Does anyone know anything about Bonny Doon private airport (C77) ? I'd like to land there to pick up a friend, and am happy to sign any waiver but haven't been able to reach anyone by phone to see if that's ok. Has anyone done this ? Do you just land and go to the office ? Thanks

Yesterday's 1 1/4 hour flight compressed to 9 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvY44k1NdY Video contains landings at KJAN, KHKS and M16. Camera overheated at the end of my flight and I restarted it for the KMBO landing, ended up going around (bottom dropped out more then I cared for) and...

Subject says it all. Why do the landings for night currency have to be made to a full stop? Thanks Chris

Here is a great guy: http://kirkflyingvet.com/ Watch the video. You can see what it is about. A great adventurer is simply trying to enjoy his life. Unfortunately, the government is corrupt. It is being blackmailed into

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/25/2009-08-25_small_plane_crashlands_in_new_jersey_mall_parking_lot.html Good outcome.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/22/us-air-force-drones-pilots-afghanistan Happy landings,

If I become an LSA instructor in airplane single engine sea, can I give dual training and log book endorsements to a private pilot that is trying to add the class of single engine sea to his certificate? I looked at the regs and it looks like I would be technically be giving instruction for someone...

Hello everybody, Having recently visited an International Airport, I have got one more question ;-) Probably you can help me clarify something regarding the CAT II/III marking strips. When there are unfavourable weather conditions like fog, leading to a Category III landing approach, I guess those...

Can anyone ID the model of the plane that has the accident in this video (accident appears near the end): http://www.vimeo.com/4906010 I can't make out the design on the tail, which might indicate the owner or operator. I'm guessing this happened in western Canada or in Alaska - but I suppose...

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:15:29 -0700 (PDT), Lactantius wrote: On Jul 27, 3:15*pm, Franklin "Franklin wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:34:44 +0100, hummingbird wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:17:34 -0700, John Sisker wrote : To Whom It May Concern: We...

Anyone else see his Oshkosh tirade? Excellent stuff!

Your ultralight and Cessna 152 aren't typically allowed within 10 nm of the president's aircraft, for presumably security reasons, but this is allowed: "Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090817/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_protesters_guns (I wish the AOPA,...

Hello everybody, I got a question regarding the so-called "elevation", i.e. the highest point of a runway. I have been told that the elevation is usually at the threshold, right before the touchdown zone, in order to ensure an easier take-off. However, as airplanes land in the same direction as...

Comair pilot sues on safety, wins back job By James Pilcher • August 14, 2009 A federal Labor Department administrative judge has reinstated a Comair pilot fired for refusing to fly what he believed was an unsafe airplane in an unusual whistleblower lawsuit. The successful suit by pilot Shane...

Hm....looks like my provider doesn't carry the "for sale" newsgroup, hence I crave pardon. I'm getting rid of stuff and have a Monroy ATD-200 (tpas). If you're interested in the details, check out the website at www.monroyaero.com If you're interested in purchasing my used unit, email offline.

I was cleaning out my emails and came across this little beauty from BWB. Thought I'd share. bwbill wrote: I took my brother’s small boy Christopher with me to a shopping mall the other day and I lost him for awhile. He approached a uniformed policeman and said,...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/08/hudson.helicopter.crash/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538521,00.html

Yesterday's flight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb67FjwFmoM http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1943L/history/20090808/1533Z/KMEI/KMBO 50 minutes worth of time compressed to 7 minutes from picking up the IFR clearance to shutdown. Some checklist items were omitted in the audio for video /...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/EAAAirVenture2009_AirbusA380_HardLanding_200850-1.html Yowser!

Looking to buy a protable/backup transceiver. Any recommendations?