"BENNER TOWNSHIP -- Six people were killed Saturday when a single-engine airplane en route to University Park Airport crashed within yards of the new Centre County Correctional Facility. Pilot Jeffrey Jacober and his five passengers, all of Providence, R.I., reportedly were returning from Florida...

Gosh, what if... Someone gave some KKK dudes a couple of thousand dollars and then they stole 2 big S.U.V.s and parked them right up against the doors of a mosque when it was packed full, and no one could get out. And, they secured the other exits too.

I was talking recently with someone who said that their company needs to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta and complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially. This made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private jet. I asked my CFII this...

Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Eeyore wrote The problem with Air Canada was partly due to unfamiliarity with the use of mixed imperial and metric measure. Plus an aircraft flying with inoperative equipment. Not an issue here. Nope.

I recently got my high performance checkout and have taken a 182Q for a couple of X-C flights. I love the ability to put four people in the plane and still climb out at 500 ft/min at over 100 knots. If it wasn't for the additional costs, I would never fly an C172 again. On both flights, the...

So I run over to the hangar yesterday to pick up some stuff for the hotel, and I hear an airplane go over. I look up to see "The Mighty 150" struggling to climb in the thick, humid summer air. I smile, and then freeze, as I snatch a glance at my watch. That's my boy up there, on his fifth...

I'm just starting an appropriately-named thread for this topic, as it seems like something worthy of discussion. The specter of full automation replacing pilots entirely continues to loom ever larger in commercial and military aviation. The old arguments against it are beginning to ring quite...

Oh well, perhaps Boeing are going to fast in the development of the 787. http://www.tulsaworld.com/BusinessStory.asp?ID=060610_Bu_E1_Boein52489

Piper has a new service bulletin, SB1161 that calls for inspection of the rib just inboard of the landing gear and aft of the main spar. http://www.newpiper.com/company/Publications/SB%201161%20Rib%20Assy%20Insp-Mod.pdf The SB requires putting the plane on jacks and removing the gear side brace...

Wanted to ask how easy or natural it gets for pilots to perceive aircraft positions and movements without actually looking at the respective indicators. I've been in the flight deck only once, and confess that I had very little physical sensation to give me an idea of the 0.7 Mach or whatever that...

The fact remains, we pilots/AC owners, are a small (less than 1% of the general population) and have N O clout. That means, when an airport such as Meigs is closed by Daley (or any mayor for that matter) most of the public couldn't care less. As a matter of fact, Daley may have more supporters in...

I only occasionally take passengers. It just seems that my schedule and the schedules of people I know just don't mesh very well. Having said that, I do occasionally have passengers with me. As such, I am looking to buy a couple inexpensive headsets. It seems that the Marv Golden headsets are...

I am not able to receive the newsgroups I normally get, but am getting other groups, when I try them. Is this message getting through? Write me off group at Ideas? Take out the junk. -- Jim in NC

The Canadian and US regulations state reporting procedures and the conditions under which a accident plane can be moved. But what is the procedure for this scenario: Two planes are involved in a midair enroute from Canada to the US. The midair happens in Canadian Airspace but the planes land in...

We will be in Las Vegas in February. We rented a Cessna 172 last year and did the Hoover Dam, Lad mead, Grand Cayon thing. Where do we go this year? Are there any good $100 (or more) hamburger destinations nearby or other sights we should see? - - - Al 1964 Skyhawk SFF/Spokane WA --

I was staring at the VOR-head during a flight a while back, and started wondering why we only use half of it most of the time. Whether by GPS or VOR, the CDI provides us with lateral navigation. But the glide slope needle sits unused until the very end of the flight (if then {8^). Why? Using...

Folks, At the only flight training center here in Dubai where I presently live, about 40 flying classes would cost USD 6000. How much would a similar duration course in the east coast of the US cost? I know costs will vary, but what can I assume to be the average? Just for information, a return...

Hi all, I'm encouraged by your non-disparaging response to my first posting here yesterday. I have a few more Qs that will look utterly idiotic to you guys -- but remember that I'm not a pilot :) 1. Is there a way of mathematically justifying the dictum that a successful takeoff is guaranteed if...

Why are both of these airports closed due to military ops? http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp Seems a little odd.

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