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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: how I convert sectional maps to map chunks by
Kyler Laird
For the past few weeks, I've been obsessed with manipulating the newly-
available (from the FAA) raster sectional images. This is all new to
me so I've just been banging out code trying to get something
reasonable. The code is *horrible* and I don't recommend it as
anything beyond an example of...
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Douglas DC-7 Question by
Danny -
This is a longshot, but I have a quesion concerning the DC-7 that tech
manuals and archives I've searched have failed to answer...
When the _very_ early DC-7's were delivered to United and American
Airlines, there was a small "scoop" visible just behind the main air
intake on all four engines. The...
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December 4th 03 06:30 AM
by Herb
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Need info on aircraft separation by
Al B
According to FAA regulations, is there any restriction on the
horizontal separation of aircraft?
I was unable to find anything in the FAA regs:
http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet
Part 91, Section 111 ("Operating near other aircraft")...
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Dec 7 Update by
DHeitm8612
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The December 7, 2003 update includes 13 new links, 2 update, and 20 deletions.
Total Links listed: 10,679.
A HREF="
http://members.aol.com/dheitm8612/page2.htm"Stalag 13 Aviation Links/A
http://members.aol.com/dheitm8612/page2.htm
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: ConUS sectionals in under 2GB by
Kyler Laird
I converted all of the sectional map chunks
http://aviationtoolbox.org/munge/mosaic
from 24-bit to 8-bit (palette) color. Putting them all into a
single zip file, they compressed to 1.9GB (2013432788 bytes).
http://aviationtoolbox.org/munge/chunked.zip
(To get a single uncompressed 8-bit color...
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flying clubs / FBO near Seattle? by
Sylvain
well, I'll be in the Seattle area next week for some job
interviews and it would be real nice if I had the
opportunity to check out a couple of FBOs or flying clubs
in the area...
here's what I am looking for (based on what I am doing
these days): I mostly fly cherokees, but
would also like to...
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Aircraft Designations Book -- Holiday Pricing by
David R Townend
As we did last year, AeroFile is celebrating the Holiday Season (and my
Birthday) with a sale of sorts. From December 1 to December 24, 2003, when
you order copy of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" we will pay
your shipping. What a great Holiday gift. We still have some...
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Concorde Revisited by
sandpebble
The many tributes to the recent retirement of the Concorde SST have
been quite moving over the past few weeks. The following file is a 2
minute movie produced by British Airways in 1998; This is one of the
most moving films I've ever seen-
The impression one takes away is that the supersonic craft,...
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Save The Lut by
Daniel
New web page
Please support the effort to preserve the Launch Umbilical Tower which
is now in the Bone Yard
http://www.savethelut.org
Daniel
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December 7th 03 05:46 PM
by Daniel
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The Cottage, Cat Island Bahamas by
John Grayson
The Cottage, Cat Island Bahamas
Ideal for Private Pilots, Cat Island is just 325 miles
southeast of Miami. Hawk's Nest airstrip (5000' packed coral/limestone)
is just over a mile from the cottage.
The Cottage is a great place for a vacation "Away from
it all". Cat Island is one of the outer...
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FS: airplane for sale in Durham NC by
Lori Fields
1956 Tripacer PA-22-150 Out of Anual. Will deliver. $15,000. 1200 SMOH
Contact Jim @ 667-0611
Pictures may be viewed at http://community.webshots.com/user/J1mandlor1
Lori Fields
email by removing $
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Jet A / JP-4 ?? by
CVBreard
Jet fuel used be be JP-4 (I believe there was also a JP-5, perhaps others), and
is now Jet A.
What are the differences?
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airplane for sale in Durham by
Lori Fields
Hi. Sorry I was not more informative. The airplane is located in the
Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina area in the United States. I posted this
ad
for the owner and did not put his email address in the ad either. If you
would like to contact the owner of this airplane by email, remove the...
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Looking for aircraft manuals by
Cruz@Milan\(ITA\)
Hi people! I'm looking for manuals of any type of aircraft, specially in
multimedial format (ex. pdf files, docs, txt, etc...).Where could I find
them? Do you have some to send me?
Bye bye
MC, Milan, ITALY
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Updated information on Tripacer for sale in Durham NC, USA by
Lori Fields
1956 Tripacer (PA-22-150). Needs Annual. 3,100 TTAF. 1183 SMOH.
Overall condition is fair to good. Paint/Fabric fair to good. Mechanically
in great shape. Everything works. Airplane was recovered in Ceconite about
15 years ago. Will need to be recovered in a few years. All compressions in
the...
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Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Flight (1903-2003) by
Snuffy
One Reporter's Opinion:
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Flight (1903-2003)
by George Putnam
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
It is this reporter's opinion that in the hustle and bustle of our busy lives
today, always on a red-eye to somewhere, we take flight all too much for
granted. In commemoration...
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December 9th 03 11:34 PM
by Dave
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: How do you like your maps stitched? by
Kyler Laird
Recently I've been working a lot on manipulating the FAA sectionals I
purchased.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA_sectionals/
I've been amazed by the hundreds of people who have downloaded this data.
There's apparently some interest in it so I'd like to solicit input on
some of the projects...
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will this fly? by
Lee Elson
Please excuse the cross post, but the topic might be of interest to
several groups.
I'm wondering whether providing light aircraft transportation services
(people and/or cargo) and consulting to small businesses is likely to
be a successful approach to setting up a very small aviation business.
In...
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