Drone Avoidance: More Than Flying High By Rick Durden Without nearly enough fanfare, some excellent guidance on a subject that is becoming increasingly critical for pilots was released two weeks ago. Entitled Flight Safety in the Drone Age...

Humidity also plays a part in this scenario. Although it is not a major factor in computing density altitude, high humidity has an effect on engine power. The high level of water vapor in the air reduces the amount of air available for combustion and results in an enriched mixture and reduced...

Thus 'the secret & ancient' quiet birdmen. If they wanted to be renowned, they'd be a 'public' group such as the public libraries or the public health departments, or the Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts. ANYONE could join. My father was a 'Quiet Birdman,' and indeed he was quiet. Protection of PRIVACY...

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"Launched by NASA in 2006, it shot directly to a solar system escape velocity. This consisted of an Earth-relative launch of 16.26 kilometers a second (that’s about 36,000 miles per hour), plus a velocity component from Earth’s orbital motion (which is 30 km/s tangential to the orbital path)....

The Air Traffic Controller issued the flight a heading of 030 (toward the mountains), evident in this video http://www.cbs8.com/story/32010167/air-traffic-controllers-desperately-tired-to-save-san-diego-pilot-before-crash. But that vector appears to have been omitted from the NTSB report. At...

.... the ultimate military demonstration teams: USAF Thunderbirds with F-22 Raptors USN Blue Angles with F-35 Lightnings

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Solar-Impulse-II-Makes-California-226128-1.html Solar Impulse II Makes California Solar Impulse II completed a 56-hour leg from Hawaii to Mountain View, California just before midnight local time on Saturday. The aircraft, which had to undergo a refit in...

http://www.avweb.com/videos/Video-VoloCopter-at-Aero-226145-1.html Video: VoloCopter at Aero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9YWvKX0lY By Paul Bertorelli Fresh from its first manned flight, eVolo's Volocopter was on display at Aero 2106 in Friedrichshafen, Germany this week. AVweb got an...

http://www.avweb.com/videos/Video-Siemens-Electric-Extra-330-Aircraft-226133-1.html Video: Siemens' Electric Extra 330 Aircraft By Paul Bertorelli At Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany this week, the giant electrical concern Siemens surprised the show with an Extra 330 powered by a 350-hp...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA-Tests-Drone-Traffic-System-226142-1.html NASA Tests Drone Traffic System By Mary Grady In the first and largest demonstration of its kind, staffers from NASA and the FAA last week flew 22 drones simultaneously from six test sites across the country to...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA-Seeks-New-Ideas-For-Airspace-Design-225402-1.html NASA Seeks New Ideas For Airspace Design By Mary Grady NASA has launched a prize challenge in search of ideas for how to create a new airspace system by 2035 that could accommodate up to 10 million...

FAA Registration Expired For Trump Jet http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Registration-Expired-For-Trump-Jet-226087-1.html 1997 Citation X owned by Donald Trump has been flying with an expired FAA registration since Jan. 31, according to a story in today's New York Times. Flying with a...

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Some time back my acquaintance Sam was generous enough to let me fly his Czech Sportcruiser (which later became the Piper Sport, and then got dropped by them). I'd flow a Rotax 912 before (CTLS) and was familiar with how amazingly quiet and low vibration they were. I remember Sam telling me that...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA-ADS-B-Could-Allow-Drones-In-NAS-225878-1.html NASA: ADS-B Could Allow Drones In NAS By Mary Grady Large-scale drones could safely fly in the National Airspace System by using ADS-B technology, according to NASA researchers. The agency said recently...

I wonder if some pilots flying float planes ever land in the ocean, and based on very calm weather conditions and or waves, just spend the night there in a sleeping compartment. Then, next morning, off again. ---

I recently purchased some TEMPEST URHB32S Spark Plugs. In my order I received two Autolite XL by Unison Spark Plugs with the same PN. It is to my understanding that TEMPEST bought out Unison but as to whether these two Autolite XL's are airworthy or not I do not know. Anyone familiar with the...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/GA-Groups-Protest-ATC-Changes-225545-1.html GA Groups Protest ATC Changes By Mary Grady Anticipating that Congress will consider changes to how the FAA functions and gets its funding in the upcoming session, 15 general-aviation advocacy groups signed on to a...

What is the diameter of the helium balloon needed to life 200 pounds total load? Thanks.