http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Solar-Powered-Aircraft-Still-Hobbled-by-Batteries-224100-1.html Solar Powered Aircraft: Still Hobbled By Batteries By Paul Bertorelli With Solar Impulse plying its way around the globe, solar-powered flight is getting plenty of press, but there are dozens...

This gives new meaning to the term "party pooper." A Levittown, Pennsylvania family says their daughter's Sweet 16 birthday party was ruined when a passing airplane dropped human waste on the celebration Sunday evening. Joe Cambray, the birthday girl's stepfather, said he was playing some...

This smells like another Boeing boondoggle similar their push to lease air tankers to the Air Force that resulted in the CEO being fired and the member of the Pentagon who colluded with Boeing being jailed a few years ago. Satellite-based ATC reduces air safety by reliance on feeble satellite...

Is there a standard data source that would identify the sources of flights into a small municipal airport? I'm trying to understand two things: 1) What percentage of the flights to and from the airport are from people living in the vicinity of the airport versus people from outside the area who...

Larry Dighera writes: The FAA has published a list of 736 NDB and VOR/DME instrument approaches (PDF: Well, the NDB stations should disappear. VOR, no opinion, but they all gotta go at some point. As for solar flares, etc. OK, I'll take your word for it. Perhaps,...

http://www.space.com/29079-is-in-flight-refueling-coming-to-commercial- airlines.html errr....uhmmm... uhhh... yeah... right... Brian -- http://www.earthwaves.org/forum/index.php - Earth Sciences discussion http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Sed quis custodiet...

I'd like to get some aerobatic training in the Washington/Oregon area. I'm near Portland, but I'd be willing to fly a few hours out to another airport. I don't want to fly in competition (or even solo for that matter) just for fun. But I do want training (starting with spins, for example) not...

Mentioned in the NASA video at the YouTube link below are the reasons this revolutionary technology are an exciting step forward for aviation. * Four horsepower per pound are achievable with electric systems. This is comparable to turbine engine performance. * Ninety-five percent...

One might infer from the following article, forecasting a down turn in fixed-wing piston aircraft sales, that GA is continuing to slide further toward extinction. With the inexorable increase in fuel prices over the decades since I passed my Private check-ride, the increase in insurance premiums...

Why do reciprocal engines burn so much oil? I've always wanted to know... -- Dallas THE AGMSFS GROUP HAS MOVED AWAY TO: http://forums.delphiforums.com/flightsimulator/start

I have had good service from Lightspeed in the past, but have an issue now that I need assistance on. My headband is cracking and will break in two soon, as it did once before. They do not service 20XL units any longer, due to their age. If there is anyone out there with one that maybe the...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Jetpack-IPO-Raises-27-Million-223610-1.html Jetpack IPO Raises $27 Million By Mary Grady | February 24, 2015 Related Articles Continental Motors Receives FAA Certification For 91UL Engine Remote Control Tower To Be Tested In Virginia Santa Monica...

Anyone with an interest in learning how the 20,000 drones (UAS) expected by 2020 will be integrated into the National Airspace System will find the information in this Emmy Award winning NASA video informative. The various NASA departments and people charged with the four main aspects of the task...

Proposed Drone Rules Revealed Sunday The FAA and Department of Transportation will hold a rare Sunday morning news conference to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the use of small unmanned aerial systems in the National Airspace System (NAS). In an even more rare Saturday night...

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/01/26/vo-pilot-emergency-escape.u-s-coast- guard "The pilot of a single engine aircraft that ran out of fuel is safe after ditching his aircraft more than 200 miles northeast of Maui,...

Drone Pilot Settles With FAA Over Video Flight http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Drone-Pilot-Settles-With-FAA-Over-Video-Flight223441-1.html A drone pilot who fought a $10,000 government fine for filming video with an unmanned aircraft in 2011 has settled his case for $1,100 without...

Wash DC's Notam is interesting to note as it specifically states basically any type of unmanned remote controlled device is forbidden from flying in the area. Should I fly my drone in that restricted space, which law enforcement agency has authority to cite me? As I understand, only the FAA can...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Seeks-Police-Help-Controlling-Drone-Use223376-1.html FAA Seeks Police Help Controlling Drone Use By Russ Niles | January 11, 2015 The FAA is deputizing police forces across the U.S. in the fight against illegal drone use. The agency has issued a 12-page...

To: Subject: Boeing Chairman and CEO McNerney Statement on William E. Boeing, Jr. From: Boeing News Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:30:14 -0500 News Release Issued: Jan 8, 2015 (4:30pm EST) To view this release online and get more information about Boeing,...

On Monday, February 5, 2001 7:59:03 AM UTC+11, Dick Ripper wrote: I'm researching a personal project and have run across the following statement which I don't understand and wonder if someone could explain it to me: "Most people don't know how to rig a biplane (I don't) and this one is...