Just kidding, but... I just heard that the NTSB has recommended that pilots no longer be allowed to include thrust reversers when they calculate landing distances, following the Midway accident. Fortunately, the FAA usually manages to override this sort of bureaucratic BS...

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http://www.biff.nl/images/filmpjes/Helicopter%20zuid%20Afrika.wmv Shouldn't do it with passengers anyways. When the donkey quits, he can die alone, no need to take anyone w/ him. Not question of if, but when? The Monk

3rd Class medical renewed today...all good! BP Good (lower than two years ago) ... I'd like to think going without a smoke for nearly two months now is having a positive impact...as is not having gained any weight due to said smoking cessation... I do have this restriction regarding eyewear for...

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Or one we've previously talked about? Both occupants of a Cirrus SR22 walked away from what became a fiery crash at Lincoln Park Airport in New Jersey, Sunday afternoon. The aircraft was landing when it started to the left of the runway, the pilot applied throttle, and the aircraft veered...

Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here :o) Big John ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

I was flying the LOC BC RWY 31 approach in Brownsville, Texas last week when I lost contact with Valley Approach as I was being vectored to the IAF - CALIA intersection, which is in Mexico. Not a big deal, since I had a backup frequency from the previous frequency change - I swirched to it, got...

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New super-gun to be tested in Feb ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` By PAMELA HESS UPI Pentagon Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Next month a new high-explosive munition will be fired in Singapore and then tested again by the U.S. Army, heralding what may...

So the land adjacent to the inn is for sale, and we want to put an aviation themed restaurant on the site. It'll be the perfect fly-in restaurant, with breakfast all day, decent prices, ugly waitresses, and a 2nd-floor patio over-looking the airport. We want to call it "the Tower", and it'll have...

My kids have flown around in my Mooney their entire lives. Now they are getting close to the teen years and I'm thinking of buying them a plane and teaching them to fly in it. I've got a few years before they are old enough but I'm starting to think about it. Some group suggestions would be...

My son has been accepted at Embry Riddle (and other aviation-related universities). We've done the campus tour, and were impressed. For their piloting program, with tuition, room & board, and estimated flight costs, we're looking at $42K / year. Regardless of how much the Bank of Dad,...

Does anyone have the text of the TFR for Pres Bush today when he went to NSA at Ft Meade MD? Just wondering where Marine 1 landed ? Tipton, parking lot, etc ? tks.

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the town of Port Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to the local news the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an engine failure and was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging road but he didn't make...

I just recieved my annual bill from the state of Oregon for registering my airplane: $50 for single engine. How does this compare to other states? tom pettit

In cleaning out the basement workshop today (it's 800 OVC, with lots of ice), and ran across my old pair of Telex headphones at the bottom of a box that also had an old JC Penney CB radio, and a Colorado tape backup drive. (Remember those?) These were actually my second pair of headphones. I...

Today's annual Martin Luther King celebration in Newark, California was disrupted today by small planes. In a reenactment of the "I have a dream" speach, the crowd could't hear anything but plane drone.

http://tinyurl.com/dayj8 NewScientist.com Take a leap into hyperspace * 05 January 2006 * From New Scientist Print Edition * Haiko Lietz

For those who might be feeling a bit jaded, or as if they've "seen it all before", I submit: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-Jet-powered-bat-suit.wmv :-) See all of the aviation videos we've collected he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm