I was looking for a dragon coloring picture online for my 5-year-old, and stumbled upon a coloring book by our own r.a.p's Jeff "Wizard of Draws". Thanks a lot! And also from my son, who was feeling very much honored by coloring smth drawn by a pilot (his happiness was expressed so loudly that I...

I have a 6 year old son. I'm only a student pilot. However, in my youth, I thought flying was totally cool - yet completely out of my domain. I lived in a very rural area and we didn't have much money as a family. I really wish I had been exposed to it earlier. In fact, I wish I would have made a...

I have a Garmin 196 that I use primarily for flying, but also bought the "automobile option" package that included the bean bag mount and CDROM with road maps. When used in LAND mode, it works OK most of the time, but sometimes gives crazy routing. Usually, it's right after I deviate from the route...

whats the deal with those 100$ gizmos that plug your cellphone into the headset. does that work??? dan

("RST Engineering" wrote) I'm trying to figure out whether or not Fossett will be able to get back home with 2600 pounds of fuel missing. I can't find jet stream charts from Japan over Hawaii to the Left Coast anywhere. Anybody got a URL for me? Main Weather...

The Air Force manual "Air Navigation" is on line he http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/af/11/afpam11-216/afpam11-216.pdf This manual answers several FAQ that have come up that even some instructors have no definitive answer for. Examples of things contained in this pamphlet a How to...

I found this interesting crop design near Lebanon, OH. (between Cincinnati and Dayton). I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to create this. http://131.238.38.204/~sarangan/CANON109.JPG

Ever Consider Lying To The FAA? Student Pilot Gets Five Months In Prison From today's AvWeb (free) e-mail newswire. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/358-full.html#189253 This case: http://www.oig.dot.gov/item_details.php?item=1505 Many cases:

Apropos the previous week's discussion, some of you may know that Overstock.com ad, the all-white one with the woman purring, "it's all about the O..." Well, she's one of us: http://slate.msn.com/id/2114128/nav/ais/ Money graf: "The lovely Sabine Ehrenfeld (pronounced "Sa-BEAN-uh") was driving...

A plane that flies like a bird... or at least it is supposed to,,, http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?m=Entertainment&mi=Discovery%20Networks&i=a37f09b5-7cd7-4a92-bf51-03e5527c53d7,f97c8ef3-76d4-4f28-9a3a-72b48537b89a&p=Entertainment_Discovery&rf=http://www.msn.com/ Mike Alexander PP-ASEL Temecula,...

The Newark Star Ledger this morning reported a 182 crash on takeoff yesterday at Greenwood Lake, NJ. Two very experienced pilots, both killed in the ensuing fire. Really a shame. Lee Ross (Rosspilot) was apparently in the pattern at the time. Someone was quoted as saying that the pilot reported...

Recently I discovered that for a long time, I have been mis-interpreting one aspect of reading sectional charts. A few weeks ago, I was preparing for a flight to Shelter Cove on the coast of Northern California. My planned fuel stop was the Little River airport in Mendicino (O48 on the San...

You'll remember the thread on "US aviation song" awhile back, well this one occurred to me last night. To the tune of "The Twang Factor" by Charlie Daniels, from his "Renegade" album: Well us people at th airport like airplanes We wear supercub hats Its the plane factor We like the FBO on a Friday...

Any opinions on the best websites for mobile users? duat.com is WAY to expensive because of the graphics (probably 10Kbytes just to load the title). duats.com is better but still has a lot of crap on the opening page. Does anyone know of a good site (modeled after something like mobile.espn.com or...

What is the best way to get to Hoover Dam? Where is the closest airport to rent a car from? -Robert

Salary: From 60,576.00 to 78,745.00 USD per year will close on March 21, 2005 http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=27472281&AVSDM=2005%2D02%2D22+00%3A01%3A01&Logo=0&sort=dt&pg=1&q=pilot&FedEmp=N&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y

"captain bill" wrote in message ... Contact the FSDO, Aviation Safety Program Manager. That person is 'in charge' of the ASC's in the district. In the mean time, what is it that you are interested in? ...

Hi, I am just finishing solo phase and have a long journey ahead. My training waypoints are (god willing!) Private, IFR, and perhaps Commercial and even CFI if I can keep building the skills and financing the habit long enough to get on the other side of the checkbook. :) Bottom line for now is...

On my first trip to New York since obtaining my PPL, I couldn't help but notice the number of Cessna's flying over Central Park. Anyone get a nice aerial shot of the Gates? Jonathan

From: Geoff Peck ) Subject: CHARTER: rec.aviation.piloting Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting Date: 2002-01-13 00:45:07 PST The charter of rec.aviation.piloting is: ******************************************************************* * Information pertinent to pilots of general...