rather than hijack a perfectly good arcane science thread; i'll start a new one 'cause the core question is a darn good one. hypothetical situation: you're a blue sky vfr flyer and somehow you wind up in the soup - after having gone 2 hours and 200 miles from your take-off point , you wake up from...

UPDATED VERSION. Even if you read this before, you should read it again since I UPDATED it with more EXPLOSIVE DETAILS about these UNDERCOVER FBI and NSA PSYCHOPATHS. FBI PUSSIES went and INTERROGATED a 14 yr old WHITE girl pulling her from her classroom in california for posting a picture with...

http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2931503E They were returning to Ankeny, IA, after a day business trip. Reports of engine trouble preceded the crash. Very sad. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993

In an attempt to get the board back on track with aviation subjects...Of late I have been doing curriculum directed training for soft and short field ops. What strikes me is the absolute limited thinking on the subject as far as the books and available study courses. For example...... What is a...

In my opinion the use of the term "Full Stall Landing" is a misnomer. At least for me the term "Extreme Slow Flight Landing" would be better. I don't put the wings into a full stall before touch down when I land as slow as possible. I put the airplane on the edge of the stall and fly it to...

Hey guys, I'm sure this has been discussed in this forum before, but a rather detailed google search back didn't come up with anything concrete, and I have been wondering about it. All of the recent discussion of take-offs has had me wondering - how do you do it? There are 3 "official"...

Is it just me, or is there a full moon out or something?!?! Between RADICALLY wild posts about gay marriage and nuking the Middle East, and Belfort Instruments guy with more idiot posts in the last few days than usual, I think there must be full moon out, and everyone is going looney. Maybe...

Must admit I could never get too excited about the Cherokee 140s that EAA used to offer as a sweepstakes prize, but the brand new Husky up for grabs this year is damn nice airplane! http://www.airventure.org/2006/events/sweepstakes.html

I guess it was a one-off, but who would have thunk it? Sam's Club selling an aircraft. http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?catg=7822 in case the long one doesn't work..... http://makeashorterlink.com/?K69E2303E Randy

Hey guys, I'm sure this has been discussed in this forum before, but a rather detailed google search back didn't come up with anything concrete, and I have been wondering about it. All of the recent discussion of take-offs has had me wondering - how do you do it? There are 3 "official"...

Has anyone out there been able to get their aviation medical with a previous diagnosis for ADD or ADHD? What did you have to go through to get it? Thanks for sharing your experience!

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Is there any harm in taking off at a relatively high speed and very gently? There seems to be plenty of runway in most cases for small aircraft. If I leave the ground at 120 kts instead of the normal rotation speed, I find that I can lift off ever so gently. Plus I have lots of airspeed if...

Why in the world would anyone want to fly to Centerville, IA (KTVK)? We have lived in Iowa for nine years, and had never found any reason to fly there, even though it was less than an hour away by air. Sitting down near the Missouri border, we had never heard *anything* about the place, good or...

This is really cute. You have to watch it all to get the aviation content, but it's only a 3 minute animation. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs -Aviv

A Lancair was involved in a fatal accident near Dalton, GA yesterday. It crashed in the median of a divided 4 lane highway. The airplane had engine problems and had time to radio distress calls. Depending on the news source, it appears that there might have been as much as 10 to 20 minutes...

Since it is possible to fly without voice radio equipment, and given that (if I understand correctly) pilots are supposed to have their altimeters set correctly to a reference located not more than 100 miles from their position, how does an aircraft without a radio keep its altimeter properly set...

Hi all, While at the AOPA expo last Saturday, I wandered by Parkwest's booth. My significant other and I are intrigued by the "Grand Expedition" tour and seriously considering it for next summer. It is pricey, but not terribly out of line. Anybody here have any experience with the scheme and...

Rather than post the same thing twice to two different groups, you may want to consider just putting both groups in the single post. -Robert Ol Shy & Bashful wrote: I'm kind of distressed that many CFI's are so short sighted (or is it lack of experience?) that they assume a short field...

Hi all, While at the AOPA expo last Saturday, I wandered by Parkwest's booth. My significant other and I are intrigued by the "Grand Expedition" tour and seriously considering it for next summer. It is pricey, but not terribly out of line. Anybody here have any experience with the scheme and in...