In the mid 80s I was in flight training at a part 141 school, Navarro College, In Corsicana, Texas. I would not recommend this college to anyone seeking an aviation college, by the way. I'll let you know more privately if you wish. I took the nice 172 to Gilmer, Tx. for an overnight visit to part...

It appears that I am having a little bit of trouble with my heart. It came on rather suddenly, as an EKG last December showed no problem at all. But apparently I have developed something called an atrial fibrillation. It doesn't look good for my flying status, but we shall see. -- Waddling...

Two small airplanes collide midair above Denver, no one injured, authorities say Apparently, the two aircraft were cleared to land on intersecting runways, and the Cirrus pilot overshot his...

A CFI I had lunch with last week suggested I should always do full stop taxi backs instead of touch and goes when practicing landings. I've frequently done touch and goes for about an hour when I wanted to do some quick flying, but I tried his suggestion. I also ran into an old AOPA Flight...

The Honorable Norman Mineta Transportation Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 400 7th Street, S.W Washington, DC 20590 Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to express our grave concern about the recent conduct of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in lobbying Congress for the

here you have another reason for using GA for travel: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04973.html ---snip Subject: I was ejected from an airplane today for wearing a "Suspected Terrorist" button Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:29:28 -0700 From: John Gilmore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbWsgAIc_c Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet Published on May 8, 2016 The egg-shaped plane, called Lilium, has been heralded as high up as the European Space Agency (ESA) The plane, designed by four German engineers, takes off...

What are the rules nowadays for getting your CFI? Is a commercial rating required before you can become a CFI? I imagine it is, since you're "flying for hire"...? I know you *used* to be able to get your CFI without an instrument rating, but I understand that is no longer allowed,...

Does anyone know of any maps available that show ATC radar coverage at different altitudes?

When I look at the NTSB reports it seems pretty often a bounced landing and loss of directional control is cited as a cause of accidents. Many of the pilots involved were highly experienced. My question is why isn't recovery from bounced landings stressed more in private pilot training? ...

In article , Paul G wrote: Let's keep out of the debate over aspartame's safety. This is an exercise in getting some primary source evidence. I just want to find out if SWA does indeed have such a policy. Are there any crew out there who can...

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/voltaero-kinect-hybrid-electric-aircraft/ VoltAero and Kinect hook up for hybrid-electric passenger flights from 2023 By Loz Blain May 31, 2021 The VoltAero Cassio is designed to offer short-range full-electric flights and longer-range hops in hybrid mode....

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

I recently got my high performance checkout and have taken a 182Q for a couple of X-C flights. I love the ability to put four people in the plane and still climb out at 500 ft/min at over 100 knots. If it wasn't for the additional costs, I would never fly an C172 again. On both flights, the...

From the Cessna Pilots Ass'n avionics forum: "Just talked to Tom Engberg at Cessna about G1000 WAAS upgrade. He said that Cessna was waiting on Garmin to propose an upgrade to the pre 07 G1000s. He also said that it was going to take a change in the GIAs and that would be very expensive. This...

I am not a pilot, but familiar with flight simulation. I know that gliding limits your ability to control altitude. This is extremely risky? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQc7VRJowk&feature=colike Mainly curious about how difficult that was. Thanks.

On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 5:45:06 PM UTC-6, Tina Marie wrote: In article , Jay Honeck wrote: I guarantee that NOTHING looks more fun (or more dangerous) than flying one of those big ol' crop-dusters. Man, if you can...

Hi, I was wondering what the acronym GUMPS stood on a landing checklist. Larry

My daughter innocently asked that question the other day, and I gave her the usual "because white reflects heat better" answer -- but that really doesn't add up, does it? Automobiles, motorcycles, boats -- you name it -- all come in a rainbow of colors. Why are 99.5% of all planes (except for...

I had always planned on getting my instrument rating- within the next year, probably. But last weekend I had a chat with someone who really got me thinking about it. This guy is a friend of a friend and is a retired 20,000 hour ATP. Retired in the 80s flying 707s and I forget what else. ...