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GPS Degradation in ZDC/ZNY areas by
Jay Somerset
Has anyone alse tried to use GPS in this area? Mine showed current location
pretty accurate (within 1/4 mile) but indicated track wallowed +/- 20
degrees from actual. What sort of degradation tests are being run that wil
affect GPS this way?
No outages encountered, just misleading track...
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T-34A by
Big John
Texas Air Aces, T-34A out of Hooks Airport north of Houston, crashed
this morning (Tuesday). Both in aircraft deceased.
Flight (two A/C) had not started air combat maneuvers per media and
did not have a mid air????? if you can believe the media. Other A/C
retured to Hooks and landed safely.
Sone...
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OT but worth a giggle by
Phil McAverty
An American tourist goes on a trip to China. While in
China, he is very sexually promiscuous and does not
use a condom all the time. A week after arriving back
home in the States, he wakes one morning to find his
penis covered with bright green and purple spots.
Horrified, he immediately goes to...
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The insane spitfire video clip by
Highwood
Gatt wrote:
This is rated R for (wholly appropriate) use of strong language.
http://alexisparkinn.com/oh_my_god.htm
Does anyone know the name of the reporter? Is Alain DeCadet (sp?)
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Casa, Australia by
anon
For you to find this story funny you need to be aware the reputation that
CASA as 'non listening' towards the piloting community.
I was just looking around the internet to try to find some videos or dvd's
that might be interesting to watch on aviation matters and stopped at the
Airservices...
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December 1st 03 02:47 AM
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Cedar Key, Florida? by
CFLav8r
Anyone have any recent experience in flying into and out of Cedar Key?
I am looking for info on parking a/c overnight, camping in airport area,
parking fees, local restaurants, runway condition and anything else that may
assist us in our upcoming visit.
David
KORL
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Kitty Hawk Bound -- Posters and Such by
Jim Weir
(A resend of last December's message.)
Along with a few hundred thousand of my closest friends, Gail and I will be at
Kitty Hawk on 17 Dec 2003.
The "Kitty Hawk Bound" poster (a la our traditional "Oshkosh Bound" poster) is
posted on the website www.rstengineering.com and is available for...
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AmeriFlight Crash by
C J Campbell
Is it just me, or does AmeriFlight seem to lose an awful lot of airplanes? I
know 1999 was a bad year, but they appear to lose at least one plane every
year.
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-11-30/local/333810.shtml
--
Christopher J. Campbell
World Famous Flight Instructor
Port Orchard, WA
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Learning from NTSB reports by
Roger Long
I believe that reading accident reports is an important safety activity.
I've learned about a lot of things to avoid and anticipate.
This one is a must read for every pilot. Don't tell yourself you know
better than that. It could happen to...
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Howie Keefe's Topo Atlas/WAC charts & frequencies by
Mark
I was looking at purchasing a Topo Atlas from airchart.com It says its
based on WAC charts and they don't have alot of airport frequencies
listed. When traveling with these atlases, how do you find frequencies
if you have to deviate around weather or something else? Do you also
have to carry...
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aero-bowling would you like to give it a try? by
Gilan
If you like bowling then you may like to try aero-bowling. We are adding a
new event to our annual Fly-in.
Along with our usual events such as dead stick landing and bomb drop we are
having aero-bowling this year. I have watched some folks try it and it is
very challenging as well as funny to see...
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December 1st 03 05:31 PM
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Instrument PIC logging for the experts by
Koopas Ly
The pilot in the left seat has his PPL, no instrument rating, and is
practicing flying under the hood. His buddy is in the right seat, PPL
+ instrument rating.
The left seat pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls, so he
logs PIC. The safety pilot in the right seat was designated as...
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More Updates to the Rec.Aviation Pix Page! by
Jay Honeck
See Greg Hopp's 150, and Jack Allison's 172s at
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm.
To have your pride & joy listed, email me 4 to 6 photos and a brief bio at
! I'll get 'em out there ASAP for everyone to
drool on...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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Obtaining Flight Instructor Certificate by
Chris
To obtain a flight instuctor certificate is it mandtory you have a
commercial certificate with instument privlages even if you will only be a
CFI teaching VFR only? or does the FAA require it regardless the wording in
part 61.183 was alittle unclear to me. Anyone who can clarify please do
thanks so...
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Another Garmin 430 question by
Jim
I've been told that it is possible to load successive approaches in the
flight plan page but have been un able to either figure out how to do it or
find any info in the manual about it. For instance if I wanted to create a
flight plan to take off at one airport, fly to a second airport then...
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'Good' landing by
Gene Seibel
Heard several aircraft talking ot this guy on guard as I was flying
across Missouri last night. Was pretty dark where I was, but probably
not where he was.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.
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