We had a very important visitor at Spruce Creek after Saturday's NASCAR races: the Goodyear Blimp! We all had a good time -- they were her about 1/2 hour. Some of the guys arranged an escort for it and are shown in the videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2x1EaXqDsA There are also some other...

"Brent" wrote: Having seem some postings on here this seems like a good place to come to ask about recording flights in a semi hands off manner and an affordable one too. So far i've had passengers with cameras record two of my takeoffs and landings and i liked...

TV production company Pixcom is urgently searching for adventurous Ferry Pilots on interesting runs for a new Discovery Channel series. If this sounds like you or someone you know, please contact for more information - and feel free to pass this forward. Please note that this...

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/09/too-fat-to-fly-no-more-after- southwest-fiasco-kevin-smith-loses-65-pounds/ One year after getting booted from a Southwest Airlines flight for being "too fat," actor/writer/producer Kevin Smith has dropped 65 pounds, but clearly still holds onto his...

I wonder how often real pilots open this list server, hoping that it might once again be on topic? It's not worth checking more often than weekly, and that interval is growing longer. Well played, spammers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349952/Drunk-pilot-George-La-Perle-didnt-know-flying-jailed-6-months.html# Drunk pilot didn't know where he was meant to be flying his plane By Daily Mail Reporter 24th January 2011 A pilot who turned up so drunk at Heathrow that he didn't know where he...

What's your guys' opinion of JAX center? I'm an ATC student and was just wondering if anyone knew anything about it.

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 18:18:39 -0000, wrote: In comp.security.misc DasFox wrote: 57 lines of babbling drivel. The word "TECH" is not a verb; actually it isn't a word at all. Jim, I am sure you were attempting humor and DasFox' use of the...

Seeing one thread actually about aviation, figure to toss this one in the hat.... Received the following about 2 weeks ago via PM on You Tube. This is XXXXX "Lisa" husband and was wanting to know if you would take her up with you. She is an air traffic controller at Memphis center and you have...

Hi, I'm looking for any of the Sennheiser ANR HMEC 300/400 series headsets. Does anyone here have a used one for sale, or know where I can find refurbished ones? Pls email Thanks!

my great wish is that all gay people in this lovely place shows its greatness and go ahead as a good ethical exampel of the wisdom and humanism that the world in general needs - now its our chance to show what is good values in life. all the best goes out to all the ''queers''out there. -- Peter...

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:15:41 -0600, Jim Logajan wrote: I am reluctantly pricing lawyers to see what I can do to locate the person responsible; it seems that there are quite a bunch now who specialize in this sort of thing; complete with investigative services. Still, it looks like...

Howard Eisenhauer wrote: http://www.flixxy.com/besler-steam-airplane.htm Cool! Interesting how easy prop reversal is, which makes sense since it's a steam engine. The Wikipedia page claims that it was capable of STOL operation since the prop could be used for braking on landing.

Hi guys , I know I might be a little dim sometimes but here goes . Does an M-Nav accept gps data from say a Garmin 3 ? Offered a unit but cant find enough information anywhere esp terminal pin conections etc . Thanks all you tech types !

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/01/dallas-fort-worth-officials-not-happy-about-strip-club-near-airport/137660/1#uslPageReturn Dallas-Fort Worth officials oppose new strip club near airport By Roger Yu, USA TODAY They're shocked, shocked that a strip club could be near an airport. A...

What do sellers of aeronautical charts do with unsold copies of the charts after they expire?

Can anyone id the aircraft and provide some info about it? It was emailed to me ages ago, and I don't think I have the email anymore. So I have no other info (other than the photo) to go on. TIA. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/duncanm4/image001.jpg -- Duncan.

"I think the FAA is actually starting to float the idea of either dropping or relaxing third class medicals." http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/third_class_medical_certification_pilots_relax_drop_accident_203880-1.html Podcast...

http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188 SACRAMENTO, CA - An airline pilot is being disciplined by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for posting video on YouTube pointing out what he believes are serious flaws in airport security. Update:...

I have uploaded a series of videos that some may be interested in viewing of my cloud and IMC encounters Cloud and IMC encounters - 2005 - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ok0126pfw My encounters with clouds in 2005 Eight minute video includes a VOR approach down to minimums, ILS approach...