My partner and I are talking about offer a 1/3 of our Mooney to the Sacramento area to keep the hours up on it. What web sites would the group recommend we post the offering on? Barnstormers, ??? We've thought about trade-a-plane but it doesn't seem to be the place people go to to look for...

I just got word from one of my mail order shops that the Ernest Gann/John Wayne movies "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty" will be available on DVD August 2. They said that one will be a 2 DVD set -- the second contains interviews with Gann & Wayne and outtakes from the...

I am considering purchasing one of these "cheap" twins but before even making the long trip to check it out, I am wondering if there are any views on the flight characteristics and costs of ownership of this plane. Is it a difficult thing to land? Single engine performance and stall and other...

I am thinking about flying to CYOW (Ottawa McDonald Cartier) this weekend. Could anyone give local advice re Customs and FBOs? I have flown into Canada several times, but never through CYOW. I'm thinking about returning through Syracuse. I usually go through Rochester, and the USCS people there...

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message ... hmm, maybe I missed the thread here ... (?) .. anyway: John Walton (son of the Walmart founder) died in a plane crash: http://news.google.com/news?q=John+Walton+pilot There is the "son of sam...

You might want to write to Rick Santorum and tell him why this is such a bad idea: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html Essentially, Accuweather has paid Sen. Rick Santorum to put this bill through the Senate, to force the NWS/NOAA to take a great...

Folks around the Blackhawk Airport (87Y near Madison, WI) have been curious as to what the state of the airport is lately.. Especially since the following has happened in the last 18 months: The rental planes were sold. The part time attendant was laid off. The fuel tank is empty. (No fuel even...

Hi, I'm planning on flying from RHV (San Jose) to MYF (San Diego) on Monday morning and returning that afternoon. I'll be taking the Arrow (200hp) or 182. I've flown down to AVX, SMO, etc several times and am familiar with that route. I'd like to take the most direct (and safest) route to...

Would Computerized ATC Intentionally Under Report Safety Deficiencies? Do incentive bonuses create cheats? ------------------------------------------------------------------- AVflash Volume 11, Number 26a -- June 27,...

Matt Barrow wrote: Walton died Monday at the age of 58 when the homemade ultralight plane he was piloting crashed near the Jackson airport in Grand Teton National Park. Walton was remembered as a humble man with a passion for education, the outdoors and all...

Preflighting the Arrow I was taught to check the landing gear micro switches. OK great. There they are. I even work the switch to feel that it's making contact inside. I was Master Mechanic in the Air Force and repaired the Autopilot systems on the SR-71 and U-2 so I know about airplane...

There was some traffic here a few months ago about this. Nay current news? Ari? There is an initiative underway to remove all NGA aeronautical products from the public domain, effective 1 October 2005. ftp://164.214.2.112/dafif/dafif_0507_ed8/README.TXT

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The regs say you must communicate, have permission, a clearance, have a transponder, etc to fly in any Class B/C/D Airspace. The airspace is generally defined by the airport reference point altitude and location on the field. For example the definitions state "from the surface to..." What...

Last summer when I went to Canada someone pointed me to a web site that provides on-line approach plates in Canada. I can no longer find this web page. Can someone post such a URL? -Robert

A Cherokee with four persons on board when down just after take off from Harrisburg Capital City Airport (my home base) Runway 26 earlier this afternoon. Details are sketchy, at best. I just returned from the FBO at that airport and folks there can say very little about this incident. Here is a...

KVUO To KAST Well, After getting my instrument rating 2 months ago and just playing local in my 150 getting used to Popping in and out of the clouds totally different than the hood I decided it was a good day for a real IFR X-C not a very far one but ceilings were 1,300' local and 2,500' at...

Took of from Point Lookout, MO (PLK) this afternoon, VFR to Dallas Addison (ADS). Requested VFR advirsories from Razorback Approach, and they gave me a squak code of 1070. Razorback said they could not receive my transponder, could only track my primary target. Once I was switched to Fort Worth...

HND Henderson Executive LAS McCarran International LSV Nellis Afb VGT North Las Vegas I am travelling to Las Vegas and am thinking about flying my 172RG from Reid Hillview in San Jose to Henderson Exec in Vegas. I'm concerned about crossing the mountains and conditions getting into LV. I...

Any recommendations on the best Piper Arrow add-on for MSFS2004? I found a couple with google but the downloads don't seem to work. Doesn't have to be freeware. Mostly what I want is a reasonably accurate power model. I have ASA's On Top but the GPS is crummy and the power model has no...