Anyone else notice that the new DC ad for the X11 is downplaying its noise cancelling performance? No mention of a db rating in its huge fall-out ad in Flying and the website only mentions the 17-22 db active noise reduction in the FAQ section. And it only describes the passive attenuation as...

Morgans wrote: Check this news story bout about an airplane powered by household batteries. Interesting. http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060717/2006-07-17T130202Z_01_T309261_RTRIDST_0_ODD-JAPAN-PLANE-DC.html -- Jim in NC Cool. Too bad there's no pictures of it. BTW, the people in...

I would like to know how far before touchdown the landing gear is typically deployed for larger commercial aircraft. Thanks.

For those of us who use car gas, the advent of ethanol has been a real pain. Although we don't test every tank full, we have used the "water/gas/shake" test to verify that there is no ethanol present. I find this method to be rather imprecise and quite a pain, since you have to have water around...

Video link at KARE 11 News http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=30474&bw= 20th Anniversary of Twin Cities tornado filmed by local helicopter news crew. Montblack

A local instructor here in Durham NC landed on an interstate after engine problems. Somehow, Paul caught the crest of the local news coverage and has been interviewed and quoted positively all week. Today he is being interviewed on the local NPR station's "State of Things" show. Will be...

Had some fun this evening at IJD (Willimantic, CT). It's an uncontrolled field. Big runway 9-27, smaller runway 18-36. AWOS is saying the wind is something like 170 at 6 kts. We're flying the GPS-9. Several calls on the CTAF come up empty, so we decide to land straight in, taking the slight...

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous.htm It is interesting to peruse the lists through the years and see how many politicians die each year.

I bought a FM wireless transmitter to rebroadcast stuff from my PC around the house. The only frequency I could find was 104.1 that was clear without a station. But all of a sudden, now when I am broadcasting my stuff, I pick up planes instead. How can this be? I know it is from planes, as I hear...

Has anyone seen anything about what Rutan is designing and building for the Virgin space venture? Either lift or space vehicles? I saw an article in the newspaper this morning about the number of deposits Virgin has taken.

An offer to fly an unfamiliar airplane was quickly accepted. In fact I jumped at the chance. How often does someone let you strap into their high performance pride and joy and take her for a spin. But I got myself in deep, deep trouble. I felt disoriented. Not nauseous, but not quite right,...

I am toying with the idea of getting an aftermarket Gilsson antenna for my GPSMAP 396 from www.gpsgeek.com. Has anyone had any expereince with Gilsson antennas for aviation use? Supposedly they have better gain than the Garmin units. --Dan

This is great footage from the landing of a Jet-Airplane by JET BLUE with Landing-Gear Problems. The Landing-Gear is positioned sideways. It is amazing to me what this tires and axles can withstand without falling apart and the pilot is doing a great job too...

The latest issue of Flying mentions the passing of photographer George Hall due to surgical complications. http://www.check-6.com/ George, may your light now always be in the "Golden Hour." Jay B (My aviation heros: Hall, Munson, Bower, Heatley...)

'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed' UK broadcaster BBC picked through the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region report, written between 1996-2000 by a Ministry of Defence intelligence expert and kept secret until last month. The broadcaster's showcase...

Hello, I'm about to buy a bike and am interested in a "foldable" bike. I do not own a plane, just use a rental ( Cessna 172 SP ). Has anyone thought about getting one of these to fit on the backseat of 172 ? The one I found here : http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/th-367-r.html is about 45 pounds...

I've heard that in FBW Airbuses, if your sink rate on finals is low for whatever reason, the computers might not consider it to be a landing at all, and might actually prevent reverser deployment and even inhibit brake application on the landing roll? Thanks in advance, Ramapriya

Hi all. I mentioned some months ago that I have a propellor blade from a Beech Starship, and asked what I could make with it. How much do you think its worth? it occured to me to take it to the aero mart at Osh, and sell it there. Another though was to melt it down and cast some parts for my...

Gee I want to be this rich when I grow up.....in my next life. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/07/17/paul.allen.planes.ap/index.html But this boat of his just won't do.... http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/1103top100/index1.html# He needs to buy one of these from the Navy Department to...

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