Ok, Fellow Pilots Here Is The Situation: "A Private Pilot wants to rent an airplane and this person wants to fly it from the west coast to the east coast but not back. This person would like you to come along for the trip and dose not want to be reimbursed for any part of the rental for time I act...

It happened to me August 29, 2006. I went out for night currency with a short hop to Winchester, VA (KOKV). I flew there VFR since the only clouds in the forecast would be up in the Class A realm. Besides, I don't fly VFR in the DC ADIZ very often and I could use the practice there, too. The...

My early years of flying were spent in the Midwest where as long as you were over 2000 MSL, there were very few obstacles to hit and no terrain. Now that I have moved out West (Phoenix) I am increasingly paranoid about hitting terrain at night. Choosing a cruise altitude is easy (well above...

Robert Baslee's company - Airdrome Aeroplanes - makes kits (very good ones IMO) for various WWI aircraft, including Nieuports and Fokkers. http://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/ Robert was contracted by the movie company to built two - later changed to four - full-scale Nieuport 17 replicas. Robert...

I'm still in a bit of a quandry as to how to learn to make coordinated turns in a PC simulator that does not include a motion platform. I've turned on the visual alignment indicator that MSFS provides, which is a red "V" that sits squarely ahead in the visual field, effectively bolted to the...

The Seven Levels of Aviation (Satire) (and with apologies to Ken Rockwell, the Seven Levels of Photographers) Master: Level 7 (the highest level) The Master has a Vision in a tangible form called Flying. He and the aircraft are one. The Master is the aircraft and the aircraft is the Master. The...

We're still in the throes of winter here in Wisconsin- low ceilings, ice, snow encrusted taxiways and ramps. One plane is gone for a month for an avionics upgrade, while the other sits waiting for the return of the prop. No flying for a while. Perhaps I'll organize my tools. So, how about a new...

I guess we all knew this was gonna happen... I read this on AvWeb this morning - not only is Cirrus named in the suit, but also Teledyne, Hartzel, S-Tec, Honeywell and Justice Aviation (whoever they are). And this *before* the NTSB has determined the cause. Unbelievable. They claim the feds' data...

I see on a sectional chart a box that says "The Islands, Rocks, and Reefs along the Pacific Coast-Line from 42°00'N to 46°00'N are National Wildlife Refuges. Low flights may disturb wildlife resulting in a violation of Federal law." Unfortunately, the chart doesn't say what constitutes "low...

For years, now, I've read that it's illegal for an FBO or airport to forbid aircraft owners from fueling their own planes. In another group, I simply parroted that information -- and now one of the group members wants to know WHICH law expressly prohibits an FBO from inhibiting an owner's ability...

Hello, This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't find anything about it. When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like : Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN What call should I do ? Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...

I'm a CFI and was curious how many CFI's sign their students off for flying solo at night. I personally don't feel comfortable doing it. Thanks, Pete

I just thought I'd bring it to the group's attention that "Pam.Scott", of Aviation Institute (but also, apparently, "UNO Library") has made some *very* good points. Perhaps everyone else should calm down and pay attention: http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf90/301045_web.pdf -- David...

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...

As mentioned in an earlier thread, I would provide a PIREP with my initial thought on my new addition. 1- "Wow, that is a big box." The company I purchased the unit from packaged it exceptionally well. The box was larger than I was expecting. This was due to the peanuts in the box. 2 - "What...

Earlier this evening I was watching the program "Discoveries This Week" on the Science Channel. The first segment was about the visual laser warning system being put in the ADIZ. All the reported errors about the lasers I'm addressing in alt.lasers. However, I wanted to mention here that some...

It was November of '75 when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down without a word, taking 29 sailors to the bottom of Lake Superior. To those of us who grew up on the Great Lakes, it was a terrible thing (even for those of us who had nothing to do with the maritime industry), and the sinking...

Anyone done it? Is it true that it can be just a weekend thing? It's on my list of "something I always want to try", but I'm having trouble finding anywhere to do it.

N1 lands in BED with Entwhistle on board. What is the FAA doing flying this alledged murder suspect back to the US? Bush

"nrp" wrote... Itinerant traffic at KSSQ has gone to about zero, even with the excellent VFR WX this spring. There's a perfect storm working against us prop pounding GA guys: 1. The age of the average flyer/owner is transitioning from the peak earning years into the...