.... for a "business jet"??? I saw this thing on display in the hangar at Westair (HPN) this morning: http://www.avtechgroup.com/ Had to roll my tongue back into my mouth. Morris

..... including cockpit, landing, taking off? Could anyone help? Thank you in advance. -- Pozdrawiam

SkyCar Meets the BD-5? AvWeb mentioned this in yesterday's issue. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news_and_events/releases/clark_05062004.html Harvard Undergraduate Kyle Clark's Dynamic Flight Simulator wins "Best in Show"; Model Could Become the Basis of a Future CyclePlane

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil2.html Fun little applet from NASA that lets you experiment with different airfoil shapes and other variables.

This just in regarding Col. Bob Morgan, pilot of the Memphis Belle in World War II: As of this morning Bob's pulmonologist has given him very little chance of survival. This is a terrible turn of events, as he was doing better just yesterday. Needless to say, his family is devastated. The...

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Jay, I've been trying to access your page (av videos) for a couple of days now... Did you know it's down?

Are tailwheel checkouts required to be given in certified aircraft? More specifically: My dad has been teaching me to land our RV-6. I'm at the point where I'm fully capable of landing it, and we were going to have one of his friends (a CFI) go on a "checkride" of sorts with me to get...

No question, takeoff is a critical time in twins. Fatal accident just east of Cleveland. Pilot was reported to be trying to turn back to field following some sort of failure soon after taking off. http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=1870039&nav=LQlCN9X3

I recently downloaded the new Golden Eagle Flight Prep software from the CSC Duats folks (www.flightprep.com), and have to say, while it's got some nice features, it's mostly a disappointment. On the positive side, the graphics are nice and the vertical profile with the MEAs is a good feature. On...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/11/mexico.ufos.ap/index.html Interesting stuff!

Here are the details from his wife, Linda. Please share this with your fellow pilots and interested parties: Subject: Col. Morgan has passed away I am so very sorry to tell you Bob passed away about 11:30pm Saturday night in ICU at Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC. He fought a long and hard...

There's a new email list for Washington, DC area pilots and pilots who fly into Washington, DC's airspace DCPilots, www.dcpilots.net. This list is a place to exchange thoughts about favorite destinations and to find other pilots to fly with to those destinations. If you want to talk about the...

On Saturday, May 8, while on a mountain flying training exercise, Mitch Ford, CFI and owner of Springbank Aviation (CYBW) lost his life when the plane impacted a mountain in Kananaskis Country west of Calgary. The pilot and owner of the privately owned Cherokee survived the accident and was rescued...

KPIA 151254Z 02004KT 10SM R13/3500VP6000FT CLR 09/06 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP259 T00890061 How can it be clear and 10SM, with a RVR of 3500-6000feet? Is the 10SM measured from the tower cab, and the RVR at the runway? Perhaps a thin layer of fog? -Nathan

I was wondering if anyone experience using handheld PC for navigation along with gps receiver and mapping software? If so, are they effective? Toks

Hi, I'm new to this group and new to piloting, just having passed my private pilot FAA written and about halfway through flight school. I'm training in a Cessna 172SP and have a question for the experienced pilots out there. Do you prefer flying a high wing or low wing aircraft and why?...I...

There will be a Pancake Breakfast Fly In at the Kingman, AZ EAA Hangar tomorrow, May 15th. It is the Hangar Opening celebration. Skyking

Here is a news release for the General Aviation Defense Fund. This is something that can potentially affect a lot of pilots. ************************************************************* GENERAL AVIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CREATED TO FIGHT EFFORTS TO BLOCK FREEDOM OF FLIGHT WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -...

The B-17 bomber owned by the Experimental Aircraft Assn. was damaged yesterday at Van Nuys airport when its main gear collaped. From the videos on TV, you could see its tail wheel firmly on the ground, when the main gear retracted, and the aircraft dropped onto the runway. The crew must had had...