I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are. Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members of the...

Looking at the prog charts for the next several days, Texas looks like a mess. Moderate to heavy rains, thunderstorms, yuck. Our plan to head south on Sunday is scrubbed. So, we're looking at heading to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina instead. The progs look great for at least three or four days, and...

At sea level, the change in atmospheric pressure with altitude is close to 1"Hg/1000'. Logically, this would mean that the air pressure would drop to zero somewhere not much above 30000'. It doesn't, because as the density drops the variation with altitude also changes. Which brings to mind the...

No. Straight lines on Lambert Conformal maps are not great circles. It's my understanding that the Lambert Conformal is better than any other flat surface at representing the curved surface of the earth in such a way that a straight line on the chart comes very close to being a Great...

You've got two years to comply or lose your right to pilot an aircraft: http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2008/080228plastic.html FAA mandates plastic pilot certificates By AOPA ePublishing staff Still hanging onto your paper pilot certificate? You’ll need to ...

Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY

The Los Angeles Times has an article about pilots who fly bank checks around the country each night. With the modernization of check processing, these flights will be needed less in the future. "AirNet's 128 planes, many of them speedy Learjets, are small enough and nimble enough to pack and...

Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology...

1. If the principles of flight are universally applicable, why is it that birds don't stall or spin? I wonder especially because I'm sure I've seen some gulls hover in mid-air doing pretty much nothing except having their wings spread! 2. We know it's possible for an aircraft to fly at angle to...

What's with the SR22 crashes? Another one went down Arizona yesterday.

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I notice that the Citation CJ1s have Collins Pro Line and the Citation Mustangs have Garmin 1000s. Does the Pro Line have any significant advantages over the Garmin 1000? Which might be easier for the single pilot to learn? -Just Curious -Charles Talleyrand

Hello, I'm about to buy a bike and am interested in a "foldable" bike. I do not own a plane, just use a rental ( Cessna 172 SP ). Has anyone thought about getting one of these to fit on the backseat of 172 ? The one I found here : http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/th-367-r.html is about 45 pounds...

Does anybody know the person who owns the footage of the Thunderbird crash footage from 2003?

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...

If the possibility of engine failure is doubled in a twin, what are the chances with 12 engines? :-) ------------------- https://newatlas.com/joby-aviation-funding/53232/ Intel leads $100 million in new funding for Joby's tilt-rotor flying taxi Joby hopes to cut down on traffic and pollution in...

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:11:00 +0100, Peter wrote: Reading FAR/AIM 2004 it isn't entirely clear to me because different sections refer to day and night cross country, and I don't think the description of a day cross country applies to the night flight; the distances are...

I'm taking flight lessons and was hoping to get my private pilot certificate not too far down the line. Today I went in for my medical and was told by the examiner I have a couple problems. Although I've been asymptomatic for some time I'm on a medication that is not allowed by the FAA. When I...

I've just received a "past due" invoice for the purchase of 250 gallons of Jet A from an FBO a thousand miles away on 20 May. The invoice includes my name and address and the N-number of my airplane. The trouble is: I'm not a jet pilot; haven't been to that city in thirty years; the airplane with...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6294778.stm Interesting that a "Go Around" is considered here as an "unfamiliar manoeuvre" - and that the pilot was "put in a situation beyond his experience" - okay he only had 15 hours of flying time and it was only his second solo, but I was doing...