The Seven Levels of Aviation (Satire) (and with apologies to Ken Rockwell, the Seven Levels of Photographers) Master: Level 7 (the highest level) The Master has a Vision in a tangible form called Flying. He and the aircraft are one. The Master is the aircraft and the aircraft is the Master. The...

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Can someone tell me if I am doing this right. I found this pdf document... http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/7772sec3.pdf using the chart on page 2 of the pdf file. Suppose you want to go 3000nm with a "Brake Release Gross Weight" of 480,000 lbs. Your "OEW Plus Payload" would...

Hello folks, I will be in Paris in about a fortnights time and was hoping that I could hire an aircraft to do some private flying. Somewhere to the north or northeast in preference. The license side I have already sorted out. I have found a few aeroclubs in the area which seem to be OK, but...

Just returned from 5 days in Key West, FL. For those who haven't flown there, I would highly recommend the experience. A mix of commercial flights, both heavy and light GA, and biplane sight seeing tours make KEYW a busy single runway airport, but everything was sequenced nicely. We had a few...

Our CAP unit is going to be receiving a new C-182 with a glass cockpit. In order to give us a taste of it a Cirrus owner came to our CAP meeting and showed us his wonderful aircraft (not the same PDF/MFD but close). I've heard from many sources that it takes about 10 hours to transition. In fact a...

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http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/ click on "emergency response to troubled plane" An arrow tried to bounce the plane on the runway to get the stuck landing gear to come down, but all it did was make the other three gear get stuck in the down position.

I just received the new biennial AOPA airport directory and noticed a lot of information is missing for airports. For example, a lot of signature FBO's don't exist although some do. Philadelphia Intl doesn't list its FBO (Atlantic Aviation) and the availability of fuel there. Likewise there is no...

If you had to do a bit of crystal ball gazing, what do you think the engines of the GA fleet will be drinking in 10-15 years time? The same avgas as today, just much more expensive? Jet-A in diesel engines? Something else?

My post ended up attached to a previous Key West thread, this is a repost. Just returned from 5 days in Key West, FL. For those who haven't flown there, I would highly recommend the experience. A mix of commercial flights, both heavy and light GA, and biplane sight seeing tours make KEYW a busy...

Just a word or two of caution, folks. Sound levels in SEL airplanes can exceed 90 dB A at the pilot's ear, and prolonged exposure to that level can lead to hearing loss. I stuff a couple of thousand bucks worth of electronics in each ear now, partly because I didn't use a headset in the airplane in...

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick_spa.php?site=DVN&map.x=121&map.y=125 (or http://tinyurl.com/39s8j5 if that URL wraps...) Does anyone else find it disturbing that the National Weather Service in the United States is paying out taxpayer money to a government employee to create a...

Ok... I'm opening a can of worms here.. I am frustrated and feeling a little miffed at the moment. I know that user fee's are the leading story right now with the alphabet groups but in the past few days, something on the back burner for a few years just got published.. The National Air Tour...

So where'd you take your honey? Or are you waiting for the weekend? Mary and I took today (our normal day off) to fly to the little town of Decorah, IA, to visit the Hotel Winneshiek. USA Today recently listed this property as one of the most romantic hotels in the Midwest -- and we simply had...

"Jay Honeck" wrote: Does anyone else find it disturbing that the National Weather Service in the United States is paying out taxpayer money to a government employee to create a foreign-language web page? You only now noticed aviation weather reports from the U.S....

What's it like to fly in and out of Aspen (KASE)? I've been flying in and out in simulation and it seems challenging. It makes me wonder what it must be like in real life. What are the most distinctive characteristics of the airfield? Is it as challenging to fly into or out of in real life as...

The March of Dimes is currently holding an online auction for an unbelievable opportunity - Especially for flying enthusiasts! This auction will allow someone to fly first class from their home, have dinner with top Continental and Boeing executives, stay at the Renaissance in Seattle, tour the...

Just curious if anyone reading this group has ever piloted an airship.

I would like to subscribe to weather on a gps, but only for the months I'm likely to be flying cross country. Does anyone know if I can subscribe, quit, resubscribe later, quit later, etc? tom