We had a pilot and his wife with us at the hotel Sunday who was waiting for the wind to drop before departing for home. The winds were really howling here, gusting to over 30 knots, and they didn't want to do the "imitation popcorn popper" ride all the way home to Missouri. While they were...

2006 Cessna T182T. I'm pretty pleased with the results. Peak spread was 0.5 GPM. http://rides.webshots.com/album/561195471pFFcRh -- Dan T182T at BFM

This press release makes one wonder how hydrogen is superior to other aviation fuels. Do conventional aviation fuels become too viscous in the stratosphere's frigid -58 degree F ambient temperature? ----------------------------------- The Boeing Company...

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Per Aviation Week 22 Oct issue. XH558 made a 34 minute flight on Oct 18 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England, the goal of years of work by volunteers and contractors at the Vulcan Operating Co. XH558 is the first large restored military jet to achieve this milestone. Big John

There has been some recent discussion (and I use that word loosely) about the diffrerences between flying a real aircraft, an RC aircraft and the MS flight simulator or any simulator for that matter. One type of flying not brought up was what seems to be a hybrid of those, the unmanned drone such...

All satellites are rotating following their orbits, so you can estimate the best time in your area to have more satellites with more strength... http://personaltechinfo.googlepages.com/how_to_get_accurate_gps

How many civil airports in Europe are closed for ultralight aircrafts? If so, what's the common cause? Example NOTAM (EPKK): A3465/07 AD NOT AVBL FOR CIVIL ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT DUE TO LACK OF PARKING POSITIONS AND GROUND STAFF SHORTAGE. FROM: 30 APR 2007 09:09 TO: 30 OCT 2007 23:59 EST SCHEDULE:...

So I've decided to get myself some sort of traffic ability and have been leaning towards a Zaon MRX given the $.5 AMU cost. Then I see this on AvWeb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlRoVcOnFM4 Turns out the $1.7 AMU Zaon can now interface with the Garmin 496/396 by sending the traffic data in a...

The New and Enlightened Federal Aviation Administration of the Bush Administration has stated on many occasions they want to run more like a "Business" and be more receptive to the airlines and the airline business model. Really? OK IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT Customer: Hi. How much is your...

If you want to have better accuracy of GPS, you can even plan the time to do GPS data gathering. http://personaltechinfo.googlepages.com/how_to_get_accurate_gps

We did a beautiful leaf-peeping flight up the Mississippi River to LaCrosse, WI (KLSE) today. Our recent spate of high winds and heavy rains had torn many of the leaves down before they could reach their prime, but tbe golds and reds along the bluffs that line the shoreline were still...

If the shoe fits ... http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/982-full.html#196431 Sioux City, Iowa has decided to make the best of its ICAO moniker, SUX, rather than change it. The airport’s new slogan FlySUX, is the centerpiece of a new marketing campaign. The FAA offered...

Overheard the telecom guys chatter today about "foo fighters" and how "back in the day" pilots used to report them all the time, etc. I mentioned that I'd never seen anything strange or met anybody who claimed to have, but I've only been flying since '91. So, by request, I'm passing the...

I saw the following poll at Doug Reeve's "Van's Airforce" and was mildly surprised to see almost 70% first logged time under the age of 30 (at least at the time I last looked): http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=22591 So I wonder how many of you I can get to (reasonably)...

Does The Airline Industry Possess Undue Influence Over Our Government? NASA FACES CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY OVER PILOT SAFETY SURVEY (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/984-full.html#196450) NASA got into hot water over the weekend when The Associated Press reported ...

Robert A. Sturgell, Acting Administrator Reactions to Bobby Sturgell at FAA Admin GROUPS AVOID "U" WORD IN STURGELL REACTION (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/984-full.html#196452) The White House announcement that Robert Sturgell will be nominated as the next...

From today's AvWeb: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/984-full.html#196454 Midair Drama Unfolds in Tower Tape Audio "The first call from the Saratoga pilot comes about 2:15 on the audio file, but listen to the whole thing to get a feel for what the controller was up against in...

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Is this new change TFR wording the result of our new Administrator who, unlike the previous one, holds an airmens certificate? While I believe those airmen who fail to get a briefing immediately before departing, or who fail to concern themselves with current airspace information published on...