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1) I keep my plane in a hangar at an airport more than 50 nm from the airport nearest my home. I decide to fly it home for a week (1 hr), and tie it down. I fly locally for that week (5 hrs), then back to my hangar airport (1 hr). How much of that can I log as XC time usable for a rating? 2) I...

Coming back from Pella (near Des Moines) today we over-flew a poor sap who was apparently sitting on his microphone. Worse, he had the incredible misfortune of being the last person in a flight of three to land, and while they landed ahead of him he gave a long, critical, and quite profane...

Last Friday I participated in a NASA GA research experiment that measured a pilot's performance flying behind the standard round dials to that of flying behind three different primary flight displays. The 25 pilots participating in this experiment came from all experience levels, from low-time VFR...

I see on CNN that Tiger Woods 498 ton yacht slipped through security surveillance. When the Coast Guard realized that something so big was in port unexpectedly, they gave him the TFR busting treatment. It went on to say that they don't worry about vessels under 300 tons. A ton in this case is a...

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I'm a member of the Cessna Pilot's Association which seems to me to be everything a type club should be. I always save far more on maintenance than my dues from stuff I learn. I see now that someone is starting a Cessna Flyers Association. Normally, I find competition a good thing but I don't...

OK, it's just in our (very) small circulation Victoria Flying Club monthly newsletter, but I've got two articles in October's issue. One is just a trip report, Victoria to Penticton, BC; the other is my book review of "Stick & Rudder" and Sparky Imeson's new "Taildragger Tactics"; the bookshelf...

On 18 Oct 2004 07:20:49 GMT, (Ditch) wrote: http://anonym.to/?http://raoulitor.free.fr/MIII.wmv This is one even Dudley might like. No crashes...just some cool-a$$ flying by the Swiss Air Force taken from a Mirage III. The file is close to 36MB, but it is well worth the...

I've been looking at the performance charts for the Lycoming O-320-B and D series engines. There's a line that is labeled "Limiting manifold pressure for continuous operation". This line starts at sea level and 2400 rpm, runs through 2300 rpm at about 2,000' ASL, and continues to 2000 rpm at about...

After one qualifies to solo, do you still pay intructor rates during solo flights? I would expect that during briefings and debriefs, one woul. But do oyu pay for the whole time you are flying? Thanks!

Have you ever carefully studied what the regulations actually REQUIRE regarding the various experience requirements for an instrument rating? The XC requirement in particular, is one that oftentimes unnecessarily adds to the cost of an instrument rating and delays getting it. According to the...

Planning to go x-country in the US May next year. Routing will be (roughly): Houston - Chicago - Bangor - Jacksonville - Houston. Any airports along the way we should visit besides for refueling? Please advise. Thanks. Mark The Netherlands

I was looking through http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/iirform.htm and found that a helicopter had an "incident" during takeoff. It says that it became "nose heavy" and that the tail rotor struck the ground. Would this be a typo, or am I just thinking wrong? I would think that if it was "nose heavy",...

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"Cycling" wrote IQ is the measuremwnt of intelligence. All you continue to prove is that you do not proof read your posts. That shows lack of attention to detail. Pick a group and post to one. Cross posting is not welcome in this group.

My Top Two votes: 1. Up the Mississippi River valley from Savannah, IL north to LaCrosse, WI. With this sudden, early cold snap, the colors in the Midwest have abruptly changed, and I imagine the flight past the bluffs that mark the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers will be even...

I can't remember where I "learned" it but I always thought 1800 RPM was the limit for ground running leaned to clear plugs. I had a really bad one yesterday with 250 RPM drop. I taxied back to the shop and they said to try full throttle before pulling the plugs. It worked but running the engine...

"W P Dixon" wrote Guess it may just be students that do not care and teachers that do not make them care. ?????????????????????? Hmm. How do you propose that teachers "make" the students care? I await your solution. --