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Electrically Powered Ultralight Aircraft by
Larry Dighera
Electrically Powered Ultralight Aircraft
Below is a report of an electrically powered ultralight aircraft.
Further down is information about Sonex's electrically powered
home-built aircraft, and below that is information about Royal
Aeronautical Society's 2007-8 design competition (submissions...
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Piper Apache Performance by
Robert Bates
I'm thinking about buying an Apache but can't find performance data for a
160hp Geronimo or a turbo. Also, does anyone have real world data for a
180hp Geronimo rather than what's on the website?
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January 21st 09 11:38 PM
by Lbullet
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GA is priceless by
Jay Honeck
We just returned from a quick, overnight flight to Wisconsin, to attend
a holiday gathering of family and friends, and I simply couldn't help
but remark on the incredible utility and convenience of GA.
In 90 minutes (as opposed to 5.5 hours) we were parked on the ramp in
Racine, plugging Atlas in...
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January 7th 07 04:11 AM
by Roger
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Is BOB HOOVER still alive???? by
aviation buff
....and if so,, what is he doing these days to keep busy.
hi all,
I just tuned in the History Channel and there he was, for brief moment.
Amazing, that in the 30 years I've followed his stunt flying with
Rockwell, he hasn't aged one bit--he looked 80ish in the 1970's and he
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NR abbreviation in logbooks by
Jeremy Lew
Can someone tell me what the "NR" stands for in the headings of these
columns in my Jepp. logbook:
NR INST. APP, NR T/O, NR LDG
Thanks,
Jeremy
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Airplane Pilot's As Physicists by
Le Chaud Lapin
Hi All,
There is a long discussion ongoing in rec.aviation.piloting about what
causes lift on a plane. You can read from the link below. Please
note that about 80% of the post are mostly ad hominem attacks and
should be ignored. There are some small bits of real...
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Wingtip Vortex: Heavy, Clean, Slow - Why? by
Eric Nospam
You get the strongest wingtip vortices when an aircraft is flying heavy,
clean and slow. But why?
It has to do with the amount of lift being generated by the wing. HEAVY I
can understand. Heavier aircraft - you need more lift to keep it aloft.
But CLEAN? SLOW? Why do you get less vortex with...
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How do you find the limits of areas on a chart? by
Mxsmanic
I see tons of restricted areas, MOAs, Class B, C, D, E airspace, and
the like on charts, but no clear indication of how to locate the
boundaries of these areas other than by pure guesstimate based on
looking at the chart. On rare occasions I see a radial noted as the
boundary of an area, or a...
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F/A-18 "Shoots Down" A4 -- The Long Version by
Jay Honeck
For those who were intrigued by the mystery of how (and why) that F/A-18
accidentally "shot down" a photo-ship A4 Skyhawk (as shown in a short video
clip here a couple of weeks ago), here is a much longer version of the video
that shows several different angles, all the way to...
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Presidential TFR @ Kill Devil Hills by
Richard Russell
Does anyone else find it ironic that the President's very presence at
the celebration of 100 years of powered flight has shut down almost
2,000 square miles of airspace? Couldn't he have phoned it in?
Rich Russell
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General Aviation Dead? by
Quaalude
"I look with sadness on the Cessna with bees nests in its air vents, or
the Mooney sitting on its rims with critters running in and out of it,
and the Cessna 150, faded and gutted like a fish. I ask myself, how did
it get to this? How could someone let their plane ´die¡ this...
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Running dry? by
Greg Copeland
In September 2004 issue of AOPA Flight Training, Mark Cook has an article,
"No Fueln' Around". Under the "Selector boy" side article, he mentions
that he runs some of his tanks dry in his Bellanca Viking. In at least
one of John Deakin's articles
(http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/182044-1.html),...
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Mxsmanic , IFR sensations, and some other stuff by
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
Hi folks;
Please bear with me on this post. I've just spent the entire day
thinking about some things and have a few what I hope will be accepted
as friendly thoughts to share.
Keep in mind if you're reading this that what I'm going to say isn't
meant to be critical of anyone in any way and...
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Gas Prices -- Help at last? by
Jay Honeck
Probably a case of "too little -- too late" -- but finally a step in
the right direction! (This just in, from Yahoo News):
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House narrowly approves bill to help US refineries
By Chris Baltimore
In a cliffhanger vote held open by Republican...
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure by
Kingfish
Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but
can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked
a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok...
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Have you ever... by
Jay Honeck
....refused to fly with someone you felt was not entirely safe? (With that
person acting as PIC, not as a passenger in your own plane.)
I had it happen earlier this year, for the first time, ever, and it felt,
well, weird.
I think I did the right thing, but it's hard to say. That funny...
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May 6th 05 08:26 PM
by gatt
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Lancair IV-P lost near Lansing MI by
Roger Halstead
Any one have any information on the IV-P that went down around 2:00 PM
about 30 miles west of Lansing MI on Monday?
There was a story in the paper, but it was a bit short on details.
It was registered to Ward Synthesis Inc. The flight was to be from
Ypsilanti MI to Billings Mont.
Roger Halstead...
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Air Force One Had to Intercept Some Inadvertent Flyers / How? by
Rick Umali
Story by Mac Daniel in the Boston Globe today states that an F-15 fighter
jet, which was escorting Air Force One (President Bush was in Manchester,
NH), had to intercept a 1979 Beechcraft Skipper Plane which was flying in
the restricted airspace. According to the article, the pilot didn't...
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Turbo prop question by
Chris W
I was channel surfing the other day and caught the tail end of some show
about rich people and their planes. Anyway the pilot of this one single
engine turbo prop said there was no mechanical connection between the
prop and engine. How can that be?
I didn't catch the name of the plane. but...
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