I was looking up the N-number of the first plane I soloed in back in the 1980s at the RAF Lakenheath aero club. What I found was that the plane had been destroyed in an accident killing 1 (probably the pilot). The NTSB only had the report of the accident as shown below: NTSB Identification:...

Yesterday, as I was lamenting having to spend the holiday pressure washing the siding on the house, I suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of a large radial engine. I looked up just in time to see a P-47 flying overhead at 1500'. Wow! It was heading straight toward SMQ (Somerset, NJ...

I was using a Frasca 141 sim today with an instructor when this question came up. Fullerton CA (KFUL) VOR-A approach. At WILMA on V64, flying the full approach. Do you need to turn outbound at the VOR for the procedure turn? Instructor says no because a Victor airway leads to the IAF. I say...

$61 Oil and going up Government layers of inefficient outdated FAA Air Traffic control management not adapting fast enough plus loss of air safety mission focus Hub and Spoke concept dying Merger Merger Merger Labor cost's out of control Foreign airline pressure Security and terror fears

$61 Oil and going up Government layers of inefficient outdated FAA Air Traffic control management not adapting fast enough plus loss of air safety mission focus Hub and Spoke concept dying Merger Merger Merger Labor cost's out of control Foreign airline pressure Security and terror fears

I hope this is an acceptable place to post this... -- Regards, Ross C-172F 180HP KSWI Saturday September 10th, 2005 from 8:30AM to 10:30AM the City of Sherman (TX) will host a fly in breakfast for it’s airport reconstruction completion. EAA Chapter 323 will be doing the cooking; serving pancakes,

I have hangar space available at the Airlake Airport at Lakeville, MN (KLVN) for a SE aircraft. The hangar has electric bifold doors on both ends, so no one gets "stuck" in the back. Rent is $200 / month. Please email me back at:

On the first leg of our flight to Washington, D.C., we only made it as far as Rantoul, Illinois, due to thunderstorms. We were utilizing VFR flight following, starting with Cedar Rapids Approach (CID)and being progressively handed off until we were talking to Chicago Center. As we approached...

Although it may SEEM like there is always a headwind both ways, a good pilot can usually figure out ways to outfly the wind. The biggest tool in the pilots arsenal is choosing altitude. I fly east from Colorado, I climb to catch the tailwinds. I fly west and usually the strategy is fly fairly low...

Anyone with info for a flight from Portland to Diamond Point, WA?

I was looking for something interesting to do while I build hours towards my commercial certificate, so I decided to get my ground instructor ratings. I took 3 exams Friday. Fundamentals of Instruction: 90% Advanced Ground Instructor: 90% Instrument Ground Instructor: 96% They were all pretty...

Well, I can't even come close to Jay's amazing adventures... But, we roused ol Fat Albert out his slumbers Saturday and flew North to Drummond Island for lunch... The last time I landed on the island was in the 60's with my Skylane, the airport was a gravel strip, I was young and flat bellied and...

Posting for a personal (and personable) friend of mine: John Poppy is the airport manager at Portage, Wisconsin. He has motel rooms and transport to/from Oshkosh.. and room to tie down your airplane! I usually arrange to arrive at Portage "sometime during the day", this year on Wed, July 27. We...

Hallo everybody: I am planning a VFR flight into Gibraltar from Morocco. Despite several phone calls to the NATS in the UK and to the Gibraltar Airport itself, I havan't been able to find the visaul approach charts and aerodrome data+diagram. Are you aware of any website or other source where I...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but there was another ADIZ incursion Thursday night. Like the C 150, this one too caused evacuations of the White House and the airplane, a twin, was intercepted and escorted out of the area. Corky Scott

Back in May, I posted to the group, asking for advice on flying cross country from NW Oklahoma to Red Lake, Ontario. The purpose was for a vacation / fishing trip. Some of you guys gave me some good advice and I thought I'd return the favor in the form of a pirep. My passenger and I departed on...

Maybe another way to describe what I'm looking for, is a Consumer Report's type of grid that shows features of each of the GPS's and ranks them as "good, better, and best" Anyone know of comparative review of several GPS's in one place? Thanks for answering here.

John Wayne's "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty" are going to be on AMC on July 16th and 17th. I thought some of you would like to know. -- Jim in NC

Do we have any who is a math whiz here? I want to find a formula to calculate the position of an airplane throughout a 1G roll. The reason I'm doing this is so I can build a "roll track" for a remote control car so the car will alway have a positive g force on it to keep it on the track. Anyone...

I'm considering purchasing flight planning software, such as the Jeppesen FliteStar or the RMS software or some other flight planning software after I finish my flight training. I don't intend to have it plan the route for me, but I do want the ability to change my mind "on the fly" and see how...