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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: new chart product from the FAA by
Kyler Laird
It's been months since I got a good set of sectional raster DVDs
from the FAA. For a couple cycles a Miami image was missing
georeferencing data. That was fixed but then the current set I
received had a bad (East) disk. So I called to see if I could
get another.
They didn't have any extra disks...
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surviving a broken wing by
Kyler Laird
I just got this in an investor update from Borealis.
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Missing pilot and plane
We are delighted to report that the plane and the pilot were found.
Dave is fine; the plane crashed and is probably a total loss as a
wing broke off, possibly from wind sheer. Dave was flying...
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self-weighing luggage by
Kyler Laird
This struck me as something that could make loading the plane a
little easier.
http://ricardobeverlyhills.com/scale.html
Then I thought about it for another second. No, my fish scale is
a whole lot more versatile. It's not like I'm going to find a
self-weighing 5 gallon dogfood bag so I'll always...
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spammed by (way of) the FAA by
Kyler Laird
I submitted a form for some information from the FAA awhile back.
As I recall, I received a response only by telephone.
Today I received some spam ("Cialis - No prescription needed!") to
the address I gave in that form. Tough to tell exactly what
happened but I'm curious if anyone else has...
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flying for a charity by
Kyler Laird
I've tried to follow the "charitable airlift" discussions here over the
years and it usually makes my head hurt. I was just contacted with a
request to transport and I could really use some Usenet-level advice.
(Yeah, I've got AOPA legal services but I get better info here.)
There's a Rottweiler...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: catching up for the new year by
Kyler Laird
I fell behind in maintaining my copies of FAA data last year.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/
As a new year's resolution, I decided to get going again.
I misplaced the December ATA-100 data but I now have the January version
in place.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/ATA-100/
The raster...
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single-engine turboprop emergency landing in Indiana by
Kyler Laird
I just saw a clip on the local news about a single-engine turboprop
that landed on a Highway 933 in Roselawn yesterday after having
engine problems. It looks like it might be a PC-12. It's N922RG.
It was going from South Bend Regional, IN to White Plains, NY with
five people on board. They were...
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Control Vision's patent by
Kyler Laird
I hate software patents. They *really* burn me when they're on things that
I've already discussed and planned to do. Here's one.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/323-full.html#188748
Any GPS can tell you where you are but Control Vision's Anywhere
Map system tells you where you...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: automatic route selection by
Kyler Laird
I've been asked to help write some code to assist in flight planning
by choosing routes. I have just enough Computer Science and IFR
background to make me dangerous. I said that I'd donate my effort
if it results in Free code the community can use. So we're making
this a community...
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general aviation search at Enterprise by
Kyler Laird
As I was considering renting a car today I noticed that Enterprise
has a section for general aviation.
http://www.enterprise.com/GA
"from your wings to our wheels"
Last time I rented an Enterprise car it was from a place just down
the road from N10. (They picked us up at the airport.) ...
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funny(?) GPS NOTAM by
Kyler Laird
Getting ready for some flights today I noticed this.
Kansas City Center (Olathe KS) : August NOTAM #19
issued by Gps Notam OA
GPS unreliable within a 350 nautical miles radius of
TRUTH or CONSEQUENCES VORTAC (TCS) at FL400, decreasing
in area with decrease with altitude to 300 nautical
miles...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: plot GPS log by
Kyler Laird
I needed a break this morning so I whipped up a trivial little script
to create a sectional image from GPS data.
https://aviationtoolbox.org/Members/kyler/tools/trip_plot
It just barely works but it takes NMEA $GPRMC sentences and generates
a JPEG. I noticed that there are people who like to...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: recent FAA sectional scans by
Kyler Laird
When I got my first DVD of sectional images from the FAA I was
thrilled by the quality of the scans. I did, however, notice
that the sectionals had wide-ranges of colors to denote similar
elevations. This was especially noticeable out west where the
sectionals meet.
Lately I've noticed that some...
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I love summer on campus. by
Kyler Laird
The best part is watching students.
http://lairds.us/Kyler/photos/disk0026/img_2097.jpg/image_viewer
(If I knew a way to prevent this from becoming a high-wing/low-wing
thread I would do it.)
--kyler
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CSI: "class four rating"?! by
Kyler Laird
In a CSI Miami episode that I recorded awhile ago, a pilot crashes
onto a beach. The NTSB inspector (who appears to be a complete
idiot compared to the profound star of the show), says "long flight
over the ocean; the pilot probably had a class four rating".
Does that have any basis in reality? ...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: I've added your approach plates. by
Kyler Laird
Thanks to Dennis Megary at MyAirplane.com, I've added the vector
(PDF) approach plates to my collection.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/approaches/
There's a lot that I plan to do with these, but for now I have a
terribly simple kludge for finding them...
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Why are gyrocopters so small? by
Kyler Laird
I see that the Fairey Rotodyne had a max. gross weight of over
32,000 pounds. The only gyro in which I have time was close to
2% of that weight. It's been years since I've been to a PRA
fly-in, but I only recall seeing *little* (two-person max.)
aircraft - much lighter than the 5200 pound...
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Does WiFi affect your choice of FBO? by
[email protected]
I'm interested in knowing how important the availability of WiFi
access to the Internet is when pilots choose an FBO. Is it enough of
a benefit to really affect your choice, or is it just one more thing
that is nice to have.
If it affects your choice, is it enough to make you select one FBO
over...
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