The age-old 60-year retirement rule is in the process of being revisited. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/13/business/transcol14.php http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=494085

In article , says... Are the added engineering/manufacturing/maintenance issues for contra-rotating props that great? You have essentially answered your own question!

Just when I thought this group was going to hell, along comes Valvetom with his Blbcock fittings, Swivel Female Adapters and Brass Nipples! He even answers his own post with a follow-up of the same post! A refreshing dose of sanity after all that's been going on here of late! GF

Must have been a slow news day in NYC - so the Times decided to pull a sensation piece out of the drawer to take up some column space. It begins like this : NEW YORK - From the windows that usually provide sweeping views of Manhattan in his 27th floor condominium, Gene Weisberger saw flaming...

I am aware that in real planes most commands are made through the conventional flight controls - however there are some operations that simply *require* a keyboard. Fuel management, for example. Let's say I want to fly my Baron from Boisie, Idaho to Khartoum. I have done in-depth...

In my recent AOPA renewal notice, they mentioned the annual sweepstakes, stating that the odds are "much better than the state lotteries that millions participate in . . ." That made me wonder - do people join AOPA, even non-pilots, just for the sweepstakes? True, a one-in 500,000 (or whatever it...

In article , says... there is one error in the whole story .... can you find the error? 35 years old. Marry young spunky 25 year old virgin flight attendant.

He is not a pilot - yet argues with the most experienced of them. He does not participate in any threads other than the ones he initiates, which should serve as ample proof of his disingenuous nature. He throws out threads to provoke regulars here, admitting he "knows nothing" then argues and...

What's the difference between over easy, over medium and over hard? I would contend that they're all the same.

Well, since we've been discussing France (Answers in following thread) : INVENTIONS The 19th and early 20th centuries were prodigious times for inventions and discoveries. With the industrial revolution in full blossom, scientists, engineers and dilettantes alike were at work in every nation...

INVENTIONS Here are the answers, to the best of my knowledge: PHOTOGRAPHY TRUE: Most of the pioneering work in photography happened in France, and almost no matter which process you consider to be the first true photograph, it is likely to be French.

Received yet another mailing offer for disability insurance - from a reputable company, ready to pay a $250-500K indemnity for complete disability. The insurance covered accidents at home or at work, and there were very few outright exclusions. Of the eight or so exclusions they listed, two...

The French foreign affairs minister is expected to step down tomorrow, over a matter of complicity and insensitivity related to her close relations with now discredited Tunisian leaders. At the heart of the matter however, is not the fact that she accepted courtesy favors from the President, at...

I'm considering setting up a controller/pilot user group locally. Does anyone else here have experience with such groups? I'd be interested in the format, content, and involvement of such meetings. Thanks

I'm curious as to the overhaul policies at flight schools or rental outfits. Do they typically do an overhaul at TBO? Our school supposedly had one that had 5,000 hours, though it had been topped. Not sure if this was the one that crashed.

I am planning a flight to Memphis, TN Just saw this note, so it may be too late. MEM is easy to fly into. Two FBOs, Wilson Air and Signature. They do have landing fees, but will probably waive with fuel. Fedex push times are not really a factor, since they're late nite. But NWA also has...

A solo student (not mine) had a landing accident today. Landed on the nose wheel, porpoised a few times, and stalled the airplane in a slightly nose down attitude. The student was unharmed, but the aircraft is totaled. Our flight school has been moving towards an all-new aircraft fleet. It it...

Is this just a technique or proper procedure? All the Piper POH's I've seen say only use carb heat if you suspect carb icing.

I'm looking for a book that goes into *great* detail about the flight instruments. I have all the standard stuff, like the Jepp Instrument/Commercial book, Instrument Flying Handbook, Lombardo's Aircraft Systems, Kershner's books, and a few A&P books. But most of them only have a page or two,...

Everyone says wake turbulence, but the following description sounds more like a Vmc rollover, as unlikely as that would be just prior to touchdown. ================================================================= NTSB Identification: ATL03FA115 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred...