Is there some way to learn when an NTSB final accident report is scheduled for release? I coulnd't find anything on their website addressing the issue. Thanks

And so we must part again. Economic obsolescence brings despair once again. The joy, the inner peace, the relaxing comfort that comes with a familiar trusted colleague slips away once more. The anxiety of starting over with a new partner is facing me, again. The future is daunting. My first...

We have used the Airmap 1000 for over a year. In preparation for our trip from NY to Denver, I checked the website for updates. It is my habit to google for users' experience. One of the user reported having a bit of problem updating the Jeppesen database. Another reported having problem with a...

An American Airlines MD-80 had to make a go-around at Chicago's O'Hare Airport last Wednesday afternoon after two helicopters departing with President Bush's party -- but not carrying the president -- strayed into its approach path, the local CBS-2 news reported on Thursday. The two helicopters,...

News reports a Cherokee crashed just short of the runway at Erie, PA around 21:30. Aircraft resting upside down, and 3 of the 4 on board fatal. 4th reportedly had extensive burns, and transported by helicopter to hospital. Aircraft and passengers reportedly from Delaware. They had stopped...

For some reason known only to the FAA, both Dunkirk, NY (KDKK), and Wellsville, NY (KELZ), two small, uncontrolled airports in southwestern NY state that are about 60 nm apart, share the same ASOS frequency. For pilots flying to Dunkirk from the east, retrieving the current ASOS broadcast is not...

Last week I walked up to a couple pilots discussing an airplane that was sitting on the ramp at STE. They noted that it did not have a data tag on it so they really weren't sure what it was. What it looked like was an early straight leg 172 fastback, but it had a swept tail, not a straight tail. ...

A new bid to save Concorde for the nation and see it flying again has been launched by an all-party group in London spearheaded by Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik. The Save Concorde Group in Westminster believes the supersonic aircraft could be given a new lease of life at air shows. They also want...

Agreed on George's point - go to ntsb.gov if you want to learn about accidents and their causes.

If someone can explains me how to determine this two coefficient. Thanks in advance. Grandss

There should be a interlink which brings engine power to flight idle any time cabin pressure is lost above FL180. The aircraft wil descend under autopilot. There is statistically very little terrain above 18,000 feet and what there is is unpopulated. Of course there should be an override, but it...

Hello, I'm looking for some "what would you do if you were in my shoes" opinions. I have about 100 hours as a private pilot, but I have not flown since 2000. I would like to get back into private recreational flying, and I'm trying to decide what to do about my expired class III medical. I have...

Has anyone here every flew to or by this place? It is about 30 miles South of Fairbanks. I was flying around that area in MS FS 2004 and noticed a runway on top of a small plateau in the middle of nowhere with no other mountain terrain near by around. In FS 2004 it is 1000 ft tall with just...

Jack & Steve Allison flew to OSH all the way from California in Jack's beautiful Piper Arrow. They were able to join us for both the "Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party" (held at the inn) and for the "Rec.Aviation Party" (held at our campsite in OSH). Steve has forwarded his Airventure photos to me,...

I was having a chat with an FBO flight instructor yesterday about a potential student of his who is 6' 4" and pushing 300lbs. As an independent instructor and big guy myself, he was soliciting my opinion on what which training aircraft might be appropriate for this student. I mentioned that a 172...

Thanks to everyone for the good advice pertaining to the Piper Warrior in the flying club I just joined, that has a four place intercom with only the front seats wired. When the owner gets back from Florida I'll ask him to please consider wiring the back seats. I've printed out the...

Ok if someone could explain me that, I will be very happy I have a simulator, if i pitch up OK, but if I pitch down, my plane stalls and i don't understand why. thank's

I will be going to Tucson in the next couple of days. IIRC there is an airport graveyard/mothball site somewhere nearby that you can visit? What are the names, locations (if you have it) and are they worth visiting? thanks in advance. Gerald Sylvester

I just received (and completed) my emailed EAA Airventure questionnaire. Anyone else get one? Somehow they knew that I had attended OSH, and sent me an email. (I don't remember supplying my email address to anyone at the convention, so someone inside EAA has spent some time cross-referencing...