Thanks for your previous help, folks. I have, hopefully, one remaining question. At the age of 35, having resigned to a life of earthbound employment, I just want to know this: If I finish my instrument rating and complete my commercial, is it possible to recover those training expenses flying...

Hi all... I'm planning on flying down to D.C. from northern NJ in a couple of weeks, and was wondering which airport down there is the best these days? I know College Park is the most ideal, but unfortunately it's still not accessible by transient aircraft. Basically, I need the closest airport...

Hi! Just a question if there are any mechanics here. What would the normal install time be for an S-TEC system 20 one-axis autopilot be into a 1968 Piper Arrow? Presuming the directional gyro/heading bug is OK, and the NAV instruments are up to it off course. Just to have an idea.

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A few weeks ago I was in Las Vegas. My company has its offices just down the street from one of the runways. Since I had a 3 week hiatus from working on my IFR ticket, I was drooling everytime I saw a plane land. One time I was about 1/4" before the threshold at a red light. One plane passed by...

Well, I lived through my biennial torture session yet again. One hour of ground-grilling on Friday, followed by 1.2 hours of flight testing yesterday. We had a great time (my CFI on this flight was a good friend, which always makes things easier) and I think I'm about as proficient as I've...

I'm debating whether to try for my IFR rating in the spring. I won't have the time or money to start till then, but that's not the point. The big question is, is it worth it right now? The only flying I really do is cruising around, mild aerobatics, some formation stuff, and occasionally a trip...

I prefer doing long controlled mush descents instead of classic stalls because it provides more of the really valuable part of the stall practice, experience with the aircraft at absolute minimum airspeed. Today I rode our 172 N down about 2000 feet with the yoke full back and the airspeed on...

Just got this from a friend of mine in the crew. Complete with all the "dialogue" in expletive Russian :-) http://www.maxho.com/video/lexa1.mp4 (3.0Mb) The file is in MP4 format optimized for Quicktime Player 6.5 and higher ( http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ ) You can feel the sheer joy...

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Airport News: Upon arrival you will be greeted by the Friends of Grand Glaize Airport. A special package of goodies has been prepared for you by the Friends of Grand Glaize. Grand Glaize will accomadte about 100 aircraft. The airport is going to be classified as a VFR airport for the weekend of...

Airline Pilot Caught Dozing in Flight Fri Apr 30, 7:28 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - A pilot for Japan's All Nippon Airways fell asleep at the controls for 45 minutes while on a domestic flight and had to be awakened by a government inspector who was traveling with cockpit access privileges. A...

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What do you do when you're flying over remote wilderness and see a fire? If I'm talking to ATC and mention it are they going to report it? Should I talk to fligh****ch or the nearest FSS? What sort of things would be useful to note about a fire, besides its location? -- Ben...

If I'm descending slowly with a relatively nose-high attitude - say, in preparation for a short field landing - does the high angle of the pitot tube have any effect on indicated airspeed? (I suppose all designs are different - say this is a 172.) If the descent was steep, the relative wind would...

Does anyone else get any spam emails from a porn site? It shows a pictures saying FREE LIVE TEENS, ENTER HERE. Its connected to a subdomain of site.voila.fr I don't know how they have got my email address, becuase I don't use it for anything else but posting here! But I do know it is VERY...

I'm flying into Midway from Boston in a few days. Weather and TFRs permitting, anyone have an opinion on whether going in IFR or VFR is easier? I'm thinking with all the O'Hare traffic that it might be simpler to go IFR, but don't want to have them assign me a low altitude over...

"PS" wrote in message ... good one. any more? five more uploaded as requested, there will be more coming in the next couple of days http://www.maxho.com/videos HECTOP

- The amazing Newscopter 4 crash in Brooklyn last week - A Russian jet fighter gets too low in a loop at an airshow See 'em at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm Thanks to the folks who sent 'em to me... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993

For once, the weather yesterday turned out to be better than predicted -- thus proving that the weather gods smile upon us occasionally. We were in Wisconsin to attend my Uncle's funeral. At 94, he was the last of his generation. It was at his house that I first became enamored with flying. It...