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Forgot to close flight plan by
Paul Folbrecht
Ok, I did it today, first time ever, after ferrying my newly purchased
152 home. I realized about an hour after landing that I'd forgotten. I
called the FSS and they'd informed me that they'd called the tower who
had confirmed my landing and thus the plan had been closed. I felt like
a complete...
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making the transition from renter to owner part 2 (long) by
Journeyman
The weather was a huge question mark for pretty much the entire flight
home. My plan A of course was to fly back the next day (Tuesday, the
30th). Plan B was to fly home commercially, leaving the airplane for
about a month until weather is more stable and I had less expected
schedule...
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Speeds for best range or endurance don't depend on altitude by
John T Lowry
This note is about Vbr (speed for best range) and Vbe (speed for best
endurance) - as well as specific range SR (nm per pound of fuel) and
specific endurance SE (hr per pound of fuel) themselves - and how these
quantities depend on (fixed pitch propeller) airplane gross weight W and
(density)...
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April 16th 04 02:02 AM
by Dave S
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Practicing SFLs with a constant speed prop - how? by
Ed
I'm fairly new to GA after a 19 year break flying jets. I routinely
fly a single engine experimental with a constant speed prop mounted on
a Lycoming IO-360.
2 QUESTIONS:
1. What's the proper setup to simulate the way the plane would glide
in case of an engine failure? I'm looking for pitch...
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Airport guides on video? by
Philip Sondericker
Does anyone know of any videos that provide overviews of airports--kind of
an "AFD on video" type of thing? Anything that's broken down by region?
Thanks.
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Why do constant speed power setting charts limit RPM? by
Ben Jackson
A typical power chart for a constant speed prop will limit the RPM to
2400 at all altitudes and power settings. The 75% power table will
just end when it is no longer possible to make enough manifold pressure
to get 75% HP out of the engine at 2400 RPM.
In contrast, a fixed pitch prop will turn...
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car commercial with a beechcraft? by
Otis
There was a car commercial on not too long ago for lexus or infiniti or
mazda or something (I was only paying attention to the plane) that had a
twin engine plane flying low overhead. I think it was a beechcraft. Anybody
know what I'm talking about? Why can't I find .mpg's of TV commercials...
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Summed up well thank you. by
Boris
Thanks to everyone for their detailed and frank responses. You
confirmed that flying tops the 'expensive hobby' list. I knew it, I
just couldn't face up to it.
I can see that for recreational pilots, flying is all about the
experience. It cannot be justified any other way financially except to
a...
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April 16th 04 09:01 AM
by Boris
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Northwest CEO Richard Anderson Jabs General Aviation by
Larry Dighera
While the airlines consume 94% of annual aviation fuel sales*, it's my
understanding that they are largely exempt fuel tax**. So who's right
on the issue of ATC funding?
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AOPA ePilot Volume 6, Issue 11 March 12,...
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Switching to ground.... by
David Rind
I landed at BED a couple of days ago, and as I was rolling out
the controllers switched, so I never got the usual instruction
to "turn off at Golf, ground .7". Since Golf was the first
taxiway to turn off on anyway, I made the turn off.
Tower was now so busy (common at BED) that I could not get a...
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FAA's failure to comply with the law. by
Larry Dighera
Who violates the FAA Administrator?
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Business AVflash Volume 2, Number 07 -- April 14, 2004
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TSA WATCH I: FAA'S FOOT-DRAGGING
This issue's TSA Watch feature...
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Women are better pilots than men by
Nathalie Hutt
Men are too dumb to fly, they will think of their penises all the time
and crash into mountains.Women are far more skilled and not driven by
small "joysticks".
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Here's where I want to fly, now what do I need? by
Boris
The following are questions about the reality in going from no flying
experience to being qualified to fly my family away on weekends.
Please indicate if this is the wrong newsgroup for these questions.
The weekend drive from my home in Grosse Pointe, MI to Lake Ann, MI is
230 statute miles, about...
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Pinckneyville by
StellaStar
It's time again to tell Highflyer we're coming and make the annual descent upon
the flatland of southern Illinois.
I'm going, of course. The opportunity to stand around in a hangar with a crowd
of certified geniuses who dress like hoboes (attack of the bright shirts!),
drink beer, laugh a lot and...
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LOP operation by
Roger Long
Is anyone in this group interested in or experimenting with Lean of Peak
operation? I'm especially interested in the experience of anyone doing it
with a fixed pitch carb engine with single EGT and CHT probes.
--
Roger Long
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Marv Golden ANR? by
Sam Bradshaw
Hi all,
I just recently got my Instrument rating (still waiting for
that shiny new plastic ID :)), and was thinking about purchasing a
low-end ANR headset(sub-$300). I was thinking about either the Marv
Golden MG-ANR's or the DRE-6000's. I was looking through the
newsgroups, and couldn't really...
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April 17th 04 07:16 PM
by Pete
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Cirrus' "Failing Instruments In Rapid Succession" by
Marco Leon
Sure the chute worked as advertised. Great.
What irks me is how and why the aircraft experienced all these instrument
failures one right after another. If any of our Pipers/Cessnas/Beechcrafts
had a propensity to experience near simultaneous failures of supposedly
separate systems there would be...
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Gyros - Electric vs Vacuum? by
Bill Denton
I have noticed that American Champion offers three different panel "types"
on the Super Decathlon:
No gyro instruments.
Vacuum gyro instruments.
Electric gyro instruments.
I have read that aerobatic work is extremely hard on vacuum gyro
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Presidential TFR Buffalo, NY 4/20 by
Buff5200
Just found out President "W" is coming to Buffalo, NY next Tuesday 4/20.
No further details yet.
Now two questions:
First, do presidential TFR's automatically include Canadian airspace?
Bush may be visiting within a couple hundred yards of the Canadian
boarder/airspace.
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