I want to install an external airband antenna hooked up to a handheld radio to talk to airplanes. It would possibly be a whip antenna but I don't know what type and where to buy it the US. Any recomendations?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380 Avionics architecture The A380 employs an Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architecture, first used in advanced military aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor and

I am a member of a glider club that uses an L-19 Birddog for our tow plane. The airplane makes a great towplane and by removing the rear stick and turning the rear seat around, you can face backwards for the flight which is a real hoot. The airplane came to us after military use and had a full...

The graphic (website) version of this newsletter can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/newsletter410.htm Quote of the Week: "Sadly the FAA continues to short staff control towers in an effort to control costs while they eschew safety and efficiency" comment by Senator "Chuck"...

We had just taken off VFR from HPN when a snow squall blew in. We hadn't even reached pattern altitude when we decided discretion was the better part of valor. We came right back and landed. On the taxi back, I heard ground say to somebody, "The field is now IFR, visibility 2-1/2 miles in...

I haven't found a decent reference for this -- can anyone help? Consider a clean low speed airplane -- maybe one of the kit built ones. Does anyone have some quantitative measure of how much drag is reduced if the airplane is flown say half or quarter of a wingspan above the ocean? Would we be...

Is it a bird? http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?oid=911d85ea5c7e3032&rurl=video.yahoo.com&fr=yvmtf Brian Whatcott Altus OK

For a 757, does the data from the radar altimeter get recorded along with the data from the barometric altimeter? I assume so, but just want a confirmation -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Harrison for Congress in NY 13CD www.harrison06.com

I recently visited the Niagara Aerospace Museum (thumbs up!) and got the opportunity to see a P39 Airacobra close-up...and I noticed that the elevator and ailerons (& possibly the rudder as well) were fabric-covered, instead of aluminum like the rest of the plane. Is this the way they were built?

According to wikipedia, "In the event of an emergency deorbit that would bring the Orbiter down in an area not within range of a designated emergency landing site, the Orbiter is theoretically capable of landing on any paved runway that is at least 10,000 feet long, which includes the majority...

Does anyone have copy of the Garmin PCX5AVD software. I have a panel mount Garmin GPS 100 AVD. The user memory battery in the unit is low and I need to replace it. In order to do this I need to down load the user data before I change the battery or I will lose the user data. I have the PCX5...

It seems 100/130 is is still available in some places: http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=KR64553&sch=NGTA

I watched the whole thing (from about 1/2 hour out) on the NASA video feed (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html). It is really is amazing how all this stuff works. One amazing thing about the final approach is how steep it is. I've always known it was steep (the NASA web...

www.niborex.com E6B with W&B (free trial and free if you buy their portable copilot) Pocket FMS (www.pocketfms.com) brilliant free fight planning moving map GPS etc etc for PC and PDA. I use it exclusively - has W&B with graphs on both PDA and PC (and did I say it's free). If you pay US$60...

Hi group, and sorry in advance, for some of you will for sure concider this post as spam. However, i have started a site for the exchange of any kind of written documents... from fiction to non-fiction; novels to do-it-yourself manuals and handling tips for pets. Maybe the one or the other here...

The prop I got with my plane, a 1970 Bellanca KCAB w/Lycoming IO-320-E2A, is the wrong one listed in the Type Certificate. I need another. Anyone have a Prop for sale? McCauley 1C172AGM 72 Inch Sensenich 74DM6S8-2 72 Inch Sensenich 74DM6S8-1 73 Inch Or one that is STC'd for this plane/Engine...

Spotted on Interstate 10 about 75 miles east of Tucscon, Arizona, on the afternoon of 11/17: A large convoy of trucks guiding an oversized load. The oversized load appeared to be a fuselage section about 75 feet long, and significantly larger in diameter than a 747. And the whole package was...

Group: I have produced a DVD, designed to help homebuilders in the construction of steel tube fuselages. http://www.jumprunenterprises.com Please check it out if you're interested! Thanks,

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http://www.ng2000.com/news.php?tp=aviation A PILOT regarded as the first aviation hero of the United States in World War II finally received recognition in the Philippines last week.