I walked outside on Saturday while the toast was cooking and glanced upward at the most oppressive sight in days. eight eights blue sky is a common term but doesnt convey the oppressive nature of all that blue. ...truely it was an impressive eleven elevenths blue sky that day. "Hmmm, got to make...

Got floats on that single? Floats on the hotel?

Hi all - I'm looking for a recommendation. I'm flying from Palo Alto down to Taft-Kern (L17), and then taking a day to fly back (in a 'gutless Cutlass'). I'd like to detour to somewhere in the Sierra to make the trip back more interesting, so I am looking for a recommendation of somewhere to fly...

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Do YOU have one? Do you rehearse it or practice it while the pressure is off? If not, why not? What do you use for immediate action and why?

2 1/2 hour flight compressed into 9.41 short minutes. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1943L/history/20080613/1210Z/KMBO/KMBO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWvAl9EAuY Video includes instrumentation visuals and text overlays of what I am looking for. Enroute visuals including touching some...

Sign Up to Receive NASA Flight Safety Newsletter E-mail, Surrender Your Privacy Hey, at first glance it looks like NASA/ASRS are moving into the 21st century by distributing their newsletter via e-mail: ASRS CALLBACK GOES ONLINE ...

One fatality: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS11/80618015/-1/rss01

http://se.cessna.com/cessna400/ -- Duncan

Conflicting news reports about the fatalities - the Beeb (http:// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7447243.stm) reports 28, the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/11/sudan.jordan) says 120! Looks like something akin to a ground loop occurred... Ramapriya

The Steve Fossett Airmans Search Project Yah know, it seems a pitiful thing indeed, that the great fraternity of his fellow airman have been unsuccessful in their search for their intrepid fellow, Steve Fossett. Initially those in authority directed the search and rescue operations immediately...

Having followed the discussions here on the SPOT messenger (findmespot.com) I just bought one -- andhope never to need it of course. While far from perfect, it seems like a very good aid should search and rescue be needed. A few observations: I had thought I might use it in OK mode to report my...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php/topic,4618.0.html After reading and listening to the ATC clip posted about this incident, especially regarding picking up the weather on the pilot's iPhone, a question just came to mind. With the new iPhone...

Air Carriers and Biz-jets Target GA Recreational Fliers The airline industry is terrified. They've got more aircraft than they know what to do with, and even more on order. Passengers are unhappy with the airline travel experience, and their numbers threaten to dwindle as a result. High revenue...

The traditional proud owner pictures are now up on my LiveJournal, at http://jmaynard.livejournal.com/336749.html . -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's...

"Pentagon Wants Kill Switch for Planes" By Noah Shachtman "The Pentagon's non-lethal weapons division is looking for technologies that could "disable" aircraft, before they can take off from a runway -- or block the planes from flying over a given city of stretch of land. it would like...

http://www.iconaircraft.com/index.html Wow, that looks like a lot of fun! -c

ATC Staffing Crisis Averted By High Fuel Prices Well, it looks as though the current record increase in fuel prices, due to petroleum being used as a safe haven against US$ inflationary pressure by financial investors and speculators, has a silver lining. Now there is no longer a need for the FAA,...

On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:39:00 -0700, Terence Wilson wrote in : Here in the San Francisco Bay Area we've had coastal clouds in the mornings with ceilings in the 1000-2000 range recently, 10-20 miles west of Oakland the clouds dissipate...

Here in Iowa City. One person -- the child being transported for medical care -- perished. Read more he http://tinyurl.com/6dxct8 It's too soon to say for sure, but it appears the pilot attempted to depart into stormy weather, apparently with a gusty tail wind. It rained extremely hard...