Hello, I have a complaint and feel that I was taken advantage of by the court system in Lakeway TX. It concerns my landing a small plane at Lakeway Airport in July, of 2004. I knew that the Airport is closed after sunset and before sunrise but I was issued a ticket by a police officer that...

Anyone on the group flying in the St.Petes area. Kitfox owner from Canada

Well, just for grins I decided to satisfy the biennial 1 hour of flight instruction requirement by getting in some partial panel hood time... The CFI not only agreed that partial panel was a good plan, but actually looked happy as he said, "Ja, ve can do dot." Turns out to be a r e a l partial...

I don't get it: Burt Rutan designed and built the GlobalFlyer and Branson financed it - why is Fosset getting all the attention and why was he the pilot? Is he really that great of a pilot? It seems that his real fame is as "adventurer". Maybe what he brought to the project was his name and...

Hey, all well I have been planning a route & so far I am looking at over 26 hours of flight time that's just 1 way. Day 1 Portland, Or To Fargo, ND. Day 2 Fargo, ND to Oklahoma City, OK, Day 3 Oklahoma City, OK To Mississipi Day's 4, 5, 6, 7,8, & 9 Rest & Visit Friends

In USA, if you are flying under Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). Are you required to perform weight and balance checks before every flight? And if so, are you required to document it? Can the FAA show up on the ramp asking you to show the weight and balance calculation?

Anyone have comments pro/con on allatps 14 day CFI program. http://www.atpflightschool.com/programs/certificates/cfi/cfi_program.html I'll take any info but I am also specifically looking for remarks regarding the 3 training centers and why you may have chose 1 over the other (other than...

I'm planning a trip for mid-May from WHite Plains, NY (KHPN) to Santa Fe, NM (KSF). I'm wondering if anyone here has made a similar flight and has any advice for me. I will be single-pilot IFR, will be flying a Beech Debonair and am planning to file for a TAS of 165kts at 10,000'. I've broken the...

I was working late last night and decided to tune into JFK Tower/Ground on liveatc.net. I don't know what it looked like up that way last night, but it must have been pretty crappy out. In addition to the wind shear - 35 gusting 47, +/20 on final - I tuned in right after an airliner turned off...

Bertie the Bunyip wrote: If it even crossed your mind to hav any respect at all for a usenet group, you must be dummer'n dirt! I believe Mr. Campbell was referring to the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (the "Pilots' Group" referred to in the original post), not a newsgroup. George...

It's beginning to look like the 21st century indeed: http://www.solar-impulse.com/en/index.php Bertrand Piccard and the EPFL unveil project to fly around the world in a solar powered airplane Lausanne, Switzerland -- A team of aviators and scientists led by Dr. Bertrand Piccard, the first man...

Posted this link in a different thread. Then I started looking through the books... (Volume 9) The Great Airport Mystery (Volume 37) The Ghost at Skeleton Rock http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/hbart.htm (Hardy Boys book covers) Anyone have one of these on their aviation bookshelf?

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By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of airline pilots gave the U.S. government failing grades on Thursday in several areas of aviation security including the screening of employees and cargo, and defending planes from shoulder-fired missiles. The Coalition of Airline Pilots...

Took a trip from Carlsbad to Santa Ynez today. Was IFR through 2000 then VFR on top. Got some good pictures out fo the pile of pictures I took. The sunset is awesome with the cloud cover. Beautiful... We left CRQ about 1:30pm IFR flight plan to KIZA. Arrived just before 3:00pm. We were...

Hi, I am an aspiring flight student. I'd like my first message to this group to be one with foot in mouth: I am not convinced that the term VOR stands for "Very high frequenncy omnidirectional range." The problem is that, if I were an electrical engineer designing such a device, knowing in...

I was at a conference in Minneapolis today (Saturday) and heard this pilot talk about his 2003 round-the-world flight. He didn't have much time to tell his flying stories today, but I did get to chat briefly with him after his presentation. http://www.diabetesworldflight.com/ (From the...

I would be interested in anyone's thoughts / opinions in this ng; long and considered, or short and pithy. I'm 47, in the UK, and was made redundant from an ICT Manager's position 20 months ago. My dilemma is this. I'm thinking of starting up my own home-visit computer repair / training / advice...

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"n-e-w-s" wrote in message German police stop Delta pilot on alcohol suspicion I've taken the liberty of removing the cross-postings. For those in the educated group which remains, I'd like to point out that for the airline I'm employed at, since the start of 2004 until the present, 3.7% of...