I got Pete's explanation, and it's close to my own mental way of remembering this. The metaphor that helps me to visualize the N/S compass turning error in the northern hemisphere is a string with one end tied to the back side of the compass ring, behind where "S" (South) is painted, and the other...

Last night while flying from Teterboro, New Jersey up to Ithaca, NY, I was talking to Bingamton approach (located in south central NY state) and cruising at 8,000 ft. On the frequency there were several calls from aircraft but not one was answered by ATC. At first I thought the controller was...

We should be cautious about posting anything on these news groups. There is no way of convincing the mentally ill that airplanes are not a threat to them, so arguing with them is futile. At worst, somebody in these groups could find out about the rec.aviation news groups. This is a serious...

As reported in AvWeb, the Wright Redux Association plans to fly their Wright Flyer replica in September at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. I would urge everyone to contact them and let them know that they should consider flying somewhere other than Chicago in light of the Mayor's...

The mark of a good pilot(s). The passengers might expect every approach to terminate in a landing, but no pilot should have that expectation. Bob Gardner "Yossarian" wrote in message ... I was listening to the LAX...

Three words, "Amateur Built Aircraft" -- Chris Woodhouse Oklahoma City "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

In connection with leaning discussions, someone points out that the POH for my plane was probably written for a different fuel. -- Roger Long

I have two questions about who do you call when ... I was talking with a police officer the other day. We were talking about planes and police work and blah blah blah. Then he says, "I saw some guy buzzing the neighborhood the other day. I got the tail number and I would have reported him but I...

The following apparently appeared in Sunday's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. I know nothing about her, or Chicago politics, but I like what she says here. Dear Editor: In a recent letter to the editor, a Chicagoan graciously suggested that a public park or monument be named in my honor, as a...

Today I was flying my Twin Comanche PA30 everything was great until after landing. Once I had the wheels on the ground I pulled the power back to idle, about three seconds or so after I pulled the power back the prop feathered and the engine shut down. I let the engine cool down for about 30 min...

I had a very interesting conversation with one of the governmental agencies in their building up at OSH. It began as a discussion of the new personal locator beacons, and evolved into aircraft epirb's. After a certain date in the near future, the satellites will no longer be listening for the 121.5...

This is the text of a letter I sent to the Programming Department at the Wings Channel. If you have a comment, please be sure to send a copy to me in case I miss it on the news group. Thanks. AJ Harris The letter: I appreciate what you are trying to do with the Wings Channel.

Hooks Airport, Spring TX, 2:15 PM today Cessna 210-L Landing gear malfunction. Gear down, but would not idicate in lock position. Main gear collapsed on touchdown. Nose gear remained down and locked. Pilot walked away with no injuries. Photo is available. Tom Hughes

Could someone please inform me how to get my VOR to "Reverse Sense" I've tried but can't seem to be able to get it to do this. Why would I want it to "Reverse Sense" ? R.Wallace

Canadian side or American side airports? Closest on the Canadian side would be the St Catherines / Niagara Regional (CYSN) (http://www3.sympatico.ca/ndairport/) , about 10 miles from the Falls and the folks at the flying club there are very friendly. On the American side either Buffalo Intl...

Apparently Garmin has recently discontinued database updates for the G90 GPS. A friend contacted his friend at Garmin, and was told that the database became too big for the G90, and they decided to drop support. Several years ago, the G90 database was the Americas, and was broken into a North...

Hi! I have three questions about fling in FS. 1. what does it mean when ATC says. climb at FL290, for example. what height is it? 2. when ATC said that I have do climb to 11,000 and reached that level ATC said that I`m 2000m above my flight level. Internationa settings are set to metres. but...

I guess I've been reading this group for too long. I actually understood that. -R

In article K_v0b.201938$YN5.141158@sccrnsc01, Gary L. Drescher wrote: NYT today: "Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that President Bush has approved the resumption of an American-supported program in which Colombian fighter pilots can force or...

Hi all, I am considering the purchase of a 337C Turbo and I am wondering what the cruise speed, fuel burn and optimum altitude would be. Any other comments would be appreciated. I have heard numbers anywhere between 175kts and 200kts. This plane also has a Robertson Stol kit which I assume...