I'll be taking my first dual in a 1974 Cessna 210II this Sunday and I won't have access to a POH until then. If anyone could post the V-Speeds and typical traffic pattern speeds, I'd appreciate it so I can start a bit of studying in advance. Also, any words of wisdom about the plane would be...

I'm not a pilot, just your typical passenger. I don't fly United often, so I just discovered that they put the ATC on the inflight audio. I was totally fascinated and want to learn some more. Is there a website that has some basic ATC protocols? Not some huge reference manual, just the common...

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I recently ran across a nice batch at an auction of glass slides of fighter & bomber & recon aircraft from about 1947 to 1954. There could be nice 8x10s made from these. Please email me at for more information and a sample slide. Thanks

Hi all, I'm flying from New Jersey down to Florida in the 172 next week and would like to take my sister up for her first flight with me since the day I got my license way back when. I figured we'd grab lunch on-field somewhere, but my research (airnav and 100dollarhamburger) hasn't revealed much...

With all the reports now coming out about how close that Cessna came to getting smoked over Washington, it got me thinking. When the governor of Kentucky flew into D.C. in his King Air with a dead transponder, it caused all kinds of panic. Then the Cessna incident happened. If something like that...

I'm ready to buy a Lowrance Airmap 1000 for my xc flying and am wondering if there will be any deals at the actual EAA Airshow or whether I should just plop the money down now....Best price I've found is an impressive $499 -- Chris Schmelzer, MD Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG University of...

Ladies and gentlemen, I've been invited on a Canadian fishing trip and would like to fly myself and one passenger to Red Lake, Ontario. We leave June 16th. I am in the process of preliminary flight planning. I've browsed the AOPA website for info and called Canadian customs. This will be...

I'm curious ... What do you folks in the USA think the answer to the big "question" is, when it comes to things like security of the whitehouse? What's best ... (a) Increase the radius of the no-fly zones to give greater protection against faster aircraft?

This weekend is the Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy Show here in Iowa City (KIOW). On Saturday, for fly-in pilots ONLY, the organizers are giving away two certificates good for a free night in any of our aviation theme suites! When you fly in, go to the FBO and drop your name in the box. The drawings...

I need some strong way to protect from upstairs noises! Some idea? Thanks

My dad worked for 24 years at UAL-PDX. Laid him off in his 24th year, a year before he was eligible for full retirement. He was UAL-PDX employee of the year a couple of times, received all kinds of awards and bonuses...he received one award for not missing a day of work for something like...

I posted yesterday about my first solo, and planned to do some more uneventful circuits today but ended up having a postable experience once again. On final I noticed a bunch of white dots on the runway... seagulls. We had seen them congregating around the runway during runup and takeoff. My...

OK, guys... I'm making an official announcement. "Airplanes don't kill people!, people kill people!" This statement is hereby mine and none of you better use it without my concent! LOL. Monday I'm going to the T-shirt shop and ordering me 1000 units of various sizes. Let me know if anyone...

It's come out that the C150 was squawking VFR. Why on F*g earth would a pilot on a supposed suicide-bomb mission bother to have his damned transponder on, much less squawk 1200 while penetrating the ADIZ? Doesn't make sense. I believe I heard that the 9/11 hijackers knew enough to turn...

True to the rugged pioneer spirit of our great country, DC cowered for cover again as a Cessna violated the no-fly zone. Fighter jets were scrambled to deal with this imminent threat to the security of our nation.

"- Prof. Jonez=A9" wrote: Geoff Kent wrote: Oh dear, what a pathetic bunch of clowns you Yanks are. A single-engine Cessna flying somewhere between 3,000 & 7,000 feet accidentally strays into a "no-fly" zone & everyone starts crapping their pants. Bu$h and the neo-con repugs...

from the last avweb newsletter (copyright applies): ---snip DALEY'S CHICAGO WANTS F-16S, TOO While the Cessna 150 was "threatening" Washington, D.C., Chicago Mayor Richard Daley wasn't taking any chances. According to the Chicago CBS affiliate, emergency officials in Chicago were "put on notice"...

I was at a CFI safety meeting today and the subject of VOR service volumes came up. The AIM describes the Standard High Service Volume as providing positive course guidance at varying distances depending on your altitude--40nm at 1000ft., 100nm at 14,500ft, 130nm at 45,000ft, etc. If the VOR is a...

Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with name, ID, lat/long and elevation? I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is missing at least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the thought of trying to merge them into one. -- Jeff 'The...