Spouse wants you work in the yard all weekend. You want to go flying. Your mission - should you choose to accept it - Create a Letterman style top ten list of why you should go flying. I realllllly need this right now :) Tony --

http://www4.passur.com/msy.html I know this has been covered here before, but not recently. The Airport Monitor applet is just too cool. To be able to watch aircraft coming and going, live, on a map of New Orleans, was science fiction until not long ago. I especially like being able to right...

Every time I go outside of our area, I'm struck by how much better the weather briefers are when I'm not talking to Buffalo AFSS. There are very few briefers in Buffalo who do more than read you the numbers. One exception - before I had my instrument rating, there was one briefer who was famous...

I've probably fired up the Cub 500 times, and every time until the most recent one went much the same way, just as my instructor taught me: when you do the mag check (1500 rpm in the Cub) your last check is pull carb heat on, and watch the rpms drop a bit. Then, if they climb back to 1500, you know...

It's airplane-buying time again. It's been almost 3 years!! http://www.powerball.com/ $340 million dollar prize. Drawing on Wednesday evening. http://www.powerball.com/content/pressreleases/Powerball20021226-0.shtm 12-25-2002 (Christmas Day) Last time around the (aviation) winning numbers...

Probably been asked before, but I'm too lazy to google it. Is wind caused by being "pushed" (blown) or "pulled" (sucked)?

From the New York Daily News: A pilot was killed yesterday when his twin-engine airplane crashed in the middle of the Village of East Hampton, terrifying movie stars and fans mobbing an annual film festival. The Cessna 411 aircraft plummeted out of the clear eastern Long Island sky at 1:44 p.m....

Hi, I grabbed a screen shot and of the passage of Wilma going past For Lauderdale. It is available he http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Wilma-FLL.png Notice how the pressure drops, then rises, and then I guess the pressure sensor died. Associated with this, the wind direction changed from SE to...

Who's planning to attend? http://www.nbvc.navy.mil/airshow05/index.html The 2005 Point Mugu Air Show on October 22&23, featuring the world-famous Blue Angels, is anticipated to generate weekend crowds of more than 150,000 people. The public will be able to see aircraft such as the F-15C...

Just updated the web site with pics and narrative from my flight from Boulder to Tahoe and back, with a stop in Vegas. Flying the Southwest is wonderful! http://www.flyingmutts.com Alan Bloom N8565T '60 C-182

What are some restaurants in Eastridge Mall area that have a clear view of the runways at Reid Hillview airport in San Jose, CA? I'm going out to eat with some friends in that area and I would like to find a place with inside windows and a good view of this busy small airport. It wouldn't hurt...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do), but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa. Too bad it won't last much longer... -- Jay...

I fiddled with the math on the probable number of Y/E hours flown, and the few known number of nonserious incidents (something like 3 since 1991) to compute the accident rate/100,000 hours. Having a Y/E aboard is one of the safest ways to fly. The rate is so low that it isn't necessary to adjust...

Happy news from Reuters: Pilots flying into and out of a small airport north of Anchorage, Alaska, no longer have to keep an eye out for stray moose on the runway. The municipal airport at Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, has installed an electric anti-moose mat around...

Okay ... you all asked for it and I appreciate your help so much!! I'll just give you what I have so far, and you can tell me if it's right. How's that? 1- Regarding 100LL. I gather from your replies that it evaporates very quickly. But I'm talking about a major flood of it in an enclosed...

You are correct that you want AA cells, not a rechargable. I owned a Sporty's but didn't like it, the buttons especially. I eBayed it and got a Vertex (then Yaseu). However, my handheld is my primary radio, and the AA power of the Sporty's was a real problem. It just ate batteries. Also, I had no...

"B A R R Y" wrote in message ... I'm looking for a VHF Nav/Com handheld. I will primarily be using it as a backup, with occasional use on-field, out of the plane. My only recommendation would be to get...

I was just wondering if best glidespeed in say a cessna 152 will be fast enough to get the engine started if you encountered a battery failure or starter failure. shywon

I am a novelist who needs some help with my current story. (Nothing excessively complicated ... just so I sound like I know what I'm talking about when I write it.) While roaming around search engines trying to find out the evaporation rate for 100LL, I found your website and hoped maybe I could...

Today I was blessed with a chance to take an 11 year old on his first flight in a small plane. My wife and I met Matthew and his parents at a church event this past summer. When Matthew found out I was a pilot, he had lots of questions as he'd been reading about flying. He's one of those really...