*LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Four crashes this month have already made August the worst month for aircraft losses in more than three years, according to a major insurance broker.* The string of crashes has caused the loss of aircraft with a total insured hull value of over $170 million, said Aon...

It's just a matter of time till the big Midair Shuttle program a disaster and the Air Traffic system on edge This is what you get for social engineering and placing unqualified minorities and women in critical FAA and Government safety positions for Politically Correct quotas LOS ANGELES - The...

I'm a bit confused about the aviation Terminal Forecasts (FT) report. Has this report be replaced by the TAF report? On the www.noaa.gov web site I see the TAF report avialability but I don't see the FT report anywhere. Thanks...

Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God. — Gordon Baxter

I am not a pilot, and as much as my email address sounds like I am a doctor, I'm not... That said, I thought someone here might be able to help me out - they news reports talk about passing out within seconds at high altitudes. I understand the air is thinner / less O2. But if I go underwater,...

A Cessna 172 crashed yesterday short of the approach end of RWY 16 killing the pilot and instructor aboard. No cause for the accident has yet been established, but the weather was at or near minimums for the ILS-16 approach at the time of the crash and and tracking the...

FYI, routes you can expect when flying TEC from SF Bay Area airports (see URL)! http://www.faa.gov/ats/oakaifss/TEC/TECInfo.htm Best Regards, Ed

The first of the FAA's public 21st Century advanced RNAV instrument approach procedures, based on RNP and other aspects of airframe/aircrew/systerm performance, will launch at KDCA on September 1st. For a view of the Jeppesen chart and soon-to-be-released briefing bulletin,...

I'd like to use DUATS to plan and file routes that include SIDs, but I find it often doesn't know about them. For instance, when I try to list the SIDs for KBED, it says there are none; when I try to list the SIDs for KBTV, it lists only BTV4.BTV (and it doesn't seem to accept manually specified...

Too many people start out in aviation without any idea of what to expect or with too many options and not enough information. They make their training more difficult, costly and frustrating than it should be. Our site is designed to help you begin and finish your training in a way that best fits...

Hello, My and my slow airplane are based at San Carlos, CA. Got up this morning, looked out the window - the whole bay is blanketed in coastal stratus. We get a lot of mornings like that. Having gotten the rating last year, it sure would be nice to keep proficient. The usual IFR practice run...

I'm going to DXR (Danbury) from ROC (Rochester) on Saturday. There is a STAR for Danbury, NOBBI THREE, that has a transition starting at Rockdale. Here's the question: Should I file the STAR, even though it is a little out of the way, or should I file a more direct route. If I file something more...

Folks ! I am planing to get my IFR ticket. preferably in one of accelerated programs. I have read about a few but I am still looking for one where they take you on a cross-country ride to say west-coast or Alaska (I am in east) and you don't shoot same approach twice. AT the end of the trip you...

There are instrument approaches that are approved by the FAA that are not available to the general public. The approach plate notes that approach only applies to aircraft from Company XYZ. You will not find in in any approach book. Typically the approach was developed by the private entity and...

Assuming VMC conditions, is it legal for a current IR pilot to file an IFR flight plan, and fly the flight *solo* wearing a hood, to meet currency requirements? Of course the hood would be off for take-off and upon completing an approach with a landing. Not that it's the safest or smartest way to...

The last two IFR flight plams I've filed via DUATS have been lost. One was for a trip leaving BFM in Mobile and the other was out of MSN, Madison, WI. This is the first time in five years this has happened, and it happened twice in a row. The plans were filed on different computers. Anyone else...

"Peter" wrote in message ... FAR 91.175 (a) suggests that it is not permitted to carry out a descent in IMC except on an official published IAP. Any views on this? How would it differ if the entire procedure was...

Considering a flight into CVG, which is Class B and would appreciate some insight from the group. 1. The IFR routing with STAR is very circuitous - better to file VFR? 2. Reservation required? Flight will be on Saturday. Any other tips - FBO, etc? Piper Arrow.

So, an interesting thing happened today. I am at a fly-in at Hagerstown and about to head back to my home-base at York (THV). I can see from the PC they had there that there is a line of heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms blocking my route back. There is no way around it to the north, but there...

Peter wrote in : FAR 91.175 (a) suggests that it is not permitted to carry out a descent in IMC except on an official published IAP. Any views on this? How would it differ if the entire procedure was done in Class...