**** ! Who will pay the damage now ? And who will clean the mess? P.S. : Sorry, no Christmas this year, bits o' Santa are scattered all over the country ...

Greetings Wise Flyers, I was wondering if anyone knew of any Hot Springs/Spa kind of place that one can fly to within say 250 NM of Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. Need to score some points with the lady ;) cheers, N

Okay, here's the newly refurb'd site: www.AlexisParkInn.com I haven't had time to do all the text editor clean-up, but: a) The counter is gone. b) The main picture is smaller on the flash page. c) I've eliminated a bunch of superfluous pictures on the second page (which used to be the home...

Anyone seen any good written reviews of the various 406 EPIRBs and PLBs currently on the market? What about exeperience? Looking for something small enough to keep on one's person but that would have decent battery life in cold water. Needs to be waterproof too. Helen

Ok, this may sound like an odd question but here it goes is there a list of State laws Concerning Landing On Public Roads? The only one i have found is for Montana: The following is taken directly from the Montana Code; MCA 67-1-204 (3) Lawfulness of Flight and Landings: Aircraft landings and...

On 14 Dec 2004 08:38:19 -0800, "babydoll" wrote in :: Unfortunately, your choice of newsgroups: alt.aviation.fun, rec.aviation.student, rec.aviation, rec.aviation.misc, rec.aviation.piloting failed to include the only...

If you have an AOPA/MBNA credit card then you should check the APR on your last statements. MBNA has been raising the APR on AOPA cardholders, even if you pay on time. So check your credit card statements and call AOPA credit card services to complain. And also call MBNA to drop the rate back down.

For those who were intrigued by the mystery of how (and why) that F/A-18 accidentally "shot down" a photo-ship A4 Skyhawk (as shown in a short video clip here a couple of weeks ago), here is a much longer version of the video that shows several different angles, all the way to...

Anyone here have any experience with rentals out of KLEE in Central Florida. I'll be in that neck-of-the-woods between Christmas and New Years and would like to get checked out and do some sightseeing. I'd prefer to rent a C172. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks

There was a comment on the "was" thread about .jpg being an inferior format to a couple of other formats. So if my Kodak 1.3Mp camera only downloads in ..jpg, how do I fool it into downloading in some other uncompressed format? According to the camera specifications, the actual file format is...

any views on the panther headphones bose seems good...does it have inputs for cell/mp3 player. i plan to use it primarily in a jet cockpit environment.

There was a thread not very long ago about the relative (un)safety performance of light aircraft. Some posters compared GA with motorcycles, cars etc etc Now, last saturday there was a safety related article about Xmas decorations in our newspaper. It appears that every hour two to three US...

I am planning a flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans for some much needed R&R during holidays. My wife does not like to fly more than two 4-hour legs a day, so my plan is to fly from EMT to ELP for fuel & lunch than to AUS overnight. Next morning we continue to NEW. For return trip, we will...

In the US we have a set of aviation regulations all made up by the FAA. In Canada they have a different set of rules all made up by Transport Canada. They don't blindly follow the American FAA system. When in Belize I walked through the capital to the general aviation airport and talked to a...

On September 3rd, 1940, Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr., wrote his now famous poem "High Flight" while training with the RCAF. A scant 3 months later, on December 11th, 1940, he was killed while flying a Spitfire in the war-torn skies of England. He was 19 years old. High Flight by John...

I live out West, where there are hundreds of miles of empty space in every direction. When flight planning, I often say, "I can ditch in that dry lake bed, or that field, or if I have to, on that road." In a couple of weeks, I'm travelling to North Carolina to visit my brother for the holidays. ...

Hello cyber-friends: I may be moving to the Austin, TX area in the near future and am looking for information about the area. I've already looked up airport information at AirNav. Regarding this area, what is the general attitude toward GA? Are any of the airports threatened to shut down due to...

I found this while browsing the TFR listings. The TFR isn't unwarranted, in fact it sounds like a good idea, but a little advance warning would be nice. -lance smith ============================================ NOTAM: 4/3349 Issued: 12/09/2004 21:50

Hey all, My son-in-law is a PP-ASEL with Commercial. He's been out of the cockpit for a couple years. Like most of us, sometimes raising the family climbs to the top of the time and $$ priority list. Lately, his job situation is allowing him to regain currency. What are your suggestions for an...

Hello, Samll selection of pictures added last week : Chaalis church : http://francefromtheair.free.fr/affichage2.php?img=785 Calvi : http://francefromtheair.free.fr/affichage2.php?img=787