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California to Argentina by
Paul Millner
Howdy,
A couple of us are planning on flying my turbo Cardinal RG from California
to Argentina next October... my buddy was born there (Argentinian British)
and is returning for a family reunion.
I've flown about 3,500 hours, in the US, Canada, and Mexico, but never
further south. There's quite...
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December 3rd 03 10:48 PM
by JerryK
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Underwater egress by
Duane MacInnis
I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
www.dunk-you.com
This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
www.angelflight.ca
Rule #1 -- Wear your life...
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December 3rd 03 10:51 PM
by JerryK
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Overweight takeoff / flight by
Koopas Ly
Howdy again,
After reading NTSB reports that attribute the cause of the accident to
exceeding the airplane's maximum takeoff weight, I began wondering
about the effects of an overweight takeoff within C.G. limits.
Specifically, what would I have to do differently when flying an
airplane that's...
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December 3rd 03 11:53 PM
by Michael
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New restaurant at KSNS? by
Ross Oliver
I seem to remember seeing a notice on one of the local airport
bulletin boards that the restaurant in the Salinas (KSNS) airport
terminal building is open again. Is this accurate? Anyone
try it yet?
Happy landings,
Ross Oliver
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FAA Plane Certfication by
Darkwing Duck
I read somewhere that the Symphony 4 cost over $25 million to certify! Is
that really how much it costs for companys like Cirrus, Lancair etc.?
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New Aviation Terminology by
DeltaDeltaDelta
Recently I dug up an article from some magazine concerning the Tenerife
accident when two 747s collided due to language miscomprehension by one of
the pilots. Later in the text, the author wrote that ICAO was working on a
new set of aviation terminology that is supposed to be an...
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Question for Pressurised Baron pilots by
DeltaDeltaDelta
I've been trying to find some info on this thing for quite a while now. I've
been to Raytheon's site and found specs for the normal Baron only. If some
of you do own the P version, could you please tell me what engines do they
have? Are they the regular IO-550s or are they turbocharged? And what...
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TSA Standards for General Aviation Airport Security by
Larry Dighera
http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1113.xml
This IB will constitute a set of federally endorsed guidelines for
enhancing airport security at GA facilities throughout the nation.
The TSA IB is due out early in 2004.
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Diamond DA40-180 by
lance smith
I've been flying a Diamond Star DA40-180 for a few months now and
wanted to post my thoughts on it. I transitioned from a 172 to the
DA40 and my FOB rents out both for about the same price. However the
DA40 is much nicer: faster, more room, standard fancy electronics, and
definitely sexier (sorry...
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Headsets by
pinkflyer
I've been toying with the idea of getting my headsets repainted in that
harlequin paint you see on cars. You'd know instamatically what I'm
talking about if you've seen those cars that change colour. Any...
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"Four flights Thursday. ...Inform Press. ...Home by Christmas." by
Don Tuite
Copied with permission from rec.arts.books:
The contraption and the bicycle makers
four times aloft at Kittyhawk,
among astonished gulls unused to share
their mastery of the wind; the air
sundered briefly, the most a minute;
before gravity resumed dominion
over canvas, wood and wire.
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Blimp goes down by
G.R. Patterson III
story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031204/ap_on_re_us/blimp_accident_5
George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".
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NDB's in the UK by
Harvey
There is a CAA document which lists the range of a small number of the NDBs
in the UK, along with the VORs.
But most of the NDBs on the 1:500,000 UK map are just not in that list at
all.
It appears that some are not working at all, or of *very* short range. I
tried to use two close by recently...
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Certified to Experimental? by
Jeff Franks
Just wondering. Is it possible (read practical) to take a certified
aircraft (C172 for example) and have it "demoted" to an Experimental?
Seems there are LOTS of great options out there for non-certified flight
instruments (EFIS's and such) available for not much more than a song and a
dance, but...
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December 4th 03 10:25 PM
by Michael
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PCL for helicopters question by
Slav Inger
Hi all,
Sorry haven't been participating much lately, "free time" has become
just a figure of speech for me lately. Quick question: I'm not a
helicopter pilot, so I don't have any first-hand experience with this.
A family member is an electrician and works at a hospital where they're
thinking of...
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December 4th 03 10:38 PM
by Jim
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ICom A-5 Question - Battery Level Indicator by
Harry Gordon
Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone. Hope you didn't over eat like I did
:-( or :-) depending on your perspective.
A month or so ago, I purchased the ICom A-5. It came with the rechargeable
battery. I have read a lot about that battery so I know that it leaves some
to be desired.
After I charged...
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Another article by
Roger Long
I'm in danger of becoming a regular contributor to "Aviation Safety". My
second article has just gone to press. It answers these burning questions:
1) Why is nose wheel shimmy usually reported by only two or three club
members and no one else is having a problem?
2) How can you grease a...
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Va and negative g's & fun non-acrobatic maneuvers by
Koopas Ly
Me again,
Va seems to be only intended to protect against excessive positive
load factors. What about negative g's?
Can I find a Va for negative design load factors (-1.52 g) for the
C172SP anywhere?
Reason I am asking is that I want to try the "floating pencil" trick
next time I fly but I...
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Canadore College's DC-9 by
Steve
Just wondering if anyone on this NG is involved with Canadore College's
acquistion of the Air Canada DC-9 thats being donated. I'm just curious
cause I can't get any information from my teachers about it.
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December 5th 03 04:20 AM
by Steve
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flying into the new Air and Space Museum by
Margy Natalie
I've done a bit of research on where to put your plane if you are flying
in. You can't taxi to the museum, so that is right out. Piedmont
Hawthorne quoted me $10.96 for landing and $20 a day for parking, with
NO
transport to the museum. They did offer me a number for Enterprise rent
a
car and...
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