I was impressed when I found this one. A guy named Mark Ecko penetrates Airforce 1 security, makes it to the President's plane and spray-paints it with Graffiti, wow, and was not busted. He could have easily attached anything he wanted to. In this case it was only black Spray-paint. You got to see...

IF this happened as described... (implemented fully), it would be a buyers market.. and there would be a small niche for qualified ferry pilots running the "plane pipeline" Dave Peter wrote: As posted here already, the UK government is proposing evicting its foreign registered GA aircraft:

The wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet) on phonetic alphabets says: "At some United States airports, the use of Delta for the letter D is avoided because it is also the callsign for Delta Air Lines. "Dixie" seems to be the most common substitute." The tower at...

Please excuse the cross post, but the topic might be of interest to several groups. I'm wondering whether providing light aircraft transportation services (people and/or cargo) and consulting to small businesses is likely to be a successful approach to setting up a very small aviation business. In...

As most of you know, I threw a jug in east BF Wyoming coming home from Oshkosh last year. I put on an emergency cylinder from a reputable shop, but the serial number indicated that this replacement jug has been around for a long, long time. I'm getting ready for the summer flying season, the...

Recently I saw a Garmin G1000's (very cool) Mode S radar display, superimposed over the moving map display. They call it: "Mode-S transponders with Traffic Information Service (TIS)" We were in a class "B" area, and seeing all the traffic in the area superimposed over the sectional map was really...

There's video of a tethered "flying saucer" in flight, with a typically clueless anchorperson describing it. The company building it is in California, and Annie Anchor said they would only fly 10' off the ground, thereby sidestepping FAA clearance & licensing issues. :) I thought I saw the word...

wrote in message ... On 3 Jun 2006 12:54:17 -0700, wrote: Hi all, The campaign to get Concorde flying again has attracted 2,000 signatures this week! Please add your support at...

Perhaps of interest to you, gentle reader: quote LONDON (AFP) - A Boeing 777 plane has broken the world record for the longest flight by a commercial jet when it landed at London's Heathrow airport on a flight from Hong Kong via the Pacific. /quote More...

I've been asked to investigate, on behalf of some applicants to my flying club, the procedure to take a non-US pilot certificate to a US one. I got some good info from AOPA, but if there's anybody who's actually been through the process and would be willing to share the experience, I'd appreciate...

There are instrument approaches that are approved by the FAA that are not available to the general public. The approach plate notes that approach only applies to aircraft from Company XYZ. You will not find in in any approach book. Typically the approach was developed by the private entity and...

I just sold my bonanza. I need to make some trips once in a while. How can I find someone to let me use their plane? There is a club nearby but they have a two hour per day minimum. Sacramento area... -K -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

They're saying the Global Flyer's jet engine burns 102 pounds of fuel an hour. If that kind of fuel weighs in at 6 pounds per gallon, that's about 17 gallons an hour, or roughly double what I burn in the little Cherokees I fly. Then again, the jet propelled the Flyer about 2 times as fast with a...

Peter wrote: I've had two of the above fail in under 3 years. I would guess that the failures are related to adverse voltages coming in or an adverse load on the output. The electrical environment of a small plane can actually be much more abusive than a modern car, because of the wide...

Hello Tom, Thanks for the tips. I found that when I use the "raw data" it does work as you say (http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/sectionals/current/). Is this what you are using? But I have trouble when I try to use one of Kyler's "processed images"...

GIF of plane hit by lightning: http://bm6aak.myweb.hinet.net/file/456.gif (Lightning hits planes everyday and is no big deal.)

How would you handle the following situation. You call up NY Approach, VFR, and say "Request class bravo clearance at 1500 for some sightseeing down the Hudson River". The controller says, "Cleared into the class bravo as requested". Sometime later, you realize you havn't heard from them for a...

I'm in the process of taking flying lessons and working toward my license. Does anyone in this NG fly their private plane for a business commute? If so, is it possible to get tax deductions for travel expenses? I'm just thinking ahead. Out of curiosity, how many here have an accountant for taxes,...

Wonderful front-page story in (of all places) today's New York Post about a guy in a Mooney who sounds like he busted the NY Class B with style and ended up with an armed escort home. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14692.htm

Wright replica fails to get off the ground One hundred years to the day after Orville and Wilbur Wright soared into history on man's first powered flight, modern-day aviators sought to duplicate the feat, with a little help from 21st-century technology and supercomputers. They flopped badly. at...