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Real stats on engine failures? by
Captain Wubba
Howdy. I was discussing with a friend of mine my concerns about flying
single-engine planes at night or in hard IFR, due to the possibility
of engine failure. My buddy is a CFI/CFII/ATP as well as an A&P, about
3500 hours, and been around airplanes for a long time, so I tend to
give credence to his...
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December 8th 03 04:09 PM
by Michael
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Twins in clubs.... by
Captain Wubba
Hello. I'm a member of a flying club that is in the process of
purchasing a Cessna 337 (Actually a new member is bringing it in with
his membership). The club manager wants to bring in a twin because he
thinks he can easily get 7 or 8 new members specifically for the twin.
But right now, of the...
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Engine failure rates poll by
Captain Wubba
Hello. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a quetion about engine failure
rates, and got some very interesting answers. I'm still finding it
hard to get a grip on hard data, so I'd like to ask a favor of RAP
folks. I constructed a poll on the subject...
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Question about corporate insurance. by
Captain Wubba
Hello. I'm a Commercial Pilot with single engine, multi engine, and
instrument ratings. I have a little less than 600 hours total time,
and only about 20 multi. I have been approached about a possible
position on the West Coast that would be a combination IT staffer and
co-pilot for a King Air 200...
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Official FAA position on 'Furtherance of business'? by
Captain Wubba
Hello. Just reviewing the new 'Sport Pilot' regs for their
implications to me as a CFI. Looks like in 61.315(c), the FAA has kept
the unfortunate limitation on being PIC of an aircraft 'in furtherance
of a business' that they had on Recreational Pilots.
Does anyone know of any 'official' FAA...
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Sport Pilot Poll by
Captain Wubba
Hello. I'm a CFI planning on doing training for the new Light Sport
Pilot certificate. I put together a very short survey about attitudes
towards LSP, and requesting some information that might be helpful in
serving this market. It is an anonymous survey, and it only takes a
few minutes. I'd...
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Help needed with old STS LORAN by
Captain Wubba
Hello. I'm going to be spending some time flying a plane equipped with
an old STS 120MC LORAN. It has no manual, and the owner of the plane
doesn't even know how to work the thing. I'm pretty good with tech
equipment, but this thing seems very...eccentric. Could anyone tell me
the very basics of...
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Anybody have VB skills for aviation weather? by
CaptainCraig
Hi folks!
Just wondering if anyone thinks it is possible to retrieve enroute
winds and metar/taf information using Visual Basic?
I have a MS Excel flight planner that I think would do well if I could
get current weather into.
Writing from Canada, by the way.
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Garmin 430/530 up north? by
CaptainCraig
Hi,
Has anyone had the opportunity to use a Garmin 430/530 north of the
60th parallel?
I'm talking Inuvik, Rankin Inlet, Iqualuit...
I am not finding anything in the Garmin manual and I know that
satellite coverage is questionable, I am just wondering how it would
affect day-to-day operations.
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Best Flight Planning Software for a jet? by
CaptainCraig
Howdy,
As the subject says, we operate an IAI Westwind 1124 and we're looking
for something for flight planning as all our aircraft will be scattered
about the country.
Oh, I should mention that we are in Canada.
Thanks!
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lack of confidence solo flight by
captainsj
I have flown for a couple of years on and off . I am to the point in my
training that I have completed several local xc solo flights. I am
getting ready to complete my solo xc"s and go for my checkride. But my
problem is that it is very hard for me to just drive out to the airport
that is only 2...
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"Big Al" Passell flys west.. by
[email protected]
Just a quick note for those (many) pilots who knew him; well-known
flight instructor and DE (He checked out over 1/2 of the pilots
certificated in the Cincinnati, OH area over the last decade, according
to Sportys) has died at the age of 80 at his home in Cincinnati. "Big
Al" was famous among area...
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We lost a good one.... by
[email protected]
On Tuesday, May 17 Robert Bosley was murdered by an intruder who broke
into his home. Bob was a good friend of mine. I was also his CFI. At
the exact time we were scheduled to fly together on Saturday, I will
instead be attending his funeral. He was a good man, a good father and
husband, a good...
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How to insure for flight instruction? by
[email protected]
Howdy,
I'm currently looking at trying to put my beloved 1963 Beech Musketeer
under commercial insurance to offer flight instruction in, and rental
of. It's either that, or sell it, as my partnership is dissolving. I
have an airport that needs a small flight school, and has plenty of
potential...
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Comair Accident pilot sues... by
[email protected]
Well, after one of the most idiotic accidents in US air carrier
history, we have (as expected) a bunch of lawsuits. But now we have a
new one...the 'pilot' who flew Comair 5191 off the wrong runaway,
killing all of his passenegrs has decided it really isn't HIS fault
that he didn't follow sterile...
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Time to earn license for professionals by
[email protected]
Hello all,
I just wanted to see if other CFIs and pilots have been seeing the
same trend I have. I've been flying with a student for a little over a
year now, and she's almost ready to solo. It will take her another
year to get her ticket, for a total of 2 years, and probably 100 - 120
hours...
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September 21st 07 03:09 PM
by Shirl
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Radio 'altercation' with ATC by
[email protected]
Howdy,
I was interested in some other pilots' 'takes' on the following. I was
up with a student a few days ago, when another CFI I know (flying out
of the same airport I do) also with a student had an issue with an air
traffic controller. We were both flying out of airport A, which is...
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December 15th 04 11:47 PM
by Newps
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Found a couple of POH/AOM sources by
[email protected]
I have been looking on Ebay and Half.com for
some aircraft manuals - but lately no luck
for recent stuff. I am an aviation professional
and airline collector.
I knew about www.esscoaircraft.com and
www.techmanualdepot.com from posts mentioned here
for operation manuals, but have not much...
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Flying internationally by
[email protected]
Hi all -
I'm a deaf student pilot with my first solo coming up in a weekend or
two (I hope!).
I'm near the Canadian border, and have a number of friends there, as
well as family in Alaska I'd like to visit once I finally get my
license. What are peoples experiences with crossing the...
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