There's no denying that engine failure is twice as likely with a twin engine aircraft. ======================================================================= June 30, 2017 Both occupants of a twin Cessna survived a crash on the 405 freeway shortly after departure from John Wayne Airport. The...

Just got this today in e-mail, forwarded from an Aviation Daily piece. I imagine this should **** of a few people. ========================== DHS Wants GA Aircraft Screened Before Flights To U.S. The Dept. of Homeland Security plans to extend the security requirements now applicable to Part 135...

So, Wichita, Kansas seems to be blessed with a lot of airports and the sectional chart looks pretty busy. To the east of Wichita Mid Continent (ICT), there is Col. Jabara (towerless), Beech Factory (private field w/ tower), McConnell AFB, etc. McConnel's Class D just grazes Beech's towered...

A little while ago I started a thread about why a Cessna landing peformance chart showed a climb wt limit that was pressure altitude rather than density altitude dependant. Well now I am similarly confused by a different performance table ( not a chart this time) which shows the take off distance...

I toured the new state of the art tower at Addison airport last week and was struck by all the security measures they employed. The entire complex and parking lot was surrounded by a dense wrought iron fence with a nasty "fish hook" shaped sharp pointed curve at the top. An intercom opened the...

What does "below the line" mean, apparently with reference to checklists? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

If you are following a road or river or other feature on the ground while flying VFR, and that feature runs north/south but often veers off to one side or the other, are you expected to change your altitude each time you move from a heading of 0-179 to 180-359 or vice versa?

It is all relative. A 5000 foot paved runway that is 150 feet wide can be challenging to a 747 pilot.

Hi everybody We are two Danes and two Austrians who have thought of flying around the Carribean for about a month in late winter/wpring 2004. Just from looking at the map we figure it should be possible to do some loop around the Caribbean Sea (Cuba - Haiti - Domenican Rep. - Puerto Rico -...

Pilot reported heavy downdraft over Lancaster, CA, resulting in crash. http://www.orovillemr.com/news/chico/ci_4917367 Can somebody explain what he did right/wrong?

Jeffrey Bloss wrote: No you keep him here running his frothing mouth like a loon, keep him on ACF or the next thing you will know, I'll have to kick the ever loving **** out of him (again) when he "flies" over to rec.aviation.xxxxx to play pilot. Q. What is bigger than Franklin's...

How do the rest of you deal with careless linemen? The kind who scratch your airplane or chip the paint because they are either careless or have not been properly trained on how to avoid damaging aircraft when refueling 'em. Case in point - this afternoon I stopped by the airport to prep for a...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/miamicbs4-15750840/miami-aviation-school-gets-its-own-jet-19933123 --- Mark

I had a situation yesterday at the end of my local "just because" flight (you know, one of those where you really have no place to go but the weather is favourable and you just want to go flying). Was flying a rental 172. Took off like a rocket (lightly loaded solo... cold air about freezing),...

Plane at the hold bar at active. ATC-- Position and hold Pilot taxies to the Rwy and holds. Atc --take position and hold Pilot taxies to rwy and holds. Atc-- Hold in position Pilot stays at hold bar.

The Maydays post got me wondering. I don't monitor except during the long flights, maybe ~2 hours or longer...

Separate cockpit and passengers by wall with no door, no window, just plane wall. No mechanism of communication whatsover with cockpit from passenger area. That will discourage hijacker because whatever he do, pilot will not know. When terrorists know that even flight staff can not talk to pilot,...

The grounds opened today (man, you've gotta be hard-core to fly in THIS early!), and it's shaping up to be another great show. This'll be our 25th in a row, God willin' and the crik don't rise. Who's in? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993

Just heard about this on the morning news. Apparently pilot with 4 months with the company had trouble maintaining altitude and attempted a landing at the Easton, WA airstrip. It sounds like he came up short and crashed into some trees, then cartwheeled and burst into flames. This is tragic,...

Our EAA chapter had a 40' hangar door that split in the middle and folded sideways (each half). The ends were hinged and the center had a single roller that ran in a track above. The bottom was not attached in any way and just hung. It was held closed and open with large steel pins that dropped...