higher than the
altimeter. Dan Luke suggested the cause might be non-standard
temperatures. After some more...
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Did you ever give up on an IR? by
No Such User
I wonder if I have what it takes to get an instrument rating. I can fly
just fine when the air is smooth, but if there's any turbulence I can
last at most two minutes before I have to choose between taking off the
hood or losing my lunch. The general consensus seems to be that this
will go away...
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Pirep: Garmin GPSMAP 296 versus 295. (very long) by
Jon Woellhaf
I got my first GPS, a Magellan, in April of 1995. I thought it was an
absolute marvel - and it was, at the time. I got my second GPS, a Garmin GPS
III Pilot, in November of 1997, for about $650. It was a hundred times
better than the Magellan. I got my third GPS, a Garmin GPSMAP 295, in
February of...
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NetJets Layoff by
[email protected]
NetJets laid off an undisclosed number of employees yesterday in at
least the Ohio offices.
The employees (some as long as seven years) arrived at work yesterday
and were called into meetings where they were told their positions no
longer existed, their benefits end on Friday (June 30th), given...
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June 11th 12 05:38 PM
by atwus
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Bonanza crash caught on video by
Jay Honeck
http://fox40.trb.com/
In an amazing coincidence, a Sacramento TV station was at Cameron Park
airport filming background for a story about the crash of a plane that
had departed earlier in the day and caught a second crash on video. Go
to the web site and click on "Cameron Park Plane Crash" on the...
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Letter from TSA by
Rosspilot
I opened my mailbox today and found a letter from the Transportation Security
Administration. "Gulp", I thought to myself. What did I do?
Turned out to be an answer to a letter I had written months ago (July)
regarding the damn Presidential TFRs, and the difficulty they were presenting
to...
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Catastrophic Decompression; Small Place Solo by
Aviation
I have two questions inspired by Hollywood movies.
In the movies (Goldfinger, Executive Decision and so on),
when pressurized aircraft suffer catastrophic decompression
at high (25000+ feet) altitude (usually when the bad guy
shoots a bullet through a window) everything not tied down
gets sucked...
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Letter from TSA? by
Emily
Got one this week (or last week, I've been out of town) that says that
new rules for CFI's have been implemented, etc, etc, etc. The odd thing
is, it looks like it was printed on a $50 printer and wasn't even in an
official envelope like I'm used to seeing from the FAA. It really only
had a...
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Real stats on engine failures? by
Captain Wubba
Howdy. I was discussing with a friend of mine my concerns about flying
single-engine planes at night or in hard IFR, due to the possibility
of engine failure. My buddy is a CFI/CFII/ATP as well as an A&P, about
3500 hours, and been around airplanes for a long time, so I tend to
give credence to his...
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December 8th 03 04:09 PM
by Michael
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Mercenary Air by
Larry Dighera
US Contractors are not subject to US law nor Iraqi law, nor the Geneva
Convention, nor the Freedom Of Information Act.
If Blackwater is acting irresponsibly on the ground, imagine what they
can do in the air.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080602-1402-brazil-us-embraer.html
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pilots refuse to fly with gun loons onboard by
nick
"Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline pilots' union
called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on board."
"Airline pilots should not take off with marshals on board, the British
Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) has said."
"Capt Granshaw defended pilots'...
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January 9th 04 08:08 PM
by Bogart
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AOPA Stall/Spin Study -- Stowell's Review (8,000 words) by
Rich Stowell
All right! Can't a guy get away from civilization for a while, safely
out of e-mail range, without the world falling apart? Ok, ok, maybe
only that sliver of the world that cares about stalls and spins in
light airplanes. I come home after nearly three weeks traversing the
Pacific Northwest giving...
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Frequency of convictions for lying on FAA medical form by
Sally Grozmano
Hi,
I am familiar with the potential penalties for lying on the FAA medical,
but was curious if anyone had any stats on *actual* convictions that have
occured for this, and what the associated penalties were? It seems to be
"common knowledge" that many pilots do lie, but I never hear of...
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Gasohol by
Blueskies
Is it true that there is no longer any requirement to label gasoline contaminated with alcohol?
Good article he http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Gasoline.html
I just did the add water to gas test on a couple of local gas sources and all contain alcohol, and none of the pumps
said anything...
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VFR position reporting by
Mxsmanic
I'm still not clear on the exact procedure for position reports if you
are flying VFR over long distances without flight following. To whom
do you report your position, and what information should it include?
Which positions do you report and how often?
--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach...
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