What are the odds that a pilot flying to Vancouver in July would need approach plates? -Robert

I am planning my first international flight from the Seattle area to Port Hardy, BC, Canada during the week of July 4th. I have bought all the relavent Canadian charts (VFR and IFR), and have Googled for previous discussions on flying in Canada. However, I would appreciate any tips on the actual...

Generally speaking, when making power changes in the cruise once leaned, do you just adjust your throttle and/or RPM and THEN adjust mixture? I imagine you wouldn't push mixture to full rich before making power changes at altitude. Is this the case? Further question: when going from, say, 24...

Hard to believe, but OSH '04 is less than 8 weeks away! Mary and I (and the kids) will be attending our 22nd OSH in a row -- who else is coming? A couple of items of note: We have scheduled our "2nd Annual OSH Pool Party" for Sunday, July 25th. We will be serving FREE food, beer, soft drinks...

Aprox 11am local on Tuesday 6/22, a Cessna 210 Centurion crashed in Lake Erie off Dunkirk, NY. The pilot, Robert Campbell of Indian River, Michigan was killed and his body recovered by dive teams. The pilot was the sole person on board the aircraft. The aircraft was reported to be enroute from...

Group, Was anyone around Montgomery in San Diego (KMYF) today around 415 PST? I was in the run up short 28R and there was extreme radio interference (Stuck Mike) and we were switching freq. back and forth (tower direction) just to have the stuck mic follow us. CFI and I sat for approx 30 mins...

Contrary to statements made by several media outlets, Burt Rutan, at the post flight press conference, made it clear that the June 21, 2004, flight of SpaceShipOne was NOT for the Ansari XPrize. Rutan said, "We had planned that the next flight would be the first flight for the XPrize." However,...

We have a civilian astronaut. yeeeehaaa!

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Hey all.. New pilot with about 15 hours, excellent instructor...141 school and top quality aircraft....I have complete faith in my instruction and aircraft and a sincere lifeong desire to learn to fly. However....Turbulence locks me up! I can 'play' pilot on MS Sim 2004 in any weather, condition...

KPAO - KBIH - KPAO Trip PIREP: The goal here was to do a quick weekend trip to Bishop, California, to so some rock climbing at Owen's River Gorge, the "Premier Sport Climbing Area of the Eastern Sierras." There were several challenges to this trip. 1. equipment was /A IFR Cherokee 180 2. pilot...

From a posting about 6/21 at Mojave's Scaled Composites Space Ship One launch event: There will be a press conference 2 hours after the flight, at which time the FAA will award the first ever Commercial Pilot's License with Astronaut rating. Forget the instrument rating I was...

Good photo of a 182 being towed down the road! Based on the METAR data, conditions were certainly conducive for carburetor heat, but were they really too extreme for carburetor heat to be effective? --------------------- No one is hurt in an emergency landing not far from Carlisle Airport. The...

I local flying club advertised a Wings safety seminar for which they would charge $30. This was done in an message to a distribution list for local area pilots. Interestingly, if one went to the FAASafety.gov web pages and noticed this seminar, there was no mention of a charge, and one could sign...

My grandson gave me a beautiful Course & Speed Calculator manufactured by W.C. Pye & Co Ltd. The mahagony box is marked as REF. No. 6B/120. It is a MK IIA model. It is obviously analagous to a very early E6B. My guess it is WWII era, maybe a bit earlier. Does anyone happen to have an instruction...

Will The Proposed Change In ATC Personnel Requirements Impact Air Safety? Which proposed conditions would permit air traffic controllers to remain at their posts beyond the current maximum retirement age of 56? If half the ATC personnel are due to retire in nine years, how long will the proposed...

Jay Leno announced Monday night that he would have Mike Melville and Burt Rutan will be his guests on the Tuesday night Tonight Show. www.nbc.com/tonightshow

I thought I understood the fuel injection process, but now I'm not so sure. When you cold start an IO-360, you are supposed to run the auxiliary fuel pump with the mixture control knob pushed in until you see a rise in fuel pressure, then shut off the pump and pull the mixture contol knob back to...

This is rapidly becoming our favorite fly-in. It's down-to-earth (no snooty Cheyenne-drivers camping next to me!), well attended, held at a different resort every year, and just a butt-load of fun! See a few pix from the fly-in...

I just finally replaced my ancient Palm V with an iPAQ 1945, and while I was there I got an HP Bluetooth GPS. Anyone have any advice on aviation packages, i.e. AnywhereMap or Teletype? They both look great on paper. I have a 530/430 in the plane, so this is strictly for backup, a way to not spend...