Anyone else have expereince with the C172E (1964)? No matter what I did I could not get that bird to spin to the right. Left spins take some work, and power helps (of course). But right it just wallows and then steep spirals.

I stumbled upon the Aircraft and Airports section of the Dallas City Codes and found a whole new layer of regulations I never knew about. Here's a good one. As a student, I guess I need to call my instructor every time I need to start the engine: SEC. 5-24. ONLY PILOT OR COMPETENT MECHANIC...

http://tinyurl.com/239ane The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett- owned periodical... We'll take it! :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions?

Other than the 'holier than thou' aspects of taildraggers and their pilots, what are their real advantages? Has it to do with prop clearance on unimproved fields, or fatter mains being better in that same environment? Does anyone know if, with the same level of experience pilots, they have a better...

Seems I busted a VIP TFR Monday near Sacramento (VP Cheney was in town raising money for a couple of congressmen). On landing at my destination I was asked by the airport manager to call an ATC number, who got my info and said they would forward it to the local FSDO as a "pilot deviation". I'm...

Here's one that may seem silly: to what height, precisely, is an altimeter calibrated to? The bottom of the landing gear? The height of the static port? the chord line of the fuselage? In a Cessna, the difference between these is minimal, but on an airliner, you're talking about a possible +/-...

("Yossarian" wrote in the Catalina Perep thread) My first trip I was that low too, but now my FBO insists on a continuous climb to the middle of the channel for better glide distance if your engine quits. 4500' in a 172 is only like 7 miles glide. I wonder how many people have actually...

Just a few lines to let you know that if for any reason you student pilots and the pilots and instructors who frequent this Usenet forum and have devoted their time and effort freely attempting to make aviation safer and educational wish to explore an alternative venue forum that is moderated...

One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits....

Sometimes some people get spooked when driving out in the middle of nowhere (especially the desert southwest of the USA) for various reasons. Obviously darkness, isolation, and a lack of signs of civilization and humanity can play a role in getting one's mind to wander in the wrong directions. ...

Like many people here have said, your are either part of the problem, or part of the solution. If you guy insist on welcoming the asshole, he will always be around. A vote for Bertie is a vote for filth, confusion, cross posting, forging, lying, making fun of someone's deceased relatives, etc. Let...

Here is a link to the Obama/Marx story (and it is pretty damning): http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2289 -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.

I've had it. Despite my attempts to ignore the Berties and the Maxwells of this NG, I give up. I'm giving R.A.P a pause for a while. I'll come back when it cleans up its act, maybe. Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

If I ever meet a hotshot pilot in real life they would not walk away from the experience. I keep a bayonnet around for idiots like that who bomb innocent people for their own egos. Except for the lower halfs of the hot black ones. Labia Veteran

We decided to move the annual inspection for Atlas -- our '74 Cherokee Pathfinder -- into February, since there has been little use for an airplane this winter. As a result of the weather and the annual (bless me Father, for I have sinned...) it had been 20 days since our last flight. I've...

It cost me more than $40 at Costco yesterday to fill my gas tank. I figure it costs me at least $10 in gas every time I drive to the airport -- and I have a hybrid car. I am beginning to wonder how long some of the younger instructors can keep this up. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight...

Vintage Jet Slams Into Homes Near Air Show http://www.katu.com/stories/87633.html The plane crashed toward the end of the two-day Oregon International Airshow, where the plane had been on display, but did not perform, said Steve Callaway, an air show board member. Air show organizers canceled the...

I got a demo flight in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit this morning. We departed IFR from Tacoma Narrows and flew west for some maneuvers. This plane was the second one out of the factory with the G-1000. I had a difficult time maintaining my altitude; the altitude...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkiT8gWIQo Had never done an emergency descent with banking as a tool. It was suggested to me to try this with a 90 degree bank. Very interesting experience as it really works and works quickly! I tried 2 without banking and 2 with banking of which the video...