Thanks to advice from several people, I sold the Garmin Streetpilot that was given to me as a gift and now wish to 'convert' it into an aviation GPS. I'm debating a Lowrance Airmap 1000 (or possibly a 500) and am curious to hear opinions of happy/sad pilots who own it... I have read as many...

Okay, all this nonsense about preflight briefers not knowing about TFRs -- well, it's not nonsense! I thought everybody on this group was just being, well, you know, "piloty," and complaining about how the FAA is lame. But I learned this weekend that it's true. I was taking a friend up for a Bay...

Did Delta also end an era of luxurious "management pay" by 32.5 percent? I tend to think not..... "n+e+w+s" wrote in message news:pqg9p019nhi2h9ugk3in97plpga0ipan5n@news... November 12, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com Delta Pilots Vote to Accept 32.5% Pay Cut

Nomen, so plastic surgery is not disqualifying on a medical. Good to know. BTW, as a student, I wouldn't have grasped that there was a chance and need to explain that much about GA. That comes later, in my experience. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Nomen Nescio wrote: They only drawback... weight....165 is now weight....185. Wow - that plastic weighs 20 pounds?!?

I am planning a flight to St. Louis for the holiday. Never having flown there before, I'm not familiar with the local airfields. It looks like Creve Cour would be the most convienient as far as proximity to our final destination. Anyone have any input on other factors regarding airports in the St...

As a society, we are obsessed with Numbers. We use them to compare ourselves to others. I make X number of dollars, I have house of Y square feet. My car, truck or other vehicle has an engine of W liter (cubic inches for the metrically challenged). As such, when someone asks "What is the average...

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If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go. Thanks

.... has piloted a 747? Just curious :) While we're at it, which is the biggest aircraft each of you have flown? Ramapriya

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

Argh! Last week (about nine shipping days ago) I ordered both approach charts for lower Ontario, Canada, and a low altitude IFR en route chart from Pilotshop.com in lieu of my upcoming flight to Toronto from NY state. This afternoon, a mere day and a half before my trip, Pilotshop sends me an...

On this, the Armistice Day (now known as Veteran's Day) of the "War to End All Wars", it's only right and fitting that we take a moment to thank those here who have served our country. I know there are many veteran pilots who populate this group. I, for one, salute you all, and thank you for...

My medical will be up soon. I've no reason to think I can't pass again, but the LSA rule does seem to present a powerful argument for not trying. Do any DME's agree to give the test first, then forget they ever saw you if you fail?

Hi Folks, Can someone with a Garmin 296 please tell me how the fuel timer works - whenever I set it on the gound it keeps going back to zero - I can't figure the thing out! Many thanks, CC

I am supposed to list a couple of avionics items for my flight department. I pretty much know how much a GPS-155XL is worth, but the Argus 5000/CE is a mystery. I've looked in Trade-a-Plane, Eastern Avionics, and the history search on Ebay. No Joy. I don't really want to auction it off with no...

For flights of under 3 hours that are daytime, pillows are not really necessary if the seats are comfortable. Consider that pillows during a daytime flight are often stowed in some overhead bin, reducing available bin space for passengers.

I've been wondering about this for a while now, and am sure someone here will know... How can I find/figure out what the forecast cloud bases will be 3 or 4 days out? I've looked on ADDS, AOPA's weather, NOAA.gov, etc but not found anything. In other words, if I'm going flying in a few days,...

Hello everybody, since very seldom I see posts from italian pilots, although we (the italians) have a good reputation among flying community, I would like to share my short experience as training pilot in Italy. A week ago I did my last training flight, which was a crosscountry solo flight of 160...

Just curious... do airliners view go-arounds unfavorably against pilots in, say, their appraisals or performance reports? Ramapriya