So far, nobody has made mention of this incident in the newsgroups I frequent so thought I would give it mention. I'm sure its gotten national coverage. At approx 6:23 AM CST a Gulstream 1159a (formerly a G3 I think) impacted the ground about 6-7 miles SW of Hobby airport as it was on approach for...

Hi all, Any PIREPs on Do-It-Yourself ANR kits like the ones shown at: http://www.anr-headsets.com/ ??

10) "I think I left the plates in the van." 9) "You should have gone to lunch with us; we had Mexican food." 8) "Your wife's lawyer called." 7) "Did you know I'm gonna be on American Idol? Listen to this..." 6) "What's that funny smell?"

That's right Ho, Ho, Ho, but it's not Santa. it's Osama laughing his a** off, since we have had to cancel the 5 annual "Jingle Bell Jump" in Anahiem CA.Santa and his Elves couldn't jump in the protected airspace of Disneyland because of possible terrorism.

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message ... It was a beautiful day in land that Mickey built- 76 degrees with full sun while the northern folks got their first freezing blast of winter. We headed off-shore over the...

With all the ranting about TSA, most of it deserved, I thought ya'll might want to hear something nice for Thanksgiving. It was a random act of kindness in a city not known for such things. I was sitting in the cockpit for an O'dark:30 morning departure. Boarding was about half-way done. A gate...

Any zhongwen speaking ppl over here? How do you call out "Clear prop!" in Mandarin when you mean "Keep away from the prop -- I'm starting the engine." Used as a standard phrase when flying small planes (Cessna, YAK, etc). Don't ask me why I need this. I do! It's a principle! :-)

PHONEY 9/11 COMMISSION BILL More at: http://www.vdare.com/ PHONEY COLLINS-LIEBERMAN 9/11 COMMISSION BILL Members of the House of Representatives torpedoed the weak-as-water Collins-Lieberman 9/11 bill that would allow terrorists unrestricted access to the U.S. and grant drivers' licenses to...

"The Magnificent *******" wrote in message ... Did you guys hear about that incident in Wisconsin where that Hmong immigrant named Chai Vang killed 6 deer hunters ...I started a screenplay about it. .... snip a whole...

I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my flight gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is there anything that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish their Christmas shopping with...

Andrew Gideon wrote: Has anyone compared these "head to head" since Controlvision has shifted to XM weather? When they still used the older download system, they'd certain limits that compared poorly to the Airgator product (ie. the size of a "pixel" of weather was much larger). ...

I see TSA is in the news again, that's, Tit Squeezers of America, seems more females simply don't like being felt up. Makes ya wonder what would be going on if the Russkys had said those folks had hidden their explosives internally.

What's buzzing? I've heard it's some kind of a feel-good maneuver.. Ramapriya

Hi pilots, I am new to the group and wanted to see if you guys hear Non-standard ATC phraseology around places where you fly. Our tower at Chander, AZ usually request us to report 2 mile base when entering a traffic pattern. I thought the standard pattern entry was 45 to downwind or final. If you...

I was reading Gann's "Fate is the Hunter" again the other day, and was curious about the incident in the last chapter where he unintentionally and naively avoided disaster by NOT slowing down when the DC-4 he was flying from Hawaii to Burbank developed an unexplained occasional...

A great read even for non-sports lovers I am not a sports person. Except as sports figures have impacted the subjects I am interested in-I know Denny McLain was a good lounge organist who recorded fine albums; Joe DiMaggio was the second husband of Marilyn Monroe, was destroyed by her death (as...

A great read even for non-sports loversI am not a sports person. Except as sports figures have impacted the subjects I am interested in-I know Denny McLain was a good lounge organist who recorded fine albums; Joe DiMaggio was the second husband of Marilyn Monroe, was destroyed by her death (as was...

I finally got around to reading my October issue of Callback...did someone REALLY land at O'Hare after getting lost in Wisconsin???

Hi again, I have for a colleague a 30-yr old former Air Canada 737 pilot who doesn't take too kindly to questions of my kind :( When I asked him recently about how forward thrust happens, he said that the engine blades simply turn the other direction. With nothing to back up my hunch, I still...

PHONEY 9/11 COMMISSION BILL More at: http://www.vdare.com/ PHONEY COLLINS-LIEBERMAN 9/11 COMMISSION BILL Members of the House of Representatives torpedoed the weak-as-water Collins-Lieberman 9/11 bill that would allow terrorists unrestricted access to the U.S. and grant drivers' licenses to...