I'm based out of KAHN (Athens, GA.) My Dad is coming in tonight for Thanksgiving and asked me to find a good pilot shop to which we can go. He'll have access to the 172 in which I fly so we can fly to get to one. I found the one at KPDK but I didn't know if there are any other good ones within...

FAA AND BUSH BS PUBLIC OVER MILITARY AIR ROUTES By now the last scraps of turkey have been gobbled up, the travelers are back in their home towns, and the President and the FAA spokesflack of the moment should be getting ready to saunter up to the microphones and declare "Mission Accomplished"...

British Airways has admitted flying dozens of "ghost flights" across the Atlantic, with only pilots and cargo aboard (and no passengers), because it doesn't have the crews to staff the flights with...

Boeing 747-400 Out of Production Models These livery were discontinued on Singapore Airlines after they caused flight SQ 006 to crash. Last model produced in 2000. Truly...

Now that my son has completed his training, and passed his checkride, I can chalk up three pilots that I have mentored from zero to private. I'm working on two more right now, and I hope Mary and I have inspired a few more through the hotel. I am rightfully proud of this accomplishment, but --...

I had planned a full moon flight up the coast last night, which had to be canceled (and not for the first time) due to wildfires and TFR's en route. For some odd reason they don't want bugsmashers trundling through the water bombers. OK, sez I, I'll just fly some patterns. The first Cessna I...

Maybe this is what got Kennedy shot? The Federal Reserve and the IRS are EVIL http://www.john-f-kennedy.net/executiveorder11110.htm

Some thought to ponder when someone asks you if you miss flying. A Subject: Pilots, Navs and good old aircrew You won't have all of these memories, but enough of them to make you smile . . . . . Some may be hard to understand unless you've been there. WHY IT'S GREAT TO BE A PILOT, NAV and just...

It's time to stop talking and start doing so I would appreciate any advice on how to assess a flight school, instructor, pricing and any other suggestions. No advice too basic, trust me :) Including what I should have included in this post or requested in the first place TIA Location: SW...

http://www.katu.com/news/11655946.html TACOMA, Wash. -- Two small planes have collided over Tacoma and one of them with two people on board crashed into Commencement Bay near Tacoma. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the other plane with two people on board landed at...

Is Cessna looking at it as a huge shortcut to building (and just adding overnight) composite aircraft to their piston single lineup? I personally like the Columbia line, if I had an extra half million laying around I would love to have a 400. ------------------------------ DW

On Nov 25, 12:12 pm, "Panic" wrote: Some thought to ponder when someone asks you if you miss flying. A Subject: Pilots, Navs and good old aircrew You won't have all of these memories, but enough of them to make you smile . . . . . Some may be hard to understand...

Dear All: For your reading enjoyment: Ang. C. Forrest Fenn wrote: If you don't cry when you read this, you're a sorry ass and never were a good fighter pilot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pilot's name is not...

Ned wrote: From afriquenligne.fr - "A Batavia Air Boeing 737-400 has landed safely after a segment of wing measuring 40cm by 50cm seperated from the aircraft 15 minutes after takeoff on a domestic flight between Jakarta, Indonesia and Pontianak late on Wednesday night." Other...

Why do those people with hypertension choose to live under the flight-path of neighborhood airports? Is it because that is the only location their financial means affords them? (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1000-full.html#196600) Airplane Noise Linked To High Blood...

On a 3 hour cross country today I was amusing myself by flying with rudder pedals only (all right, OK, a little yoke usage to maintain altitude). But then I got to wondering why applying rudder pressure causes the plane to bank. All I could think of was that rudder usage produces asymmetric lift...

I learned of the fatal crash at Stewart airport last Wednesday, the day after flying back to New York from Philadelphia. The sad aviation news struck a raw nerve not only because it happened just across the river from our home base, but also because we ourselves were afflicted by the gethomeitis...

People always say that one GA airport closes every week, yet no new GA airports are opened. I was wondering, how literal is that second part? Is the total number of new GA airport openings really zero? How long has it been like that? If one were to identify the "newest" public use GA airport, what...

a mechanic was working on a boeing 747 at the Pinal air park near Marana, Arizona, north of Tucson on west side of I-10 when the nose gear collapsed trapping the worker in the wheel well. workers had to use a crane to raise the aircraft and free the worker. he was transported to hospital in...

Satellite navigation kits also known as GPS units are now so popular that they are now seen as must-have gadgets. This has led to an increase in thefts and car break-ins as these units are attractive to thieves... http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/preventing_gps_kit