We passed our commercial check rides today on St Patrick's Day. It was probably with a bit of luck from an 'old Irish man', John Morrow, our affable instructor based at Kingston, NY. It was a long day with us leaving home at around 7am to fly from Dutchess County airport in Poughkeepsie NY to...

(This has nothing directly to do with Bonanzas anymore, so it gets a new thread...) On 2008-03-20, Dan wrote: The JPI is the greatest thing since -- GPS! Running LOP with GAMinjectors, I can get a lightly-loaded A36 to fly 130 KIAS on 10 gph. I decided I'd rather know...

I'm trying to come up with a list of all possible currency requirements that could possibly be calculated. This is what I have so far: SEL general SEL night MEL general MEL night SEL tailwheel general SEL tailwheel night

Hi, Haven't been around here in a while so forgive me if this has already been posted or discussed. I was watching the video of this new Russian fighter and had to pick my jaw up off the floor watching the things it can do with it's vectored thrust and canards! It can fly backwards, tail first from...

What the hell.....why do we work at teaching stalls and recoveries? It has gone to stall recognition and avoidance which is good. Does it teach the proper things? How much of a new students time is spent flying in slow flight at the low end of the performance envelope? Isn't that where all the...

We're planning to fly there Sunday, for a week of R&R. Not sure if the weather will cooperate (it's always a crap shoot in spring), but we're planning on spending a couple of days at the Hangar Hotel (the only other aviation themed hotel I've found). I've heard "the hill area" of Texas is...

I've added a link to Highflyer's official announcement to my Unofficial Pinckneyville FAQ. http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html If I'm reading my webstats properly over 200 people have read the Unofficial FAQ in the past few days. Unbelievable! - John (back home again in Oregon) Ousterhout -

One of the more interesting "flying" columns I have read in a while... http://www.aopa.org/pilot/never_again/2008/na0803.html Phil

There are still a few seats available in the Colorado Pilots Association Mountain Flying Ground school. This is usually a small, more intimate course with 20-25 participants. Please see below. There are still a few reservations available in Utah and Idaho, too. Pointers to mountain and canyon...

Well I have about 9 hours in the 182 SMA seems to be a Good Engine, Very Odd Fuel Burn... Full Power 4 3,000 FT hours Burned 45 Gallons Jet A Full Power Another 4 Hours 1,500' Burned 31 Gallons POH Supplement Says The Fuel Data/Range Is Not Approved. I can see why... I have a few other safety...

This is fun stiring the pot! OK ...how many of you practice doing a one wheel touch and go from time to time. And I don't mean by accident. I did it all the time with tailwheel students, and still do it with students in 172's. We frequently get winds that are 15 G25 90 to the runway and topography...

Duh What? Typical after the fact knee jerk CYA reaction by the tombstone agency What else is new??? http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1824182320080318

What the heck happened? Fuel starvation? Doesn't sound like wind shear could have been an issue. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004130291_apbritainplane17.html

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According to press reports to date, no less than 6, perhaps more, commercial jet aircraft potentially carrying hundreds of passengers per trip and sometimes on multiple trips per day - had cracks in them. Had cracks in them. And people at the FAA, and Southwest, knew it. And the planes had...

The Lockheed Martin AFSS main computer system was shut down overnight March 11-12 to do a software upgrade. The main FS21 computer at LM should have been shut down for only a couple of hours overnight, but it ended up down for about 24 hours because the fix they were adding was not right. As...

Is this the same as "Taxi into position and hold"? From the FAA: Canada: "Line Up and Wait" Instruction Notice Number: NOTC1165 In Canada, controllers currently use the phraseology "TAXI TO POSITION" or "TAXI TO POSITION AND WAIT" when instructing an aircraft to enter the

Before I ask my question thought I'd throw out a few words on my background. After nearly a lifetime of pent up desire to fly I finally got my PPL in 1998 at the young old age of 45. Last week I just turned 55 and unfortunately in the last ten years I have been able to log only about 140 hours...

Anyone know why landings for night currency have to be to a full stop? rg

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