Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003: .....................1993 -- 2003 Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0 Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3 Private ..........42.7 - 46.5 Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6 ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0 Here are the number of private certificates issued:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-051208midway,1,5533660.story?co ll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Sadly there's one fatality, the first in SWA's history. I've driven past that intersection many times, and it's partly exhilarating and partly terrifying to have the jets take off so...

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The final list of name ideas will be forwarded to our impartial judge (my lovely wife, Mary) tomorrow (Sunday) morning -- so submit your new ideas if you've got 'em! Here's what we've got so far: Suite Name Ideas -- 1/7/06 The Starship Suite - Jose The Enola Gay Suite - JohnH

Hi people...! I'm thinking of doing my flight training in FLORIDA. I'd like to make it to a commerical pilot's license (CPL) with multi-engine (MER) and instrument ratings (IR). Any SPECIFIC flight training INSTITUTES you could recommend? What about accomodation?

Anyone care to recommend a spot near North Carolina that would be good to fly the wife to dinner for her birthday? Looking for something half way fancy that would be good to have a limo pick us up at the airport and take us to a nice dinner place and then limo back to the airport afterwards. tks.

Salutations All, After years of playing in Microsoft Flight Simulator/X-Plane, reading the rec.aviation newsgroups, and staring longingly out the window of Southwest Airlines 737's whenever I go on business trips, I've finally swallowed hard and taken the plunge - my first introductory flight...

Hi, As a result of the partnership of Seattle Avionics Inc. and Hilton Software LLC, you can now get Voyager's SmartPlan Premier Edition plus WingX XL Edition for just $199! (SmartPlan itself sells for $198), or get SmartPlan Premier Edition plus WingX Pro Edition for only $219 - that's $60 off...

I am planning a flight to Belize and would like to know what paperwork those of you who been there were required to show when you checked into the country. I was told the following is required correct me if any of these were not required to be presented: a. Aircraft's certificate of...

'Fess up' time. We were having a hanger session a while ago, talking about firm landings. My worst was going into an airport near Urbana IL (not sure of the spelling, this was back in the early 80s so it made an impression on me.) There was a cross wind from the left, and for some reason I I...

The days are getting longer again, finally. We're now gaining a minute of daylight per day, and accelerating... Only 6 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days to OSH '06! :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993

Hi people...! I'm thinking of doing my flight training in FLORIDA. I'd like to make it to a commerical pilot's license (CPL) with multi-engine (MER) and instrument ratings (IR). Any SPECIFIC flight training INSTITUTES you could recommend? What about accomodation?

I'm looking for recommendations on lodging options for Wednesday the 26th to the Sunday the 30th of July for Oshkosh. This will be my 6th Oshkosh so I'm very familiar with the show, but with family in the region, we have always flown into Madison and commuted (by car unfortunately) from there...

After weeks and weeks of unrelenting bad weather, light winds and warm temperatures have once again embraced the heartland. Unicom -- eerily silent for so long -- is wall-to-wall with students and $100 hamburger flights. Dang, but it's good to hear again! Now, if only it holds till...

I'm looking for lodging recommendations for Oshkosh between Wednesday the 26th and Sunday the 30th this year. This will be my 6th Oshkosh, but the first one where I have the opportunity to fly in and stay near the show (in the past I have always flown into and commuted from Madison, due to...

Remember that bad Stephen Segall movie, "Hard to Kill?" -- skylunelives ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via OziPilots Online http://www.OziPilotsOnline.com.au ] - A website for Australian Pilots regardless of when, why, or what they fly -

Are they are creating a new certificate? http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=378657&docketid=23449 And I thought multiengine would be expensive... Jim

Question for Everyone, My instructor called me up and was asking me if I could help him get set up on some newsgroups. He is a 2000+ hour CPL/CFI. He wants to subscribe to some groups where he as an instructor can ask questions to other instructors. Of course I will be putting him on this one...

The final list of name ideas will be forwarded to our impartial judge (my lovely wife, Mary) tomorrow (Sunday) morning -- so submit your new ideas if you've got 'em! Here's what we've got so far: Suite Name Ideas -- 1/7/06 The Starship Suite - Jose The Enola Gay Suite - JohnH

Why are fixed-pitch props on PA-28s indexed to the 10-4 position from the front? a) To help hand propping? b) To minimize vibration? c) To improve performance? My money is on (a) but others disagree.