My understanding is that you're always supposed to follow the centerline of a taxiway with your nose wheel. However, I find that in very large aircraft, such as a 747, doing so allows the rear of the aircraft to very nearly roll off the taxiway in turns; it seems that I must swing the nose outward...

Obviously this is more of a commercial piloting question, than a recreational one, but... http://www1.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/CurrentFARPart/9ED2D8079C21577786256B420072FDEF?OpenDocument states that the effective date was 1/15/2002. But I found archived UseNet...

Sammy writes: Not in the seat next to them they wouldn't. He doesn't have to be in the seat next to them. The fact that it hasn't happened in all these years of aviation makes it more than just a little unlikely. It's definitely so unlikely it's silly.

Navigation and Aviation travel service providers Please visit to participate www.clubfreedom.biz/xpower

I have a question for anyone out there that has a Lowrance 600c. When the light goes off is your display nearly impossible to see? I think I've got good vision but when the light goes off I can hardly see the display. I had an AirMap 1000 but returned it because I couldn't see the display...

I have a KFC-200 autopilot in the aircraft I fly and I have always been able to fly a better approach by hand than the autopilot does. Just the other day while out doing practice approaches to a runway with a 12 kt crosswind on the surface and a pretty good wind gradient and turbulence from the...

Spring Break for my kids is this coming week. Five days with no plans, yet. We are looking at Montreal then Quebec and maybe New Foundland/PEI. Then there is Charleston and Savannah. Mammouth Cave in Kentucky, followed by Memphis or Nashville. Decisions? Decisions?

FAA'S BLAKEY: "CHANGE IS NEVER EASY" FAA Administrator Marion Blakey has been spending a lot of time on Capitol Hill the last few weeks, trying to build support for her new aviation user-fee funding plan. And she's getting a little tired of all the criticism it's been getting. "In recent...

What a period of weather! We've been forced to cancel 5 scenic airplane rides in a row, over the last week, due to high winds, low ceilings, and bad visibility. Needless to say, we've had a lot of disappointed couples who were really looking forward to a romantic sunset ride over the city. ...

I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are. Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members of the...

As many of you know, I'm currently on a "barnstorming tour" around the Eastern half of America, flying wherever the weather is best, and enjoying the scenery along the way. Since Sunday we've flown from Iowa City, IA to First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC), to Ocracoke Island, to Beaufort, NC, to...

Once again, I'm not a real pilot. Yesterday my daughter was confronted at school by some (6th grade) classmates, they said her father was not a real pilot. To give you a little back history, my daughter is so proud of her father that she's always telling anyone she meets that her father is a...

I have always thought that people were just getting their magazines well in advance of me. The electronic version is available before the print one gets to your doorstep. It's kind of irksome because I find I'm reading the same thing twice. Jose --

My dad drives along the south side of OKC to work every day and his OAT in his car always goes a few degrees colder around the where the extended centerline for the runways would intersect the road. Then it goes right back up after he is through that area. He thinks this is because the...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... It's interesting to see AOPA doing a piece on "Flying in Europe", so soon after our long thread on the same topic. Many of their conclusions were the same as ours. Also,...

WeatherMasterPro Prorofessional Weather Software, 500+ Options 1000's of maps, WX Stations, forcasts, Reports on Weather, Avaition, Radar, Volcanos, Quakes, Alerts, Warning, Fronts, Snow, road conditions, Agencies, Temperature, Launches, Access to 1000's of Satellite images around the world, Space...

http://www.sun-n-fun.org/content/interior.asp?section=flyin&body=exhibitors That's a pretty impressive list! (I didn't count 'em -- the "500" comes from the SNF website...) It looks to me like SNF is rivaling OSH more and more in both size and scope. I hope it never loses its more laid-back...

I recently discovered this recording called "Song Pilot". I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in flying music. It's a bit countryish, but I loved all the tunes. No, I am not afiliated to the artist. http://www.avialantic.com/airsquare/songpilot.html

I'm going to be out in Colorado this summer and would like to do some mountain flying and maybe get my BFR done at the same time. I'll be staying in Breckenridge but I can drive down to Denver if I have to. Any suggestions?

Looks like this Friday I may be picking up a family member on the way to KHYA. I'll be leaving from KTTA in NC and we're trying to decide which airport would be better to pick up a pax at in a C172. The choices are KBOS, KPVD, or KIAD (she's in Syracuse and will have to fly commercial to one of...