I tried to go to the AOPA Flight Planning web page today, and found that the only option remaining is to download a Microsoft-only application. This seems annoying. Sure, I was able to go directly to the duat web site, and it was fine. But I'm a member of AOPA, and they've eliminated a benefit...

More great press for GA airport security. ////////// Two 14-year-old boys from Big Bear are doing OK tonight. Police say they suffered minor injuries after stealing an airplane from the Big Bear Airport and crash-landing it in Joshua Tree National Park last night. The boys' apparent joy-ride...

Scouts have bumpy landing http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/family/stories/ MYSA031807.10B.Flying_scouts.3614c98.html http://tinyurl.com/2ron93 Web Posted: 03/18/2007 01:39 AM CDT Chuck McCollough Express-News

Has anyone been following the disturbing (to me anyway) news stories about airliners approaching to land being hit with laser beams aimed at the cockpits? One pilot reported having his eyes temporarily damaged. The FBI appears concerned because the beams are apparently tracking the airliners,...

Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper Aug 25 3:31 PM US/Eastern YUMA, Ariz. Illegal immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing when one of the rocks damaged the rotor, the agency said. Neither the pilot nor the Border Patrol observer was...

Is there any reason to drain fuel tanks in any way other than symmetrically in normal flight? I notice that most aircraft have complex controls for fuel flow from the tanks, and I wonder if there are things one is suppposed to do during normal flight, or if this is just to provide for possible...

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Well written and thought provoking IMHO http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html

Okay, this thread isn't totally off-topic, as my questions are related to making the piloting experience more real in the sim. It's time to upgrade the Kiwi! (See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/the_kiwi_is_born.htm ). I want to add a second monitor (dedicated for the panel), and use the 104"...

Airspeed limitation below 10000ft is usually 250kts unless you have been authorized by the Administrator. However I guess it's a bit slow for military fighters. So I am curious how fast military fighters fly in the real world. I guess it's very dangerous military aircraft fly much fast among...

I changed some of the metafiles (or "meta tags") in my website this afternoon, emphasizing "hotels" more. I did this in an effort to get search engines to "see" our site more clearly, and (hopefully) move us up a few notches in the "results". Well, something worked. Within an hour I had acquired...

. xoxo. Anyways, I'm working on my IFR ticket. I'm about 12 hours simulated and actual instrument time in a real airplane, and able to put in about another hour in a week. No problem "flying" the plane on the instruments, but I find that putting everything together often results in too much...

With the news that Piper will produce the Hondajet, I am wondering if Piper will be able to produce the finished product to meet Honda's quality standards. Piper has not built anything bigger than a Malibu for 20 years. The Cheyenne IV/LS-400 was the biggest aircraft Piper has produced.

Mr Kim's death resulting from his decision to attempt to walk out of an area he was unfamiliar with after becoming stranded, raises some thought provoking questions for aviators. In years past, this forum has carried several threads on surviving a crash in a remote area. I behooves us all to...

Twenty years ago I almost got into flying, I'd even taken my Discovery Flight and was all set to dive in. Then my wife-to-be put the kabosh on it saying it was too much money. Now money isn't so much an issue anymore and I'm all set once again to follow my dream of having my PPL. But, I've heard...

It may be selective memory on my part, but it seems these airplanes have been over represented among GA accidents lately. The story of this crash can be found here (and elsewhere) http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/8740196/article-Plane-crashes-in-Chapel-Hill?instance=homefirstleft

Is it normal to have throttles set to the maximum during cruise, in small aircraft? I always set them all the way forward because that seems to get the best speed, and the engine parameters still stay in the green areas, but I don't know if this is actually a good idea. Obviously it would be a bad...

I turn once again to you, the great internet gurus of aviation, for answers to the mysteries of the web... Yesterday NPR announced that only a third of internet users are connected at high speed, using either DSL or cable. This truly surprised me, and I'm absolutely amazed that so few people have...

I had always planned on getting my instrument rating- within the next year, probably. But last weekend I had a chat with someone who really got me thinking about it. This guy is a friend of a friend and is a retired 20,000 hour ATP. Retired in the 80s flying 707s and I forget what else. ...

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