Two small airplanes collide midair above Denver, no one injured, authorities say Apparently, the two aircraft were cleared to land on intersecting runways, and the Cirrus pilot overshot his...

Jay Honeck wrote in message ... How accurate is GPS for determining altitude, now that WAAS is active? I was in the air over five hours yesterday, and while droning along found that our new AvMap's altitude readout was just about dead-nuts accurate -- it was maybe 50 feet off, at times. In...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbWsgAIc_c Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet Published on May 8, 2016 The egg-shaped plane, called Lilium, has been heralded as high up as the European Space Agency (ESA) The plane, designed by four German engineers, takes off...

Does the military _ever_ return its airspace to public use? ------------------------------------------------------------------- AVflash Volume 11, Number 7a -- February 14, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- GA PILOTS TAKE ON MILITARY IN N.M. New Mexico...

From the Cessna Pilots Ass'n avionics forum: "Just talked to Tom Engberg at Cessna about G1000 WAAS upgrade. He said that Cessna was waiting on Garmin to propose an upgrade to the pre 07 G1000s. He also said that it was going to take a change in the GIAs and that would be very expensive. This...

Anyone else see his Oshkosh tirade? Excellent stuff!

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

The A/C in question is a 1974 Bellanca 7ECA, re-engined with an O-320 so it's effectively a 7GCAA. It belongs to the Offutt AFB Aero Club and has seen very little use, often sitting for weeks at a time until a week ago when I began taking dual in it 2-3 times a week to get my tailwheel...

"Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane and if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt speeding in the opposite direction. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths." Quoted from the Discovery channel...

I may have to go to the Regina, SK, CA/Minnesota area this winter for 2 months. First Is Snow How Deep Before Ski's Are Needed? Ware to obtain ski's for a cessna 150? Best Type of Oil Heater? Should One Use a Cowl Warmer?

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/voltaero-kinect-hybrid-electric-aircraft/ VoltAero and Kinect hook up for hybrid-electric passenger flights from 2023 By Loz Blain May 31, 2021 The VoltAero Cassio is designed to offer short-range full-electric flights and longer-range hops in hybrid mode....

That's the cost for your ticket in Europe. (Assuming 55 hours, *not* including the seven tests, materials and ground school.) One hour of dual training in the U.K. - $315.27 One hour of single engine trainer rental in the U.K. - $285.27 One gallon of 100LL in Europe - $13.00 I'm glad I'm on...

http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-032308-sjf-gunonplane.1c4cabd1.html Awfer... there went that experiment. " CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A gun carried by a US Airways pilot accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to a statement released by...

On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 5:45:06 PM UTC-6, Tina Marie wrote: In article , Jay Honeck wrote: I guarantee that NOTHING looks more fun (or more dangerous) than flying one of those big ol' crop-dusters. Man, if you can...

Does this get activated only when there's an aircraft in the dangerous vicinity or will it also trigger if the aircraft is hurtling towards some terrain such as a hill? And does every aircraft have this system these days, regardless of size? Ramapriya

Dan, Good post. Winston Churchill was also a pilot, soloing, but never receiving a license. He learned very early (don't have the reference here but I believe it was during or immediately after WWI...at a time when the sport was extremely dangerous and, if I recall correctly, he stopped due to...

Opinions, please! (No one on Usenet has any of *those*, right? :-) We're considering putting together a combo deal with a couple of other local airport businesses, along the following lines: 1. Come to Iowa City and stay the weekend in one of our aviation themed jacuzzi suites... 2. While you're...

Now the British airline pilots are considering refusingto fly if there is an armed security guard on a flight, citing the danger of a gunshot in a pressurized airliner. http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukresponse/story/0,11017,863275,00.html What? Are they using "Goldfinger" as a training film there...

More Evidence of the Pilot Shortage PILOT SHORTAGE HITS REGIONALS (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1004-full.html#196655) American Eagle, the regional subsidiary of American Airlines, has trimmed flights from its winter schedule in part because it doesn't...

"RST Engineering" wrote in message . Jim..... You were mighty quick to jump onto BT's answer, and here you are also picking at Slick's post. Just for the sake of accuracy, could you clarify a couple of points for me? 1. You officiously quibbled over Slick's use of the...