Hello. I just took my first flying lesson, and I want to find out where can I find some useful information/readings that I can read online. Do anyone can give me some suggestions? Thank you very much ..

I just acquired my copy of the Cessna 182S PIH. I was looking at the flaps/airspeeds page and noticed that the listings are for zero, ten, twenty and full flaps. When did Cessna start using the word FULL flaps to indicate the maximum flap setting and just how many degrees is full flaps? I went...

Aside from joining a local EAA chapter, what other qualifications must a pilot have in order to become a volunteer for the Young Eagles program? After poking around the EAA website I get the impression there is nothing else, but want to verify. -david

With all the ups and downs on this newsgroup regarding LightSpeed headsets, the question arose about their financial situation. In short, someone wondered how they could afford to continually fix their faulty early product line and remain financially viable. This from today's AvWeb: LIGHTSPEED...

I'm in the process of taking flying lessons and working toward my license. Does anyone in this NG fly their private plane for a business commute? If so, is it possible to get tax deductions for travel expenses? I'm just thinking ahead. Out of curiosity, how many here have an accountant for taxes,...

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Thanks for the heads up. It is amazing that what should be a reputable news organization resorts to uninformed trashing of GA airport security. Ron Lee

What kind of internet based scheduling programs are you using? Our flight school is looking for an internet based scheduling program/service for it's planes and instructors. Something that approved pilots and instructors can access from home as well as at the flight school. Looking for the good,...

Here is the email address of the CBS Evening News, in case you want to air your feelings about their program on general aviation: If you watched the program (I didn't) and remember any of the advertisers, you could do even bettering by emailing the advertiser and c-c-ing CBS....

What is the story behind the former NTSB guy's quote on the CBS evening news report that "We know that two of the 9-11 terrorists left a plane on the runway at a Florida airport." I don't remember hearing anything about this. It sounds rather odd, and largely irrelevant as to whether we need...

With all the hoopla about the recent discussions regarding sending people to the planets, I thought I'd share with you something that I've kept in my safe deposit box for some time now. www.rstengineering.com/geek has a third-generation photo master scanned original of the plaque on Apollo 11. I...

I already have the cbs email address but did anyone come up with a list of email addresses for the commercial sponsors during that show ? Thanks in advance. Jon

(Rick Durden) wrote: Evidence examined thus far indicates that the Payne Stewart crash was decompression, but not explosive. The old Lears had some interesting systems and according to some reports the company had not maintained its airplanes all that well or worked off...

Almost 150 years ago, President Lincoln found it necessary to hire a private investigator, Alan Pinkerton, for protection. That was the beginning of the Secret Service. Since that time, federal police authority has grown to a large number of multi-letter agencies - FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, DEA, ATF,...

Has anyone heard or experienced this? On changing the battery in our plane the other day, the A&P said, "You had a battery explosion." On looking closely, I could see that the box was bowed out and rounded as if someone had tried to inflate it with air. I'd noticed that it wasn't exactly square...

Our crack reporter Bubba Fox has infiltrated a rogue terrorist cell and uncovered a threat to use rental trucks in nefarious acts. His indepth report will be shown on tomorrow's evening news. We will show incontrovertable proof and made up bogusicity that rental trucks are left in areas that are...

Now the British airline pilots are considering refusingto fly if there is an armed security guard on a flight, citing the danger of a gunshot in a pressurized airliner. http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukresponse/story/0,11017,863275,00.html What? Are they using "Goldfinger" as a training film there...

We took a newer 182 turbo to a 7000' elevation airport yesterday and the engine quit at the end of the landing roll. I'm sure the mixture was way too rich. It restarted without incident, glad we were on the ground! We had the mixture set about 100 deg rich of peak TIT for cruise at 9500. How...

Just got back from the family doctor this afternoon and he is putting me on a strong dose of Celebrix for arthritis. I don't suppose this would be cause for interruption of my Medical Certificate, would it? AME won't be back in the office this week, but I'm dying to know for certain if there's any...

One of the nicest charter flights we did recently was an Outback Safari flight, covering most of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Two Cessna Centurions, two weeks in the saddle, 8 Italians, all seasoned travellers, enjoying too many bottles of vino... Quite a nice mix! We'd like to do...