If I ever meet a hotshot pilot in real life they would not walk away from the experience. I keep a bayonnet around for idiots like that who bomb innocent people for their own egos. Except for the lower halfs of the hot black ones. Labia Veteran

Does anyone have a suggestion on what material to hand out to someone questioning me about flying? I'm not saying it happens often, but while I'm working in my garage on my homebuilt someone wanders in and asks questions about flying and building. I'm not much of an explainer so I thought it...

Look at the link for a picture of my manual aviation computer. It has two different places to put in pressure altitude and temp to get density altitude and convert airspeeds. Can anyone explain the correct use of these two similar functions? http://flickr.com/photos/26467772@N05/2508589733/

Since all I get now is flakes that don't want to even split 1/2 the fuel on a flight together and do not want to help with General Maint when using MY plane for their solo personal use and leave the tanks near empty when they park it I regret to inform all that the ride share in my plane is no...

New materials and technology push the frontiers of flight ever further. All it takes is a sponsor with $285,000.00 to spare and a courageous airman. What's next, a two-place? :-) (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1121-full.html#197892) Yves Rossy, 48, again made...

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64357 4 Black robes over rule 6 million voters That is ****ed up Thomas Jefferson is spinning in his grave America=Rome=Destruction Soon

A new survey shows customer satisfaction with the airline industry dropping to near historic lows, with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines ranked fourth out of the seven biggest U.S. airlines. The survey being released Tuesday by the University of Michigan found customers giving airlines the worst...

It used to be that when we were assigned an en route altitude we held it, plus or minus a needle width or so -- husbands trained as engineers are apt to be a little compulsive about things like that. Well, we had a long discussion with another pilot who had different advice. He suggested, since we...

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Is it better (in a small GA aircraft) to maintain altitude using minor changes in pitch and trim alone, or using both pitch/trim and throttle adjustments? I'm asking just about maintaining altitude once there, not climbing or descending to an altitude.

From AP article this morning: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a Boston hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. ...On Saturday, Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex said a 911 call came in ...

Last night on The Tonight Show, Cindy McCain mentioned that she would be doing a lot of flying as part of husband John McCain's 1982 Congressional campaign, so she attended flight ground school in an attempt to overcome her fear of flying. She said she then received flight training, and earned her...

So three (of our original six) members are continuing down the road to finding an old, LSA-compliant airplane. The other three dropped out because they didn't like the notion of a "family membership" that would allow multiple pilots on a single club membership. (Not surprisingly, those were...

Anyone here seen that picture of the Beech 18 with 13 jumpers outside hanging on or sitting on top of the fuselage? They started out at 14,500' and when they were all outside, the flight continued for at least a minute and a half while the photos were taken. I was prompted to post this in response...

Can a person take pictures of properties from a private airplane and charge for doing it? What kind of license or permits do they need to do this? Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

Knocked out a couple of approaches today in IMC conditions. Was cut short due to a vacuum system problem (note, not the pump). Ceilings 1500 at KJAN and 1400 on my approach into KMBO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvDb3mCAf8 Just after entering the clouds, saw my attitude indicator show...

I have a Pilot Avionics PA400-3BL that needs to have the cable replaced. Anyone have a suggestion on where to buy a replacement cable or where to send it for repairs? Unless I overlooked it, their website doesn't list any replacement parts or a repair service. Thanks, John

I am looking for a GPS instrument approach at an airport in the USA where the airport buildings are closer to the runway than required by TERPS(?). Operational restrictions due to buildings are fine. Ron Lee

Somebody at or.politics posted this. 20 minutes well-spent! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1056703518162002454&q=&hl=un

Here's a learning opportunity involving the effects of hangars on crosswind correction, as well as soft-field operations. I used to rent this aircraft and noticed that it disappeared from the flight line last summer. " 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation... Aircraft: Cessna 172M, registration:...