Hi all, What is meant by reverse sensing? Say I am southeast of the VOR station, and want to head straight to that station in a northwest direction, at a heading of 300. I tune and identify, and currently track the 300 radial (300 on the OBS), with a "TO" indication, and the needle centered. If...

Can anybody here tall me what the standard rate of turn is in a 757? Is it the same as small palnes, i.ei, is it universal at 360 degrees in 2 minutes? I've got someone telling me the Boeing 757 that hit the Pentagon did some impossible turn before flying into the building, and it sounds like a...

Not Dick Daley wrote: Sorry about that.....I posted that (I thought) as a link. That's what came back through to me anyway. FWIW, I saw a link too. - Andrew

For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Say for instance with a fuselage and epenage like the Zodiac 701, but with a low wing instead of the high wing. Then I read about deep stall, as illustrated...

Hello. I'm finishing up my CFI training. My CFI and I went up in a 172 (certified for spins) and tried to get the plane to spin for my spin training. The airplane was loaded properly in the utility category. We could not get the airplane to enter a fully developed spin. It would enter the incipient...

As many of you know, my son is taking flight lessons. He's past solo, and into his cross-country flights. He's a senior in high school, and is wondering what to do with the rest of his life. His initial aim has been going into engineering, but has decided that math is not something he truly...

Hello, I've been reading news on flying for quite a while and these seems to be the most well-informed groups (the googles)on the net. I would therefore like to have your personnal opinion on a question. I live in Northern Quebec (Yes, I'm french speaking so forgive the spelling mistakes) and...

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-considering-19-seat-hybrid-electric-aircraft-427715/ Airbus considering 19-seat hybrid-electric aircraft for general aviation market 21 July, 2016 BY: Stephen Trimble Washington DC Airbus is now considering general aviation designs with up...

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/mg19225725.300-solar-storms-spell-trouble-for-gps.html Solar storms spell trouble for GPS SOLAR flares can drown out GPS signals with potentially serious consequences for airlines, emergency services, and anyone relying on satellite navigation. It...

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I just returned from one of the hardest evenings of my life. Mary, my kids, and I just attended the visitation for Blane Anderson, our friend and fellow pilot who lost his life in the crash of a Spencer Air Car (and amphibious homebuilt craft) last Friday, just west of Iowa City. He was less than...

I understand how positive dihedral helps dynamic stability in airplanes, but some big ones, like the Russian An 124 Condor, has a pronounced negative dihedral -- the wings have a noticeable downward slope. Q1: Do those airplanes need active fly by wire controls to maintain stability, or is...

We've been having a problem with the engines on our Seneca II for awhile now and I wonder if anyone else has any experience with it. The engines are TSIO-360s and if we lean at cruise with about 75% power (typically around 32-in MP) or less to anything over about 1400 EGT (which is still ROP),...

Ok, it's the year 2025. If man is still alive. You are in a little Cessna 150. You're plane isn't pressurized because it will implode, so you're wearing a pressurized body suit. You have an oxygen mask. You plane is powered by a very powerful hydrogen atom splitting energy source. Supplied by a...

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/160-Knot-VTOL-Flying-Car-Flown-Says-Company-228903-1.html 160-Knot VTOL Flying Car Flown Says Company By Russ Niles | April 23, 2017 Lilium Aviation http://lilium.com, of Munich, says it has flown a prototype of its all-electric VTOL tilt-engine aircraft...

If I ever meet a hotshot pilot in real life they would not walk away from the experience. I keep a bayonnet around for idiots like that who bomb innocent people for their own egos. Except for the lower halfs of the hot black ones. Labia Veteran

Can the list, succinctly, refresh my memory on updating the 196 by download, both the firmware and the latest database for the USA... I have done this on the 195 years ago so I have some idea how, and I have the USB adapter for the 196... Do I need a download a driver first? What are the...

My local Delta base (HFD) will contact nearby BDL TRACON and obtain a squawk code for VFR flight following or traffic advisories. This service is "advertised" on the ATIS and is requested from ground control on initial call up by departures. Ground calls you back with a code and the proper...

I saw an announcement on Aeronews this morning that the FAA is proposing that the "taxi into position and hold" process used at virtually all towered airports be discontinued. This is really gonna work great at places like Newark, LaGuardia, and OHare.

I don't have my ticket yet -- and I'm really committed because I want to buy my own plane to train and fly -- and I want to take advantage of the tax write-off about to expire at year end. I've been at this since August. But, hell, they're not making it easy. All I've asked of Cirrus, Piper and...