I am looking for a flight instructor and/or a flight instructor recommendation in the USA. I have PPL/IR. My goal is to get flight test preparation for the Commercial (all the requirement have been fulfilled) and to get aerobatic training. I live in Europe and will have limited time in the US, so...

**Shameless Plug Warning** My fourth aviation article is about to hit the stands. The next "Aviation Safety" will have a piece I wrote on prop nicks. You do read "Aviation Safety" don't you? If not, you should. -- Roger Long

Okay, so Cirrus is cooking along at 60 aircraft per month. They're selling everything they can build, and people who have bought them are ecstatic. Fast forward to the year 2018. What's going to be happening to these composite beauties? Reason for asking: A long discussion with some pilots who...

"Dan Luke" c172rgATbellsouthDOTnet wrote in message ... ...at my office yesterday afternoon and, of course, I had to drop everything to hook it up and check it out. It consists of the receiver, software, remote antenna, receiver USB cable, 12vdc power...

"Jay Honeck" wrote: Dan, how are you planning to view the notebook in flight? It's going to sit in the right seater's lap or on the seat if I'm solo. If I need to look at it, I'll pick it up and "get the flick." I tried using a Compaq Presario laptop (marginally bigger than a notebook) in...

Thanks for the good product review Dan. I have had the same experience with my setup. The install was easy and once you convinced the XMRadio Customer Service Rep that they had the package you wanted things went smoothly. I had a Fujitsu Tablet PC that had a great screen, but it was just too...

Climbing at the speeds given in the Cessna POH for our 172 N are not a particularly good idea. The nose is so high that the view of any traffic ahead is pretty well obscured. 80 knots provides visibility sufficient to see even some aircraft that may be climbing to your altitude. The engine stays...

I reside about 6 miles off the departure end of MSP runway 12, so I'm used to hearing a lot of jet traffic. I've only lived here for 6 months but I quickly adjusted to the noise. It's acutally not that bad, excepting the venerable DC-9. Today, though, what looked like an F-18 flew over. Wow. I...

All right! Can't a guy get away from civilization for a while, safely out of e-mail range, without the world falling apart? Ok, ok, maybe only that sliver of the world that cares about stalls and spins in light airplanes. I come home after nearly three weeks traversing the Pacific Northwest giving...

Anyone have one of the first units? WxWorx website is stating they are now shipping. Looking for some firsthand reports. I gave up on Garmin's GDL-49 (tactically useless), and Control Vision (transponder interference problems with some KT-76 transponders and flaky downloads in some areas of the...

http://www.manxsr.com/afton/flyin.htm This is the website from the National Cherokee Pilot's Association fly-in, held this past June at the Shangrila Resort in Afton, OK. As you can see, it was very well attended, well organized, and a good time was had by all. For those of you with Cherokees --...

Anyone out there who retired from their non-aviation career (as in you didn't get paid to fly) and became a CFI or commercially rated pilot? I'd be interested in your experience, either positive or negative and which ratings you obtained along the way. I'm looking 12+ years down the road when I...

Okay, so I finally got some time here to post the pics from Oshkosh 2003. Got a couple of good ones from the Rec.Aviation party that we hosted at our campsite in the North 40... See 'em at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2003.htm Look closely, and you'll see pix of Ron & Margy getting...

I'm on a roll now -- so here's a new page of pix Mary and I took at the National Air Tour stop yesterday, in Anoka, MN. If you like old planes, find the nearest place the tour is stopping, and get thee to it! http://www.alexisparkinn.com/national_air_tour.htm Enjoy! --

Hello Everybody, Thanks for everyone for the suggestions to my earlier questions. I have decided and bought an Etrex Legend, after all. I also have MapSource's Canada Metroguide with it. Now I ask for ideas and/or tips on how to set up and use this unit (either together with an M515 or an older...

I was told by a co-worker that a new Part 91-mandatory compliance reg has come out, requiring all airplanes to meet a min. climb gradient of 2.5% for second stage climb gradient, unless published otherwise. In other words, if no specific gradient is published for XYZ airport, then the airplane must...

(Ben Jackson) writes: The proprietary 4-pin connector that Garmin uses on most (all?) of its GPSs are the same. Serial RX/TX, and ground/power. Actually, there are several styles. The larger marine and aviation units tend to use that round plug. There are actually two variants of...

Dear reader, Long time ago but today a new update with nearly 300 pictures.. * * * MAKS 2003 Zhukovsky Moscow, Russia (For this pages I need your help !!, to find exact types more info @ pages) * * * 'Recce Meet' 2003 Florennes, Belgium * * * Twenthe Airshow 2003, The Netherlands

I fly a couple of planes which have RNAV equipment installed. I feel very comfortable using the equipment for the enroute portion of the flight. I wanted to start flying some RNAV approaches. The closest airport with an RNAV approach is Connersville, In (CEV). It is the new style RNAV...

"Pilot Stories Wanted" wrote in message ... I am a private pilot looking to create a book that I wish I had prior to starting flight school. I am only in the very first stage of this drawn out process. I hope...