DC-3 airport closed after repeated security violations http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/051103potomac.html November 3, 2005 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has closed Potomac Airfield, one of the so-called DC-3 airports located within the Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ)...

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The potential for icing is based on the amount of supercooling more than the theoretical or actual skin temp. It seems doubtfulthat the skin heats up as much as would be predicted if the air has droplets in it that are actually impacting the surface. These two things combined with the fact that...

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Passing on an offer/opportunity from Lifeline Pilots. Jim Good Afternoon, Pilots

If I file an IFR flight plan Toronto - Cleveland, Duats says "Flight plan accepted by DynCorp IS DUAT service and will be filed with ZYZ on..." YZY is Toronto Center. The same is true if I file Ottawa - Toronto. In that case the flight plan is sent to ZUL (Montreal). So it appears that the flight...

Do you own/rent/borrow a portable oxygen system? Which brand? Likes/dislikes regarding the particular brand? System features? Size/capacity? Typical altitude flown when in use? Comments please. Thanks!

Plane Trader.ca is now online, join in on the forums, search planes for sale, place ads for aviation related items for free.......... lots of topics to read about online. www.planetrader.ca

"I have some friends that fly 210's for Flight Express. Lycoming is providing a new engine at a very modest price to Flight Express and in return they are debugging and refining the engine for Lycoming. The engine is an IO-550P3 and produces 325 HP. The engine has the induction system on top and...

Does anyone know what sort of prosedures international students have to undergo with the TSA for pilot training permission?

New research shows that airplane noise can impair reading and memory abilities of young students. A team of researchers from Mexico, Bosnia, Latvia and the Ivory Coast studied 50 children (ages 9-10 years old) who attended James Graham Elementary in Newark, California. The researchers found that...

I'm tossing a coin between PS Engineering PM 1000 II or the Sigtronics SIC-4 Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about either one? Thanks Paul N1431A

So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite hotel under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start thinking about adding another location. Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique. Here's what we need in order to duplicate our...

Could this be the future? Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/ The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm English language information is...

WEll...since I got some interest in the road landings, lets take another shot at the off airport stuff? It has been addressed before but there are new readers and pilots who haven't been participants. When is the last time you, YOU did the "what if..." game and bothered to look off the road with...

I will fully admit that I have several steps to go, so I don't want it to sound as if I think this is something I will accomplish soon. Rather, I am trying to identify the best path. A little back ground... I am 36 years old and grew up at the airport mainly around sailplanes. I soloed at...

Careful reaserch has revealed that the A380 isn't nearly as large as Airbus press releases would have you believe- http://www.funmansion.com/html/Airbus-Remote-Control-Plane.html

I'm looking for a flight school and charter company on the Florida Keys (preferred location: between Marathon and Key West) where I can get my flight review. Most companies I found via Internet meanwhile have run out of business. Thanks a lot for any suggestion PM

Home prices in most of the San Francisco Bay area have reached new high's, except in one city, but there is a catch. The city of Newark has many people moving out, and many nice homes for sale after months of being on the market. Why, you may ask? It is because of the constant drone of private...

Has anyone here done a daily commute in a plane? This would be a commute of about 70 miles and it would be in Southern California so the weather is less of an issue. What aircraft would be best for this kind of cummute? Trying to maximize speed and minimize costs... Paul