Am I reading this graph incorrectly? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Dallas52/Dallas/RangeProfileChart.jpg At the 45% power setting, the best range for a Cessna 150M would be achieved by flying anywhere from sea level to a maximum of 1,800 feet? At 75% power the gain is about 2.5 NM...

"(CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2 HD has learned the Federal Aviation Administration is experiencing computer problems in departure planning, forcing numerous departure delays at airports nationwide. Airports are apparently being forced to manually plug in flight information in order for planes to depart....

How does one land a rocket ship like the lunar lander on top of the Empire State Building? What techniques do you use to slow your descent and land on top of the antenna? I don't care about any notams, but I suspect they won't apply to landing a rocket ship. I actually don't care about your...

http://tinyurl.com/2kb22d Click on the center picture and use the site's zoom feature.

I see on the CNN Web page not one but two reports of GA plane crashes. General Aviation isn't inherently dangerous, so the large number of crashes can only mean that there are lots of bad pilots and poorly-maintained aircraft out there. And the accidents that occur as a result are ruining...

Lockheed Penalized $3 Million Under U.S. Pilot-Service Contract c.2007 Bloomberg News By John Hughes June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. had $3 million withheld last quarter for poor performance under a U.S. contract to provide preflight briefings to small-plane pilots, the Federal...

Interesting response but not unexpected When reverse racist facts in the FAA and Government are exposed the first thing any minority (Those who suck off the Guvment) speaks of is something about the.... 1. Klan 2. Nazi's 3. Hooded Sheets 4. Trailer Parks

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/fashion/26pilot.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I was flying out of VGT last month (North Las Vegas) heading back to SLC in an Aztec after a great round of Golf. After getting VFR clearance from ground to MMM (Mormon Mesa Vortac) which is ENE of Vegas. Cleared for takeoff and given a heading from the tower, then handed off to Nellis aproach. ...

For those of us mountain pilots/instructors: http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/06/05/helena/00aa.txt.txt A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the Mountains" had died in a...

Pangborn airport in Wenatchee, Washington is named after Clyde Pangborn, but bears the identifier (EAT). Anyone know why that identifier, or was it just random? Pangborn landed on his famous trip at another airport (Fancher Field) so that can't have anything to do with it (i.e. Fancher owning...

There are still a few seats available in the June 16 Colorado Pilots Association Mountain Flying Ground school. This is usually a small, more intimate course with 20-25 participants. Please see below. Bill Standerfer and Jer/ Eberhard are teaching the June 16 course. There are still a few...

Any of you usenet folks in the Bay Area? I will be in the Bay Area Sunday morning at about 10 am till Tuesday About a 3-4am is my estimated Departure to Hawaii out of Hayward...., Look me up Five, Zero, Three, Four, Seven, Five, Three, Three, Four, Seven lets have a brew!!!!!

Flew round trip from Troutdale, OR to Coeur d'Alene Idaho last night in a PA-28R and hit a weather system that was reported to be much further south. The weather brief mentioned isolated thunderstorms that would dissipate after sunset. To make a long story short, the weather turned ugly and...

Today's AvWeb had the story of a DC-4 (Carvair) crash in Alaska. What is it? Off to Google... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/06/ap3794939.html Crash story http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0094415

Over a month ago Ms Maniac X was KILLFILED by me. For me, thread volume has dropped to a readable level once again - with him (somewhat) gone. I am truely amazed at how many quotes I see where people still reply to his posts! Oh well. Unfortunately, in M$ OE 6.0, I can not block "message...

This from the April '07 edition of "NTSB Reporter": "The good news: the number of GA accidents in 2006 declined to 1,515 from the 1,669 accidente in 2005. The bad news: The NTSB reports that part of the decline was due to the steady decrease in the amount of GA activity. Since 1990, says the...

FAA SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE The FAA provides Depicted Special Use Airspace (SUA) and Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) data that may not be complete. Pilots should use this information for planning purposes only. For the latest SUA information, call your local Flight...

Okay, since no one seems to be flying much, we might as well talk about something truly important...like beer. Mary just picked up a 6-pack of "Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat" ale from the store. Why? Well, because it has a biplane on the container, of course! (Gotta love her taste in beer......

It might be in the story, or the link, but I missed it when I did a quick scan. It looks like a single seater. http://www.avweb.com/newspics/ENFICA-FC_airplane.jpg What type of plane is this? ....besides "a fuel cell airplane!" ...