WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 30 Sep 05 Washington, DC 1. NASA: SO THE DAMNED SHUTTLE WAS A MISTAKE, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? This week, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told USA Today that both the space shuttle and the International Space Station were mistakes. His candor is admirable,...

After seven (?) incidents of landing gear malfunctions similar to the Jet Blue incident, why has the FAA not issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive on the Airbus A320? Or has an AD been issued, but without the requirement to "ground" them until they've been repaired? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City,...

Hi, Back from the wild west, a weekend spend watching flying horses (I kid you not!) flying is the correct term for their fastest gait. Have spoken to the lovely people at Shoreham airport and as its such a lovely day, they are happy to take me up flying this afternoon!!!!!!! So unless I chicken...

Not my statement. See http://www.longbets.org/4 What sayeth the group wisdom? I think eventually there will be pilotless aircraft, the question is when.

I rent a Warrior from a local FBO and usually set the RPMs to 2400 in cruise. It gets about 110kts at 2400. But that seems too slow. Heck I've been getting 110kts from one of their C152s. Rereading the POH I see that the cruise RPM settings can be 2500 or 2600. So I'm curious. Where do others...

If you're interested in using your PDA for weight and balance calculations see our DIY weight and balance article at: http://www.navzilla.com/wandb.php The spreadsheet also works on desktop computers and is OpenOffice compatible. Enjoy!

*Ah, and the big one comes even closer. When you run off experienced people and keep idiot managers this is what happens. As the FAA concentrates on feel good politics and women and minorities and homosexuals and GLOBE meetings and TWO conferences and Gay Pride celebrations and lowering standards...

If you were about to go on an IFR flight, and for some unknown, hypothetical reason you had to pick one instrument in the standard six pack that you could not use, which one would it be? -- Chris W Gift Giving Made Easy Get the gifts you want & give the gifts they want

Can you give me your views on accelerated training for a PPL. I'm considering this as an alternative to training two days a week for eight months. The island in Hawaii where I'm at has one flight school, and at their rates it'll cost me upward of $8-$9K plus! (Money isn't my best asset.) I'm...

The throttle stuck open. http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-507.htm -- skylunelives ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via OziPilots Online http://www.OziPilotsOnline.com.au ] - A website for Australian Pilots regardless of when, why, or what they...

Quiet, very quiet, light aircraft can be built. Maybe noise restrictions will kill off the bunch of winos at 652 Oliver Street and we will have better powerplants.

This is an interesting article and pertinent in the debate over user charges. The NATS operating environment is very different to the FAA but it was interesting seeing where the risk was being taken re 9/11 type events. http://www.atwonline.com/magazine/article.html?articleID=1387

I'm a musician and I have some excellent noise reduction in-ear headphones. I would like to use these as my in-cockpit headphones. Generally - the regular over-the-head, squish-your-ear things are quite annoying to me. However - that leaves me with the issue of a mic and adapter to use these...

Was flying pattern work after a long layoff yesterday. Very crowded, with five or six planes in or entering the pattern at Longmont (2V2), which has one runway 29-11. I always try and keep a mental picture of every plane approaching or in the pattern. Since I know the airport well, I can...

The weather's great this time of year in Northern California and almost perfect for flying. Nevertheless I was getting bored with the same $25 lunch trips which now were approaching $50. I wanted something different that might also cause me to learn something new. So last weekend I thought I'd...

Here are some more pix of the Jet Blue landing incident, sent in by a fellow with "connections" to the investigation... http://www.alexisparkinn.com/nose_gear_incident.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

Does anyone have any experience flying across the Washingon ADIZ? I'm coming from the Midwest to the Eastern shore of Maryland next week, which requires crossing Washington's ADIZ and B airspace. I'll be under IFR, but I was wondering whether they sent IFR traffic around the big ADIZ or through?...

So I've been suckered, er, drafted, er, "volunteered" to be an organizer of (what will now be) our annual "Big Kids Toy Show" fly-in extravaganza at the Iowa City Airport. It will be held May 19, 20, 21 of next year, and I want to get the dates out to all the various published aviation calendars. ...

I flew to Petaluma, CA today to complete my Angel Flight mission orientation. I'm now officially an Angel Flight Command Pilot. It's really a simple process but, for me, one that has been a goal for a couple of years now. Now all I need to do is have the stars align and I'll be able to fly my...

I am having a problem with the MapSource software, I want to be able to save all of my routes on my PC, but I keep getting an error message. I know it is communicating, the tracking feature follows along with the simulator, and the GPS appears in teh wondow when you tell it to transfer. Any...