This is a really, REALLY long post, but it contains PIREPS on: - 2006 Cherokee Pilots Association Fly-In in Osage Beach, Missouri - Amelia Earhart Museum in Atchison, Kansas - New Abraham Lincoln Center, in Springfield, Illinois - Cedar Point Amusement Park (Roller Coasters!), in Sandusky, Ohio -...

Boing747 over-runs Landing-strip. I believe this happened in China. The wet runway and the probably over-speeded 747 produced this dramatic crash: http://www.jumpingpixels.com/boing747.html

My son is 15. He'll be turning 16 in August, and starting his Junior year of high school. He's been flying since he can remember, and has many hours in the right seat. (He's got over 1500 hours as a passenger with Mary and me.) His first dozen or so hours behind the yoke were "IFR" -- because he...

I'm going to update my 15 yr old SoftComm mono headphones and would appreciate opinions and reasons on choice of replacement. I don't fly many hours a year or particularly long distances (3hr max) so I'm leaning towards the David Clark H10-60 or H10-13.4. The only difference appears to be weight...

If you float in above the threshold a fair bit higher than Vref, is it acceptable technique to chance the reverser to preclude landing too far down the runway? Thanks in advance, Ramapriya

Hi! I`m considering to buy a Columbia 400 for private and business purposes. The aircraft will be N-registered, although operated in Germany (which is legally possibly using a trust i.e.). As I`m planning to earn my Commercial certificate, I was wondering whether there were any FARs which prevent...

There are actually TWO party announcements here -- one held in Oshkosh (KOSH), and one in Iowa City (KIOW). Both parties are free to all pilots and aviation enthusiasts...so read on! The **4th Annual Rec.Aviation Oshkosh Party** will be held on Wednesday evening, after the daily air show, at our...

I understand that mode S transponders have unique identifiers, thus eliminating the need for beacon "codes" as we use them today. Is that right? Do people flying with mode S today still need to use beacon codes for compatibility reasons? TIS travels via the mode S data link. TIS-B uses ADS-B's...

Please understand that I am a geezer, and getting crotchety in my old age. I have Summit Aviation's CD-ROM that includes just about every piece of paper issued by the FAA...regulations, AIM, PTS, ACs, etc etc etc. I have searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. My Webster's Ninth had...

Hey, all, I'm having a problem. Before the winter weather grounded me for a couple of months, I was nailing Pylon 8s (for the commercial test) almost from the moment they were demonstrated to me. Now I've got everything else down, but the easiest *$@#^&! manuever of them all for me is suddenly...

I arrived at KTZR/Bolton Field/Columbus OH at 0930 this morning for what I was told would be a 1000-1030 arrival of the donated FedEx 727. By 1125, I could no longer wait (had to go pick up my son from summer school at 1145). As I was leaving the airport boundaries, I heard the crew call inbound...

As we were preparing to depart the Quad Cities Air Show yesterday (an outstanding show, BTW, with the Blue Angels and perfect spring weather), I became aware of a Piper Warrior having difficulty a few aircraft down from us. All transient aircraft had been parked in the grass off the parallel...

This has been a recurring topic with no clear answers. I say, hoof it over to the hilton. They have wireless for their guests. There is no sign on page, but I have no idea what their range is. John

Recently declassified guncamera footage from Allied aircraft in the European Theater during WWII. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=75277905547951258 AJ

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060620/us_nm/airlines_southwest_runway_dc Excerpts: "Veteran Capt. Bruce Sutherland and first officer Steven Oliver decided to bring the Boeing 737 down on December 8 despite snow, conflicting reports on runway conditions, and their initial indecision about using the...

My wife was watching a BBC show about a guy auctioning off possessions to buy flying lessons. At the end of the show there are clips of him sitting in the right seat during instruction. Is the right seat the PIC seat in British GA aircraft just as it is in autos? Or what's the deal?

Does anyone still have the url for that radar recording of the Fedex flow approaching Memphis with storms around? I've misplaced it, and now would like to forward it to a friend. Thanks for your help.

With Europe developing it's own Galileo "GPS" system, I was wondering how common GPS usage is in Europe in small General Aviation aircraft? Also, how common is it with the Commercial Carriers? How common are GPS approaches? Are the GPS approaches scheduled to become Galileo approaches?

Airplane Taxies Into Car: Video Footage A airshow pilot's worst nightmare happens when he taxies this classic World War II tail-dragger right into a parked car. http://www.jumpingpixels.com/airplane.html

A Steep Landing with serious consequences, as seen he http://www.jumpingpixels.com/landing.html