I just finished reading the Jeppesen "flight discovery" series for their Multiengine manual, and just started reading the ASA's The Complete Multiengine pilot. I noticed in their book that they mentioned several times that, for best performance, you don't need 5 degrees of bank that planes are...

I was going to ask this question on R.A.Students but I think this is a more appropriate forum. After how many hours of dual do you expect the average person to be ready to solo? I understand that it is subjective. Not every person is ready to solo at the same time. There are a number of...

In your controller training, are situations addressed concerning aircraft which request priority but do not declare an emergency? Is there any guidance in the Controllers' Handbook? D.

Where do ya'll like to go for practice approaches to get current ?

Can a float plane land on a body of water inside a city, more specifically, could one land he http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.934957,-84.250739&spn=0.012551,0.019956&t=h&z=16&om=0 Note: the body of water is privately owned and in case you were wondering, that is the building in which I...

I just ran these videos from home for the first time, and was surprised (to say the least) to see text over-written ON my videos, saying "PicVideo" and a website called: www.jpg.com. It appears on...

Hi, Can you tell me or point me to a reference for how many ATC personnel are on the active rolls? I'm hoping for a number that includes towers, centers, and approach and departure -- the boys and girls that talk to us pilots, admin and beauracracy excluded. Thanks, Casey Wilson

(Kindly skip the post if you are offended by "racist" comments.) Are you out there? hindus,buddhists,sikhs, communists,cannibals,, darkskinned arab-christians,latinos, and other such sane, free human beings living in John Locke's dream... What are your experiences as pilots/aviators since Sep11?...

I've been trying to find some info on this thing for quite a while now. I've been to Raytheon's site and found specs for the normal Baron only. If some of you do own the P version, could you please tell me what engines do they have? Are they the regular IO-550s or are they turbocharged? And what...

Incredibly, it's looking like we might be able to make an attempt at flying to Reno for the air races in September. We've got the grandma lined up, we've got the staffing set up -- all we need now is the weather. I've been looking at our fly-in options, and it's looking surprisingly bleak. I...

Is the FAA aware of a new anti-smoking drug called Chantix? More to the point, do hey have an official position on it? For most of my career, we always used Nicoderm patches on those inpatients who smoked... with very uneven results. I have, within the last few months, become aware of Chantix...

I'm planning a flight from Perkiomen Valley (N10) which will be via Colt's Neck VOR and up the Hudson to the Tappan Zee Bridge and then on to Lincoln Park for lunch. The return trip will stay to the west of Essex Co and Morristown. My question is in reference to operations around Lincoln Park. ...

I was flying out of VGT last month (North Las Vegas) heading back to SLC in an Aztec after a great round of Golf. After getting VFR clearance from ground to MMM (Mormon Mesa Vortac) which is ENE of Vegas. Cleared for takeoff and given a heading from the tower, then handed off to Nellis aproach. ...

When reading performance specs for helicopters I see the terms IGE and OGE. I understand they are in ground effect and out of ground effect, but when the altitudes are given they don't make sense to me. I thought ground effect was up to one-half the rotor span and anything above that would be out...

Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!) I was looking at the AOPA airport info. ANP and W29 don't list AWOS or ATIS freqs. That seems pretty critical. So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather

Hello- I was totaling up my hours and I wanted to ask about item 5-iii here. I have gone on two solo x-countries totaling over 5 hrs and two dual x countries, one night and one day. The day one was 2 hours and the night one was about the same. First Q Does the night+Day x/c training count...

Hi All! We do not have a wiring diagram (yet) for our plane. The Cigar Lighter socket is dead, and we need to fix it to power our new portable GPS. (or have a poower cable installed....) Which 12V point (bus) should it be wired to? (dont want to unwrap the harness to check out the wiring. )

I've looked at the manual for the software, and I can't see if the software I have (that came with it) can do this. I went flying in my Cessna with my new Christmas toy (the AirMap® 600C) and I'd like to download the data (trails) so I can see how well I did with my speed and altitude during my...

I'm trying to understand how capable the new breed of integrated avionics suites are (Aviyne Eclipse, Garmin G1000), and read somewhere that although these systems are very capable, they don't have the "mission capabilities" of a Proline 21. I.e., the Eclipse and Garmin systems are ok for...

For any of you who might know; When the owner is storing Avgas at the local FBO, do they bear the price exposure for swings in the market prices of the fuel they have in inventory, up or down? Or does the supplier (e.g. Texaco, P66) provide a hedge for the fuel in inventory. E.g. let's say...