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Nice Logo by
Louis L. Perley III
For what it's worth, Google has changed their logo (probably just for the
day) to show the Wright Flyer. The two spinning props make the two o's in
Google.
http://www.google.com
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Auster Aviation by
Dylan Smith
In article , BoDEAN wrote:
Anyone ever hear of this company or have any experience with them?
Auster Aviation
If it's the Auster I'm thinking of, I have several hours of time in
the Auster 5J1 we use to tow gliders. Built in 1946. The...
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Flight of the Grumbly by
Dylan Smith
The Manx flag flying above the gate flapped in the wind. The gate
dismally creaked as I opened it, and Bob drove his diesel station wagon
through. Weak winter sunshine reflected off the damp patches on the
ground. I closed the gate, and thought of Douglas Adams's description,
"several billion...
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12/17/03 - This date in history - Passed my PPL checkride by
Gerald Sylvester
I realized about 5 weeks ago my checkride was coming up and what better
day to earn my wings than the day Wilbur and Orville earned theirs.
I passed and obviously quite happy. :)
The weather the Bay Area the past few weeks has been rather crummy.
Luckily I was able to get all my required time,...
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American Progress and Innovation redeux by
Jim Fisher
From:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/rutan_update_031217.html
http://tinyurl.com/29r5l
Summary: "A privately financed passenger-carrying sub-orbital rocket plane
screamed its way through the sound barrier today, the 100th anniversary of
the Wright Brothers historic 12-second...
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Junkyard Wars/Wright Flyer by
tony roberts
Tonight was the first time in years that I have watched TV for more than
1 hour straight.
Junkyard Wars - with 3 aircraft build and flown - you have to admit -
that French Team had style,
Followed by the Wright Flyer - what a great documentary.
You guys that get Wings Channel are spoilt - we just...
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SpaceShipOne Breaks Sound Barrier by
Mutts
http://tinyurl.com/29r5l
At motor shutdown, 15 seconds after ignition, SpaceShipOne was
climbing at a 60-degree angle and flying near 1.2 Mach (930 mph).
Binnie continued the maneuver to a vertical climb, achieving zero
speed at an altitude of 68,000 feet. He then configured the ship in
its...
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Dateline December 17, 100 years later..... by
Casey Wilson
I just received the following press release from Scaled Composites.
"Our White Knight turbojet launch aircraft, flown by Test Pilot Peter
Siebold, carried research rocket plane SpaceShipOne to 48,000 feet altitude,
near the desert town of California City. At 8:15 a.m. PDT, Cory Bird, the
White...
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Old Iowa City Sectionals on line! by
Jay Honeck
Thanks to Steven McNicoll, a regular newsgroup contributor, we've now got
old Iowa City Sectionals (going back to 1939!) available for download on our
"History of the Iowa City Airport" website.
These charts provide a fascinating glimpse into our past, and graphically
illustrate the evolution of...
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Unusual Procedure at DFW by
Toks Desalu
Over recent Thanksgiving weekend, I went to San Jose with one stopover,
Dallas. I noticed and unusual procedure at Dallas. After boarding the
American S-80 (MD-80), the plane was ready for a push-back. All of sudden,
I heard engines roared loud as the plane push-back at higher than normal
speed. I...
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x-country solo by
Joe Johnson
Scenario: student pilot on x-country solo. About 50hrs.
Planning went fine. One long outbound leg (to satisfy the FARs) and two
shorter inbound legs to fulfill the three landings requirement.
Outbound leg: went great. Course maintained and all visual landmarks
nailed, within a minute of...
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172 N to 172 S transition by
Roger Long
My flying club is going to trade our 172 N (only airplane) in next spring
for a 2 -3 year old 172 S or SP. We'll be moving up from a very simple
VOR - Loran panel to GPS and possibly autopilot. I can't imagine that we
can just put a new plane like that, with fuel injection, boost pump, etc.
out...
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Texas Soars into Aviation History by
A
RAP,
In the spirit of Kitty Hawk, here's a good story from todays Dallas Morning
News. I would have posted a link but they require registration (free) to
read their web site.
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Texas soars into aviation history
10:49 AM CST on...
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What does flying do for you? by
Larry Fransson
On 2003-11-27 11:38:22 -0800, Ross Younger said:
Apologies if it's an oft-asked question, but what does flying do for
you folks?
It pays the bills!
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by Toby
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EJECT! by
Dean Wilkinson
Thunderbird F-16 cockpit video of ejection at Mountain Home AFB crash.
http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/eject.mpg
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December 17th 03 01:22 AM
by Morgans
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Iowa City / Cedar Rapids rental aircraft by
Bartscher
I will be in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City visiting relatives over the holiday
season, and I was looking online to see what rental aircraft are available at
local FBOs. Unfortunately, the web sites for the local FBOs aren't very helpful
other than the mention of an Archer at CID. I've flown into CID...
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3 New Additions to the Rec.Aviation Rogue's Gallery! by
Jay Honeck
Click http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see:
- From England, a bunch more pictures from Chris Blythe
- From an "anonymous friend of Rich's", a new pic of Rich Shankland's plane
- From California, Jav Henderson's (our "Grand Poobah of Webmasters",
without whom the Rogue's Gallery...
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Pilots are safe drivers by
Steve
I saw recently on the disovery channel that the 3rd safest group of drivers
by occupation are pilot. Just thought I'd share with you guys
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C182 Stabilized Approach by
III
I know this question pertains to aircraft and piloting in general, but
I'm wondering what C-182 pilots do.
I'm sold on the benefits of a stabilized approach.
I consider a stabilized approach to mean that power, flaps, and trim
are set right after turning final (assuming a standard pattern)...
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Streisand ordered to pay defendant's legal fees in her frivolous suit by
Larry Dighera
Ken Adelman photographed the entire California Coast from a
helicopter, placed all the very high resolution photographs on the
internet for free public access, and a snobbish singer tries to
cripple him with an abusive law suit:
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AOPA...
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