Listening to http://audio.liveatc.net:8012/kjfk_app_final , I hear a lot of instructions from the tower to follow other traffic, but the pilots don't always know what aircraft they're following. It sounds like the tower expects them to be able to recognize an airplane (type, airline, etc.) from two...

More evidence of the critical shortage of working neurons. Here's a link which doesn't require registering (KC Star has a better article) http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/01/12/daily61.html Summary: Carnahans sue Parker Hanafin for $100 million claiming malfunction of...

This is actually a humerous anecdote, or at least I thought it was. Had an opportunity to fly in a V tail Bonanza Monday during the one day of sunshine we get per week or two up here in Northern NE these days. The plan was to fly from KLEB (Lebanon NH) to Highgate Vt. at the northeastern tip of...

http://theboom.com/theboomaviator.html I just stumbled across this headset while looking for a cellphone headset. Has anyone tried any of this manufacturer's products?

Another opinion, please: What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"? What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"? Thanks! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349952/Drunk-pilot-George-La-Perle-didnt-know-flying-jailed-6-months.html# Drunk pilot didn't know where he was meant to be flying his plane By Daily Mail Reporter 24th January 2011 A pilot who turned up so drunk at Heathrow that he didn't know where he...

As written, this NPRM would generate $31,000,000 every three years for the FAA, and you'd be paying it out: http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2008/080229registration.html Aircraft registration proposal* hints at cost-based user fees By AOPA ePublishing staff In an effort...

This could be huge http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf

Couldn't believe my eyes. I pulled up to the pumps today at my home base of Old Bridge, NJ (3N6) to find AVGAS at $3.15/gallon (cash), down from a high of $4.15 IIRC. I haven't seen it that low since well before the recent runup (probably two years). Never thought I'd see the day when I was...

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

Has anyone seen this IMAX movie? http://www.fighterpilotfilm.com/ Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag http://www.imax.com/minnesota/films/fighterpilot.htm It's playing at the Minnesota Zoo's IMAX Theatre Montblack

How practical is it to stay at Camp Scholler (Oshkosh) without a car? I plan to fly into Appleton, and take a bus to OSH thus avoiding a rental car. Suggestions appreciated.

CNN reported that A380 will take-off for the first time tomorrow. Anyone know if we can watch it on live through television or on the internet? Toks Desalu PP-ASEL "Dyin' to Soar"

File this under "old news": The number of student pilots in the U.S. peaked in 1968, declined for a while before climbing to its highest (and last) peak in 1979. The highest total number of pilots peaked the next year and has been declining since...

I was out hopping some of the local airports last Saturday night and had a very near miss with a very large bird. It appeared to be a large owl, or something similar. I was at about 50 to 100 feet on take-off, about 75 knots, and seriously out of runway. The whole situation just got me to...

Laser injures Delta pilot's eye A pilot flying a Delta Air Lines jet was injured by a laser that illuminated the cockpit of the aircraft as it approached Salt Lake City International Airport last week, U.S. officials said. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040928-111356-3924r.htm

Electronic warfare effects flight safety - Beware in Ontario and Quebec in June! While preparing for a trip from Ottawa recently, COPA staff member Adam Hunt noticed the following NOTAM in the Flight Information Region section of the NOTAMs: 040305 CZUL MONTREAL FIR CZUL GPS JAMMING EXERCISES MAY...

How to get a buck from an airplane: http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jun2008-deer_plane_collision.20aedb78.html

I've lately come to the conclusion that the airspace around NYC is just too (expletive) busy. Last night, I wound up tucked inside the triangle formed by Bridgeporrt, Danbury, and Waterbury-Oxford, carefully watching the GPS to make sure I didn't drift into anyone's class D while practicing...