http://alexisparkinn.com/2006_madeline_island.htm Finally got 'round to putting together these pix from our flight to Madeline Island in June. What a great place to visit -- and what a fantastic use for an airplane! I wish I could show these photos to every pilot-wannabee in the U.S. GA would be...

I passed my checkride two months ago and now rent aircraft from my flight school. Can anybody give me the FL20 overview of the insurance I should be carrying and why I'll need it? Father of three, husband of one, self employed. :~) Thoughts?

Back from Africa, where I was a secular missionary in the Kayon Ghozi's leprosary (Burundi) because of health reasons, I wrote these lucky Flashes of mine, which got a resounding success ,on Turin's HOLY SHROUD. Prof. Harry Gove,which made the Holy Shroud date back to the middle-ages in 1988 by...

pardon my ignorance... Is a rolls-royce O-200 the same as a continental O-200? I mean specifically same overhaul times, same parts, same maintence, etc? I'm interested in a homebuilt with one but don't want to get into some orphan engine. Thanks, Ryan in Madison

Hello All, Has anyone here flown into aspen lately in a single? A few years back, when the landing fee was $5, if you landed there and taxied to the end and took off again without going to the FBO, you did not get dinged for the landing fee (which is $9 now). Is that still true?

I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have been so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's appointment (with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in the same day and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I showed up. Long...

Around our flight school there seems to be dissention as to whether a student pilot, post solo, can log pic time when there is no CFI in the airplane. It looks like the FAR says they can as they are the sole manipulator. What is the group consensus??

Here is something that I have always wondered about, but have yet to hear a good explanation for. Vx is the best angle of climb speed for an aircraft. Vy is the best rate of climb for an aircraft. I can't seem to visualize why Vx is not the best rate of climb. To my feeble way of thinking, Vx -...

For what it is worth, I just received the following notice: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APA 35 October 1, 2004 Contact: Greg Martin or Tony Molinaro

What's the highest altitude that you ever saw a bird swoop past your plane? The other day I was flying at 5000' MSL, over land that was mostly about 1000' (so 4000' AGL) and saw a flock of birds, hawks of some sort I think, one of which came close enough to make me quite nervous (although from...

After constantly struggling with a heavy nose in several aircraft it occurred to me that having a fat pilot in front and nothing else was moving the CG forward. I put some weight in back and moved the CG further back over the wings, and handling improved greatly. Is there a way (other than...

As of this morning Ron Natalie is an instrument rated pilot!! I guess all those impromptu extra vacation days due to haze are over :-). This is great! Margy

Does anyone know where I can get the raw data that is used by flight tracking sites like flightaware? I don't need the radar tracks, just the flight plans. Thanks, rg

Another price drop at our local airport. Now at $2.70/gal. -- Regards, Ross C-172F 180HP KSWI

Hello I am looking at Mooney 201 airplanes, due to their performance and good fuel consumption, and had a few questions. 1) Which model year is more desirable than other years (SB's, ADs, etc reasons...) ? 2) Which year did the tan colored panel come out? Can an older 201 be retrofitted with...

An airplane lands on a conveyor belt that's moving at a constant speed of Vref (a) in the direction of the airplane's landing (b) in the opposite direction of the airplane's landing What do you suppose will happen? (b) will be rather more dicey than (a), methinks. Presume a healthy long runway...

This accident was posted on the newsgroups right after it happened. Now published on the NTSB website, which gives us more info than the 6pm news. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family left behind, but with that said.....How can you throw everything you learned in Flight Training about...

Winning bid to build 10 T hangars at the Geneva, AL airport: $494,266.00 by Webb Builders, Millbrook, AL

Don't know if anyone saw this but it is tragic. One Pilot killed. http://www.clipsyndicate.com/clipsyndicate/play_video_embed.php?clip_id=93797 Here's what little I found on the story. http://www.aerospacenews.com/content/view/347/1/

I am a 700 hour plus private pilot who would like to build my taildragger time in either a champ or J3 or similar aircraft. I am looking for someplace in ohio, preferebly north half of ohio as I live in Mansfield, to rent an aircraft. I would be happy to rent from a private owner also. I have...