Well, I did hear back from the EPA concerning a local GA airport's efforts to get an exemption from regulations concerning fuel storage. You see, one of my most annoying local airports sits atop an important aquifer that supplies the whole region with groundwater. The local FBO's (who control the...

On Tuesday I must make a trip to a customer site. It is about a 3 hour drive, but I can make the trip by flying myself in 36 minutes. My company pays for mileage if by car, and no policy setup for renting a plane and flying myself. Let's assume my company will pay the cost of plane rental... If...

What can be done to keep this President in the White House? He's got over 2,000 square miles of airspace restricted there. Believe me, no one wants to hear his lies in Los Angeles. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pilots31aug31,1,1322239.story?coll=la-headlines-california 4 Planes...

Folks, I've got to say that I'm humbled by the message traffic I've seen here of people organizing GA to provide much needed support to the relief efforts after Katrina. If I weren't on a different continent and only flying a Pitts, I'd join you. I'm glad to see so many people willing to put a...

http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_nolaview/archives/2005_09.html#075758 There is a hospital "under siege" by armed gangs and the company which runs the hospital has apparently tried to charter helicopters to go take people off the roof but has been unable to get clearance...

So, after our long, drawn out thread (last month) about whether P-51 Mustangs should be flown, only kept on static display, and/or are worth saving for future generations, it turns out to all be a moot point -- these guys are gonna build new ones! http://www.fighterfactory.com/ I wonder if...

If you haven't seen this check it out. I just installed it and tried out the features. Its the newest version of the Cirrus for DUATS client flight planner. It does just about EVERYTHING. And the basic is free.....for now. :) I hope it stays that...

Hi all, While I was on my way home this evening from Flying Traffic survey. I was nearly run over by a Baron driver coming out of Stafford Airport (RMN) on his way to Frederick (FDK). He called Potomac approach saying level 3200. I was cruising at 3000 between Stafford, Virginia near Quantico...

If one has the run-through style performance charts for a light twin, does anyone know of a planning package which will then extrapolate out the appropriate information for accel-stop, accel-go, se climb rate, etc and print out a plan with the appropriate extra info (above time&fuel)? Seems like...

First, I'm really conflicted about doing this (it is shameless promotion), but it is aviation related. It's obvious to most pilots that most of the post-Sept. 11 restrictions are, at best, foolish and ineffective, and some of them are downright dangerous. Unfortunately, most people don't know how...

MEMPHIS BELLE MOVING TO AIR FORCE MUSEUM IN OHIO Published: Thursday, September 1, 2005 NEWS 11C Associated Press Supporters of an effort to keep the Memphis Belle World War II bomber in its namesake city in Tennessee say they're giving up and returning the plane to the Air Force to be placed in a...

Last week I was in Greenland, at Narsarsuaq, formerly the USAAF and USAF airfield Bluie West One. It's a fabulous place, but one aspect of the Narsarsuaq airfield really astonished me. There is a tower, six days a week during normal daylight hours, but the tower only gives advice; the pilot is...

Interesting story here http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005380500,00.html and more Photos of the damage here http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cmfalloon/album?.dir=b755&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cmfalloon/my_photos Luck of the Irish I call it.

Double Eagle RV Fly-in 8-9 October 2005 Whe Albuquerque NM Double Eagle II airport (KAEG); http://www.airnav.com/airport/KAEG Fly-in principles: No scheduled events. Nice area with a variety of events to keep spouses happy. The main attraction is the Balloon Fiesta that ends this weekend. ...

I think bio-diesel is overblown. The premise of this stuff is to use recycled cooking oil. Even if every resturaunt in the world recycled its cooking oil, there simply isn't enough to meet the demand if that method were to become poplar.

List of jpgs. Some real funny, some sobering. The best are 'Women live longer' series. -- http://www.micom.net/oops/ Thx, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

Everywhere, every day on the radio, television, and in the newspapers, all I hear is how the "Record Price of Oil" is killing America. Yet, strangely, Americans keep driving *more*. And I don't see anyone flying less. How can this be? Here are some encouraging stats from the current issue of...

Not as crazy as it sounds. Dig a big lake, convey the dirt over. All the houses worth saving, raise them up on a new foundation. The skycrapers, just make the bottom floor a basement. Expensive? Yes, but a permanent solution. Better than it happening again.

I'm taking lessons next week. Anyone here try it? Is being a pilot any advantage at all? Michael

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