The Jeppesen CFI manual is $71. The ASA is $25. That's practically an hour of flying time, but I'm a little disappointed with the ASA 2007 FAR/AIM. For commercial pilots, for example, the ASA book's suggested reading includes Part 121 but doesn't actually include it. Does anybody know if the...

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Hi all, I'm going to be in KBUF this weekend, and was contemplating giving my passengers a brief aerial tour of the Falls. Are there any special considerations? I'm new to that area, so a word of experience would be very welcome! Thanks!! Andrey

Here is the response I received from Mr. Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation (the chief proponent for ATC privatization, and user fees): On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:56:21 -0400, "Bob Poole" wrote 021a01c7a497$b0e45740$8d01a8c0@IBM51B8A3EC99C: Dear Larry, There was nothing new in...

I am a fractional owner of a pair of very nice Skylanes at Springbank airport in Calgary (CYBW) and fly here and there, mostly just around Alberta but occasionally on vacation - usually over the mountains to the wet coast -(i.e. Vancouver island) - about 50 hrs /yr. Great operation. Great...

I would also agree that going from a C182 to am SR20 would be a downgrade. The SR20 is much more comparable to a C172 with the exception of speed. As far as utility goes, the C182 is unbeatable in that class. Look at weight, weight & balance issues, short field take off and landing distances,...

Only flew for 1.9 (eventful) hours. After we landed, the examiner said "Well, the problem with this airplane is that you can't do a landing gear failure. In most planes, you can disable the landing gear and make the pilot manage that extra stress and workload while setting up to land." So I...

Hey Guys. So my dad is flying out at the end of July. He is a commercial rated pilot who has not been behind the yoke of an aircraft in nearly thirty years (I'm 25... he quit flying when he moved from TX to DC a few years before I was born). We've decided we're going to have a good old...

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Doesn't it bother you Columbia fanatics that the manufacturer designed the landing gear to be fixed? Here's a pricey high-end aircraft where most of the design decisions favored speed and range, then they compromised the aerodynamics of it by using fixed landing gear. Columbia is claiming their...

Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi but refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-06-14/news/snake-on-a-plane/ Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but killing...

Is there a good correlation between the appearance of rain in a developing CB and the point at which the storm reaches its peak? I'm familiar with the standard three stage picture of thunderstorm development, and the fact that if significant winds are present a storm can keep building despite...

Does anyone have any idea of rental rates for a non-turbocharged 210 and/ or a straight leg 182? I'm in Socal, so any rates from there would really be useful.

Maybe I'm misreading this, but it looks to me like Oregon requires any general aviation pilot who flies into or through Oregon must then register with the Oregon Department of Aviation within 60 days. Unless they have some other meaning for "operating"? Likewise, in all the material I've ever...

http://www.ionaircraft.com/update.html ION Aircraft update. Some quick takes: 1. Nose gear is a "for now" deal. 2. Wheel pants ...when there's time. 3. Wings (et al) will be painted before OSH. Decision made. 4. Ask me about the canopy! Fun. Fun. Fun. (More later tonight) 5. Jabiru 3300...

Lately I have modified my flying methods in the sim in ways that seem to produce better results, but I don't know if I'm learning to do things correctly or simply acquiring bad habits. I want to make sure that I don't "cheat" too much when flying. For example, lately I've had a tendency to adjust...

Since I use a non-aviation GPS when I fly, I only have airports and not VORs in the Garmin database of streets and places. So I put together this .gpx file (GPS eXchange format) which can be imported into GPS Applications and downloaded into the GPS. I also included a comma delimited text file of...

I'd like a consensus opinion from the newsgroup denizens who use any of the popular "fuel pricing" websites as to the one that they find the most accurate. My personal favorite over the last few years has been Airnav, but I'm willing to be persuaded that there is better. Reason being, about...

Anyone have anything to share (rumors, non-public info, or predictions) on what the "new" Bendix King will be? For those who are not aware, they have a full page ad in AOPA Pilot (June 2007 issue) on page 63 on this announcement scheduled for Oshkosh. IMO, they have a whole lot of catching up...

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