Good Afternoon Having seem some postings on here this seems like a good place to come to ask about recording flights in a semi hands off manner and an affordable one too. So far i've had passengers with cameras record two of my takeoffs and landings and i liked it and it helped illustrate what...

I was intrigued at Oshkosh with Aspen Avionics gyro and hsi steam gauge replacements. They have a LCD solid-state ADHRS gyro and HSI that fits into the same slots as the steam gauges. Anybody have any experience with these instruments? Are they shipping yet? I assume they are using these new...

You All Can See Photos Here!!! http://www.internationalferryflights.com/Africa_182_Diesel will update when I have time and recive more photos... Going to Be Busy Next Few Weeks!!!

Hi, Does a Garmin 530W capture a downloadable track? 496? Al G

Watching the videos of the heavies crabbing to a landing in high cross winds prompts me to ask: why don't they use asymmetrical thrust instead of kicking it straight in the flare? Even in a single, why don't we see more forward slips to a landing instead of crab, kick, and pray? Have these...

WASHINGTON — Last year was among the worst for airline delays and 2008 did not start any better, according to government data released Tuesday. Nearly one-third of commercial flights in the U.S. arrived late or were canceled in January, up slightly from the same month last year, the...

Earth shattering news for GNSS, commercial availability of Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) For 1st generation CSAC, amazing: 16 cc volume (1 cu inch) 35 grams weight 115mW of power 4 orders of magnitude better clock stability than typical frequency

I've been away from this newsgroup for quite some time, so forgive me if this has already been covered. The other day, one of my colleagues pointed out something I hadn't noticed in the latest set of approach plates, which came out at the end of December. Its on page A2, under "Aircraft Approach...

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_gad_gasil4of2003.pdf Highlights the case where a KAP140 equipped plane went a bit wobbly which was caused by a cell phone carried by a passenger. Personally I thought it was all rubbish till now, I guess time to take a different view. Makes you think when you are...

Ok, so it's snowing out. Presumably the water in the clouds is all frozen and there should be no icing concerns. Under what circumstances am I wrong? Jose -- (for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

This weekend, I'm flying almost due south 340 nm from Ottawa to Philadelphia, as I mentioned in a separate posting. Inevitably, the legs of my planned flight zigzag around a track of 180 deg M, some slightly on the east side, and some slightly on the west. Consider this part of the trip, all on...

When I first learned the memory aid for required documents, it was "ARROW". When I inquired why sometimes I saw "AROW", I remember being told that the second "R" was dropped because while flying within the USA you don't need the "Radio License". I glanced through the FAR/AIM and couldn't quickly...

Suppose the FAA truly does plan to decommission all navaids except GPS. How long do you think it would take to design, test, and publish replacement WAAS GPS approaches to replace every ILS, LOC, or other approach in existence today which does not meet the criteria for a straight GPS...

I was told by a co-worker that a new Part 91-mandatory compliance reg has come out, requiring all airplanes to meet a min. climb gradient of 2.5% for second stage climb gradient, unless published otherwise. In other words, if no specific gradient is published for XYZ airport, then the airplane must...

A Private Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land takes training in a Seaplane. He does not have a Seaplane rating. Can he log the training time he receives before he obtains his rating as PIC?

There was a thread a while ago about filing direct, and the need to include a fix for each ARTCC boundary. Just thought I'd give my recent experience. I've been flying up and down from CA to the North West a bit lately. The V route from the Seattle area to the Bay Area is a horror. So when I came...

I took my checkride yesterday, and when I attached my Sporty's flip-down foggles to my glasses, the examiner nearly had heart failure - "you can't use those!!!!!!!" She said they allow too much peripheral vision to permit transition to in-cloud flight. We completed the checkride with a cardboard...

I thought I'd share how I've been displaying the tracks of my flights. I found this very useful in helping me assess and analyze my errors. It's also been interesting on long flights into crowded airspace to see what the tracons actually do with us. I'm also hoping it will spark a discussion...

Where do ya'll like to go for practice approaches to get current ?

I'm planning on transitioning from a PA-28-181 to Diamond models (DA20C1 and then to DA40). I'd like to use the DA40 for longer trips and DA20 for putzing around the airport practicing IFR approaches, possibly in IMC. There isn't a question as to DA40's IFR capability, but I'm running into a bit...