The Ballooning manual ,Pilots,Retrieve Crews & Observers,by Bob & Carol Howes, VGC ,176 pages. Really comprehensive manual covering all aspects of the sport,packed with pics,diagrams...

Why? The first race to the moon, and that's exactly what it was, got us braggin rights, a few hundred pounds of rocks, some great technology for terrestrial applications (that probably could have evolved anyway), and?? I'm old enough to have watched it all on the boob tube as an adult, and was...

Several pilots found themselves in a debate at our field yesterday. The issue is weather it is safer to move the propeller on a (parked) aircraft in the direction of usual engine rotation, or opposite usual rotation. This is assuming that the propeller needs to move for some reason. The...

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It would sure be nice if they'd email (if you subscribed) when the TFR's are updated. AOPA does this, but I didn't get this one for some reason... On May 18, 9:23 am, B A R R Y wrote: ALL PILOTS should know this site: http://tfr.faa.gov

A couple of weeks ago there was a thread about Cory Lidle's widow suing Cirrus and a bunch of other deep pockets for damages after her husband's Cirrus SR20 attempted to perform a 180 degree turn over the East River and slammed into an apartment building on the east side of Manhattan, killing...

I just heard that they are considering closing down the Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) due to zoning and funding issues. This airport has been there for a long time and it is a beautiful place to fly to. It would be a shame to see it shut down. The other nearest airports to the Tacoma/ Gig Harbor...

On Apr 16, 11:00 pm, C J Campbell wrote: On 2007-04-16 19:28:47 -0700, "steve" said: I just heard that they are considering closing down the Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) due to zoning and funding issues. This airport has been...

Come back little wannbe! All is forgiven! Bertie

I have seen that a lot of people is looking for a way (far from a nice PC) to get a real time weather update... probably on your cell phone. When I started flying, I often found myself far from a weather forecaster or a PC to get the METARs and TAFs for the aerodromes I needed, so I made a little...

Everyone needs to remember that Andrew's recording is not real time, minute by minute. It only records when the squelch is broken, thus for the one hour elapsed time, the actual transmission time total is about 15 minutes of recorded transmissions.

I have seen that a lot of people is looking for a way (far from a nice PC) to get a real time weather update... probably on your cell phone. When I started flying, I often found myself far from a weather forecaster or a PC to get the METARs and TAFs for the aerodromes I needed, so I made a little...

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Hi peoples.. Hopefully this is an easy one for you experts out there... Hot start on a fuel injected Lycoming commonly seems to call for leaving the mixture at ICO and cranking. Bearing in mind the engine stopped because the mixture was set to ICO, and if you're then not moving the mixture...

Some of you have emailed me to ask about my (relative) absence from this group of late. I haven't posted much about flying since Sun N Fun, simply because we haven't done any. Why? See: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/new_lobby!.htm After five years (yes, it's been FIVE YEARS this August!) in...

AvWeb has posted the link to Andrew's audio file website in their summary of the accident. Good luck Andrew. Time to think about placing some Google ads and making some money while you can. :-) In my posting of the transcript, the missing words from the Cessna transmission to replace the ? are...

I saw a video some time back that was 3 or 4 WWII fighters skimming their wheels along some glassy smooth water at about 300 knots in formation. I've looked all over but can't find it anywhere. Any help greatly appreciated. mike

I got this from AOPA tonight. The Nelson-Sununu amendment to kill the $25 per flight for turbine-powered aircraft was killed 12-11. All the usual suspects voted against it: "We lost a close vote by a margin of 12 to 11 on the Nelson/Sununu amendment that would have struck the $25 air traffic...

A buddy of mine has a landing strip on his farm and he's trying to find out what it's previous identifier was. Apparently his wife's grandfather was an enthusiast and had it registered many many years ago. I haven't been able to find anything in the CAP. Any suggestions on where I could find...

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