Hi, John Lynch's latest FAQ (#19) says: Question: The situation is a flight instructor has asked the question whether he can give a flight review in a tailwheel airplane and yet he has not previously met the additional training requirements for operating a tailwheel airplane . Answer: Ref. §...

I'm working in the avionics integration test facility at Gulfstream... one of the engineers had a question for me (being an airplane person instead of an electrical/computer guy) that I couldn't answer... why do airplanes use 28V DC systems (or 14V)? He says most industrial applications use 24V...

It seems as though Charles Osgood has picked up on the anti-GA CBS news story and is broadcasting it on his "Osgood File" on the radio (he's also part of the CBS radio network). Here's the transcript from his site... http://www.theosgoodfile.com/osgood/thu3.htm --- Jay --

C.J. Although he got out all right and he saw his EWO's chute open, he never saw the EWO again. The FB-111 had an ejection capsule and crew did not have individual parachutes. Big JOhn Pilot ROCAF

I will be watching the "Eye on America" piece tonight about security at small airports. If the tone of the piece is remotely like the promotions I have seen, it will be the end of a decades long belief that CBS News is the best network source for fair and accurate reporting. It will also be the...

LawsomE Have see the results of aircraft hitting birds, 1 to 10 lbs, and taking out the cockpit canopy. Unless the carcass hit the pilot and caused major damage to him, all the aircraft I know of (over 55 years) have been flown back and landed ok. There are records of these events if you want to...

What's the general viewpoint here? A non-towered airport near us has two runways, shaped like an "L". Totally flat, no obstructions to vision-- airplane at the departure end for one can see airplanes at the other. Left traffic both, so the downwind for the short runway crosses the longer runway...

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I read about a VASI-type landing aid that sits on top of the cockpit panel or attached to the glare shield. It produces a "red dot" and allows the pilot to define his/her glide slope, etc. The product could be viewed at www.argenav.com. Has anyone had any experience/demonstration of this or a...

Morgans wrote: Of coarse the technology is not ready. That is exactly the point. Tec is born in the space program. Look at your MU-2. Start counting the Apollo born tec. Look around you at home, and work. Look at all the space program tec. Space program tech?...

Background: I'm currently 30 years old with my IFR and about 190 hrs TT. Currently working as a systems administrator/programmer, but weighing my options are if I were to try to make a career out of aviation. Yeah - crazy, right? Try sitting in front of a monitor for 8 hours a day in a cubicle...

More evidence of the critical shortage of working neurons. Here's a link which doesn't require registering (KC Star has a better article) http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/01/12/daily61.html Summary: Carnahans sue Parker Hanafin for $100 million claiming malfunction of...

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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E73%257E1893864,00.html no registration needed - Ken is also a pilot and i believe owns a twin engine. does anyone know if Ken is nationally syndicated or is it just Denver? james... ----------------------------------------------------------- One...

Joining together the disjointed bits of parpagraph, the ASEL Commercial night flying experience requirement is (pardon the long-windedness): a person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 250 hours of flight time...

Every pilot's dream? (Or not!) See photos of one of the world's oldest original flying machines, a 1909-type Blériot XI flown by Mikael Carlsson - Daniel K Aviation Images http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/

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i saw the story on cbs and agree it was a sloppy one sided piece of crap, but don't worry . just for the hell of it I went to work the next day and asked all 37 people there if they had seen a report last night about airplanes. a grand total of 3 yes 3 people remembered the report and only...

I recently got my PPL and find that most people are scared sh*tless to go up. One friend came along and was just blown away and had a ton of fun. Just about everyone else is "oh my god, I am so scared of airplanes." This weekend I was going to go with my CFI to celebrate my passing my checkride...

Okay, I just watched the story that seems to have everyone up in arms, and I have to say, it was as ill-conceived and poorly thought out as many people feared. A couple of quick points: I actually found it somewhat humorous when the story mentioned the Florida kid who stole an airplane and crashed...