Short video of my first flight after an annual. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iUmd4LjXow Absolutely amazing how 6 pounds in the tail cone can improve my landings. I had 45 pounds in the cargo to bring the CG aft. I now was able to remove all of that weight due to a measily 6 pounds in...

Some post-accident photos (no gore, thankfully) showing the RV and TBM Avenger were posted on a forum on Doug Reeves' RV website: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=9638 Really gives some perspective on the visibility, or lack thereof, that both pilots must have experienced.

We decided to move the annual inspection for Atlas -- our '74 Cherokee Pathfinder -- into February, since there has been little use for an airplane this winter. As a result of the weather and the annual (bless me Father, for I have sinned...) it had been 20 days since our last flight. I've...

Jay's comment about Iowa City and Mormon Trek Road reminded me of a few projects that I have been thinking about for when I return to the good ol' US of A. One was an aerial photographic survey of the Mormon Trail, along with some ground shots, documenting what is left of the trail. It is...

***** "The place where you get out of my car," I said. "The people who Joshua come from," I said. "They're called the Yherajk. In t heir natural form, they look like Jell-O globs. People will be terrified of them. But if they could see them in human form first, it would make it easie r. We need a...

Is something wrong or was the last post here really on Friday? Been gone awhile. Came back to check it out and I see no posting activity for 1.5 days and wondering what's up. Ricky...New P, will be A soon...(A&P)

With all of these nonsense posts/threads ...I have an idea: If someone (or many of us at one time) would reply to these threads, but remove rec.aviation - would the thread then follow that post - with rec aviation removed? Throw the hounds off our scent so to speak. Could it work? Regardless if...

Is picture posting not permitted on this group as I would like to post some pictures I took from a recent flight down the Hudson Corridor (pre-Lidle)?

These are the posting stats for December, number of posts by each of us.. It's interesting that a person who claims to be a non-pilot and further claims his only experience is playing MSFS is by far the most frequent poster? I wonder if Mxs posts under other handles, as well. Enough analysis, I...

I'm having trouble posting to this newsgroup, so this is a test.

At first blush this seems totally off-topic. But it is definitely on-topic in the sense that I only post to the rec.aviation.* newsgroups, and the formatting of my posts in those newsgroups is getting seriously mucked up when I use Google Groups to do it. Things like not wrapping quoted text...

New posts since July 21, late Friday night - 10 days ago. RAH - 202 RAO - 223 RAP - 1726 RAS - 229 (rec.aviation.student) Much reading to do.... + umpteen OSH brochures, business card w/web

As a followup posting to my "Why fly fast approaches?", I have an idea for some evening entertainment. Does anyone have an old police radar gun? If Jay parks in the same area as last year, we can "grade" each approach of arrivals based on their aircraft type and approach speed. If someone brings a...

POTUS TFRs Paralyze Florida Flight Ops http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3596-full.html Airport operators and flight schools in the Palm Beach, Florida, area are bracing for long-term economic loss and disruption due to the presidential TFR covering President Trump's visits to his...

Some flight plan software requires one to enter a power chart for the aircraft. This is used to calculate time enroute at different altitudes and temperatures. The chart has TAS for various combinations of altitude and power. Given the single airspeed/altitude/power setting provided by the aircraft...

I've seen power lines marked on sectionals. How high are the highest major power transmission lines? They look quite high from the ground, but there's not much to give perspective. --Dan

How do you normally run your engine on climb, cruise, and descent. Do you use full power while climbing all the way to cruise altitude? What altitude do you normally fly on a normal long cross country flight, assuming you can choose from sea level? How do you cruise, full power, or do you keep at...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og4sULbHchk Went up with a CFI who never had Sundowner time. Good learning for the both of us. 7 minutes of your time will have you endure a takeoff, one power off stall, one power on stall and 4 landings by both Charlie and myself (2 each). Text overlays in the...

I've been looking at the performance charts for the Lycoming O-320-B and D series engines. There's a line that is labeled "Limiting manifold pressure for continuous operation". This line starts at sea level and 2400 rpm, runs through 2300 rpm at about 2,000' ASL, and continues to 2000 rpm at about...

When a power setting table shows a "best economy" and "best power" setting for a given power level (say 75%) using a given MP and RPM this is just a starting point, right? Once the MP and RPM has been set and the leaning done, the actual power settings would be more like 78% for best power, and...