I was pretty sure that there was something on sectional charts that allows you to determine the service range of a given VOR, but looking at the guide to aeronautical charts I don't see anything that indicates VOR range in the legend. Am I missing something or am I just not remembering things...

Do not try to teach a pig to fly or dance, it annoys the pig and wastes your time,

CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS SEC. 5-11. USE OF HYDROPLANES ON CITY PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hydroplane upon any reservoir or any lake belonging to under control of the city. (Ord. Nos. 8213; 14384) Presumably because they're Hydro "planes". --

Okay, in a fit of aviation desperation, I decided to watch these two films back to back as a way to get my regular fix without running the Hobbs. The movies are interesting. They're this strange mix of preposterous and kinda 1/2 decent from an aviation persepective, especially the first one. They...

Hi, there was a discussion recently regarding access to newsservers and problems with the one or the other provider. Now you have the possibility to access usenet free of charge. As you might know we are operating a usenet news server with more than 30 active feeds and we run cleanfeed for...

I confess: It's been since December since I've last been up. I did try one time since, but my headset broke. And I didn't think it would be this long until my next attempt. But work, kids, weather...all conspired to keep me ground-bound...until today. I'm out of every currency possible; even...

In the current issue of "Flying" magazine Richard Collins states that flying on instruments is approximately twice as dangerous as flying VFR. Twice as many deaths occur while flying under instrument flight rules as they do in visual flight rules, per hour flown. This statistic seems stunningly...

Why are so many things abbreviated in NOTAMs and other similar documents? Even words that aren't very long to begin with are often abbreviated, saving only a letter or two. I can't think of any situation today in which bandwidth would be so severely limited that saving a letter or two would make...

See: http://tinyurl.com/32xsat or: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=businessweekly&id=news/FAA02267.xml&headline=FAA%20Reauthorization%20Plan%20Includes%20Closures "The FAA reauthorization legislation sent to Congress this month calls for establishment of a...

Today was another flight by Mom's Airline. The plans were laid two-weeks ago a the annual family Easter gathering. The return trip from Ohio to Alabama with my sister's family lasted an extra week this year due to the low pressure system that crossed the northern Unites states last weekend. So,...

Our Hearts and Prayers go out to the friends and families. http://www.beaufortgazette.com/breaking_news/story/6477257p-5768379c.html Bush

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the ground? It's it just a matter of knowing your particular aircraft, or are there tricks that can help to determine this? I know you can look off the tip of your wing to see if you're abeam something (such as a runway), but how...

http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2007/skyarrow0704.html Hi folks. For any of you who might have seen the Sky Arrow on the front cover of this month's AOPA pilot, you might be interested in two very important things: 1. It is every bit as fun to fly as it looks. 2. It is available to...

Dan wrote: Our club is in the final stages of purchasing a 1998 Cessna 182S. Much to my dismay, I noticed the lack of a 12-volt cigarette lighter (or it's 24-volt equivalent) anywhere to be found. (am I just not looking in the right place?) What are the options here? How difficult...

Not the sicko kind of cruising, either. A friend of mine bought a house on some large property about six miles (linearly) away from a towered airport with class D five miles around it (one protrusion for approaches that I'm not concerned with). She's having a barn built and I'd like to fly over...

Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is...

FAA Administrator Marian Blakey was supposed to appear at Sun N Fun today at 1PM. Unfortunately, she "had a prior commitment" (made last night?). Instead, she sent a panel of managers to address us. When I was going through the gate to the flight line, I noticed two people coming the other...

A convenient log and expense entry form that you keep on board your plane; A log program that can track Flight and Air Time. Flight Time for your pilot log book and Air Time for maintenance purposes and for your Aircraft Log Book; A program that will track everything with regard to your Medical,...

http://www.airlineempires.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=88 A photo montage and music about airline travel as it used to be. GrtArtiste

Hello All, Are there any plane models named after birds? Thanks in advance.