Do you ever experience the sensation that time is slowing down for you? E.G. Your brain and motor functions are moving at normal speed, but everything around you has slowed down? I've had this sensation more than a few times. A couple of times when I was in auto accidents (not my fault) and could...

Bertie I flew four flightin the 737 over Memorial week. Each landing started from a down wind and long stablized final VFR. I did not detect any attitude change or thorttle change after turning final. I also DID NOT feel or see any flare and impact with ground was what I

GA is dying. In fact, it's already dead at many (perhaps most?) airports across America. The high price of gas, insurance, aircraft, hangars, fees, training, plus the unreliability and hassle factors have kept all but the fanatical (a group in which I proudly include myself) away from...

wrote in news:23e736d2-3743-4ab9-be9d-e3d15bf7ce36 @q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: It is amazing that so many people just do not understand that all the murderers who go on shooting rampages and kill students and others are doing it for the sole purpose of discrediting the...

If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a VFR departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do I level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the pattern?

yesterday I finished my latest rating. Commercial Single Engine Sea! It was a lot of fun. Now I have to get floats for the Maule! I was actually having fun while training for the rating. That was a change. Next year? CMES? That will round out the powered rating for me. Michelle P

Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. A CFI and student in a Skyhawk were darn near killed in November when they flew through the monster's wake turbulence. They were flipped over and lost 1000 feet of altitude and...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/12_30-SE/leadnews/cessna_lsa_cirrus_killer_192767-1.html ---------------------------------------------------- DW

Just a comment... Last weekend I had to move a full load, five seats and baggage, across three states with multiple stops... This required a light fuel load to make the W&B work out... For those who have not seen my postings on fuel before, I am a fanatic about not ever going into the last hour...

A Dr friend of mine mentioned that he tried to apply as an AME with the local FSDO and was told "we already have enough AME's go away". As a capitalist, that really bothered me. Under what authority does the FAA regulate the supply of AMEs? Certainly we can all understand that the FAA must put...

After last week's great flight down to Atlanta and back to NJ, I've begun to seriously investigate upgrading "my" aircraft to an SR-20. By "my" I mean that I currently rent, and for long distance flights meant more for vacation like the one to Atlanta, I rent a 172SP. I'm very happy with the planes...

Went to Lone Rock, Wisconsin today for the $100 hamburger , with excellent VFR conditions, and winds light and variable. After lunch we saw a 210 taxi to the approach end of runway 27 (clearly visible from the the far end at the restaurant). Just as he started his takeoff roll, another guy in a...

Does anybody have a good handle on when ATC wants you to read back altimeter settings? On a single IFR flight on Tuesday, I encountered several controllers who I'd check in with, and they'd give me an altimeter setting, and that would be it, and 2 (both in Canada, BTW) whom when I didn't read back...

land of the free land of the brave land of the save ridicolous ..... http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/nation/10539621.htm --- snip ---

Has anyone on this list working with CAP. I'm a CFI and would be willing to donate some instruction if they were interested and if it were helpful. Is CAP interested in civilian CFIs or just those with a military background? What does it mean that some CAP orgs are "Cadet" and some are "composite"?...

Scientists are now predicting a 70% chance of Mt. Saint Helens erupting and throwing rocks as far as three miles away. Pilots flying in the area should steer clear of the crater. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

I'm a new student pilot (no aviation career plans) and am wondering: What things should I buy for myself? Headset, logbook, calculator etc. What makes sense to buy now and what should I wait on until I've flown a while? What would make my training easier and more productive? Pilot courses,...

Sound like alot of wisdom in this newsgroup would appreciate the same about what my prospects can be starting at 50. Flight has always been a lure for me (father in the business, avid flight sim user etc etc) Now that I can financially afford to do the real thing (well lets say ~...

Back to the thread on pilots setting QNH for local acro work. I was in the trusty Pawnee this weekend and checked the altimeter, I can only select settings from 28.10 to 31.50, so.. following the others advice of setting QNH. I could not. I attempted to find this information in my personal...

1980's... Watching the string of landing lights of arriving aircraft east of Oshkosh stretching out over Lake Michigan. (Amusingly, followed by watching the arrivals try to find a parking spot in the dark with out flag-people.)