Please take a few minutes and complete the questionaire at http://www.airventure.org/atc/ Understanding Air Traffic Control at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh The information presented here was created by veteran Oshkosh Air Traffic Controllers to give you - the pilot - a better understanding of the...

The Bay Area is plagued by small plane noise. I can't go outside without hearing the droneing sound. From afar, it is like some sort of low frequency noise, as the plane gets closer, it is very irritating. The FAA should regulate the noise levels of these planes before they become a real nusance,...

I know someone some time ago was looking for the complete set of DVDs from the series "From the Ground Up." I didn't know until recently that the EEA was one of the producers of this show. I looked on their website and, by gum, there it is. If the person who was looking for this is still on this...

Twice in the past I've made X-C *almost* coast-to-coast: EDW-VPS in a Mooney in '78, and LFI-ABQ in a C-172 in '04. Going the full distance, ocean to ocean, became a goal I hoped to achieve one day. My wife came to share the vision and we started plotting and planning the trip to fly from...

I have a printed and bound copy of the Lincoln Lab Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 2006, about 160 glossy color pages devoted primarily to Lincoln Lab activities related to ATC (primarily weather and separation issues). Description of the issue should be on line at ...

Hi! I might be flying to Paris with my son next week. Never landed near Paris to go to town (flown past a few times) so I'm not really familiar with the airports there. Which one is the typical GA one? I need AVGAS, and it would be nice if it's easy to get to downtown Paris. Thanks for any tips!

First article covers small plane that SLAMMED into a house in Austriala. Second covers drone that SLAMMED into a hillside near some homes. Seems that slamming is spreading to other countries and newer forms of aviation. Should be really interesting when the VLJs get in on the...

Aug 5, 2006. Banner plane loses power off Hyannnis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts and ditches in the water. Although beachgoers and witnesses were stunned, the pilot swam away unscathed. The Champion was later recovered from the water. Picture as the plane hit the water: ...

I believe this fellow is back on the east coast somewhere. If anybody knows him, would you please have him get in touch with me by email at All the addys I have for him are 404. Jim

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Had this happen on Sunday up in Ontario. We were flying into Muskoka (a non-towered field) in the Pilatus and were "cleared" in by Canadian FSS. (We were IFR but in good VMC wx) We enter on the right downwind to Rwy 18 and hear another acft on freq - apparently he's NE of the field entering on the...

I'm prejudiced. Of course I'm prejudiced. In 5000+ flight hours, I've never come as close to a midair as I did at Oshkosh 1999. Oshkosh Tower: "BlueOnBlue Cessna, number three for runway 27. Ercoupe put it on the numbers. Flight of three T6s, cross over runway 27, right downwind for runway...

well, after much deliberation, I called Phil from Quiet Technologies and ordered a set of his "Halo" headset -- it was my birthday and I felt like spending some money on myself, I mean, besides the money I spend on flying :-). He said I should get it soon, and I'll post a PIREP here if anyone...

There is a fly in at Valle Grand Canyon airport on the 2nd and 3rd of Sept. I was just there. It is a nice airport with a car and airplane museum. They let me have a courtesy car and were very helpful. I would highly recommend stopping for fuel or just someplace to fly to. They also have within...

Maybe I missed it, but all of the previous posts about OSH '06 (including my own) have been about the problems encountered en route to and from the Big Show. In all the controversy, the show itself has been barely mentioned! Time to rectify this: The Big Bombers The purported theme of the...

For those of you who have XM weather integrated with your GPS. Do you use the weather information to paint a big picture of what's going on around you. I.E. "If I fly 50 miles thataway, it looks like I'll be able to circumvent this line of storms." Or, do you us it on a more detailed level....

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I was out flying around western New York yesterday, listening to 122.7 which is used for a lot of local airports as a CTAF. As usual, I could also hear some airports in southern Ontario. But then I heard something weird - a couple of guys with thick Pakistani accents were on the frequency, and it...

A Boyer acolyte makes the following statement publicly (regarding user fees): "That is why it's vital that we ensure airports get the funding they need to maintain safety and generate revenue." They need to "get funding" to "generate revenue." LOL. Sounds like when Democrats talk about...

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