YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot! I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday. What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd be, and went very well. Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations about...

Apparently just left today. http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=9&id=n070239A

Our club is worried that we're not going to be able to get insurance for our Lance any more. (We had to switch to a named pilot policy this year, previously anybody in the club could fly it if they met the currency and checkout requirements.) Plus the Lance is going to need a new engine...

At the bottom of the Oshfisk.pdf file it has DRAWN BY: OWJ Does this mean Old Wierd Jim?

wrote in message news: G-LOC= "G force induced loss of consciousness" There's a fairly linear relationship between time spent at positive Gs and loss of consciousness for any individual. (Vector pointing straight down or parallel to the spine.) ...

Hi Gang! Got back this evening from my trip to the northland of Ohio!!! Waynesville, Ohio to be exact! I flew Saturday in a 46 Aeronca Champ, could not get it for Sat and Sunday! They book them up fast! Just grass roots flying , grass field, no radios, but a very busy airstrip! I was real...

We're heading out to Denver (by car) to see the in-laws, and I'd like to try to get a mountain flying lesson in. Any suggestions? Good experiences? I'll have to rent a plane; Centennial would be closest. Thanks, Mike

The 2005 Oshkosh Bound documents are up on the website for download. There are two zip files. One contains all the posters (camping, classic, homebuilt, camping, etc) and the other contains a clean graphic of the Ripon-Fisk-Oshkosh runway procedures. Comments and error-reporting appreciated. Jim

I'm kind of curious - does anyone with more than 100 hours do a flight plan, with winds and all, before they fly cross country? Most of my planning is of the fuel stop, or occasionally detour for weather variety - but it is rare for me to include more than one or two waypoints in my "plan", and I...

Lovely Lakeland Linder. The home of Sun & Fun was also the site for a Sportair workshop last week. I left a couple of hours early in order to beat the storms back to home in Durham NC. The last thing you want to hear when you walk into an FBO is, "You aren't the owner of the Maule are you? Oh...

This is the first truly new thing I've seen in airshow flying since a jet engine was added to a Waco biplane: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/SkipStewartSlowjump2.wmv All I can say is: Wow! I can't wait to see Skip do this "live"! -- Jay Honeck

Hi Jim, Still have those large print parking direction signs for telling parking volunteers where you want to park at OSH? GAC, GAP, VAP, FBO, etc.? Dave

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/1_planes_050629.txt According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles. One is listed as having skydive operations. The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182...

I just flew back from Canada. As required, I filed a Canadian flight plan and contacted US Customs (I cleared Customs at Sault St. Marie, Michigan). No one said anything about me having to close my flight plan with USA flight service (and come to think of it, I never have closed the other times...

I've not been to Oshkosh on the first weekend, always later in the week. Can you walk around looking at planes (for free) on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th? Show opens on Monday, July 25th. When do they start charging 'gate admission' at Oshkosh? What's open/available the first weekend vs. what's...

This what you got? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4559348836&fromMakeTrack=true John

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0629/p03s02-usju.html

Awhile back, someone posted a link to a site where you can enter the location, time and date and get a map showing where airliners are at that time. Anyone have the address of such a website? Or just one showing the routes from city to city. (I have to take a trip and want to pick the best side...

AP, 29 June 2005: "Police briefly ordered evacuation of the U.S. Capitol and the White House and President Bush was moved from his residence to a safer location Wednesday evening when a private plane ventured into restricted airspace."

With OSH 2005 fast approaching, the blood is quickening, and there's a new spring in my step. The Big One is almost here! However, as we do every year, we're starting to look at Atlas -- our 1974 Pathfinder -- with a jaundiced eye, looking for deficiencies that need filling, either in his...