"Cessna approaching airfield from the East, are you a Skymaster?" "Uh, not yet, I am still a student pilot"

How serious is it on small twin engines with only one door? Or with 2 doors, for that matter? A friend of mine tells me that he once had a twin engine Piper crash to investigate due to ditching. It was later learned upon the conclusion of the investigation that a passenger in the back seat was...

What is the name of that form my buddy needs to use to 'fess up to an event and get a free pass for beind a bad boy?

http://airscooter.com I am sure you have seen this Air Scooter flying machine. But last year they said it would go on sale in 2005 and now it is 2006. Is this thing turning into another Mollar Sky Car farce? Also, the email address is not valid any longer. Does this sound fishy...

A Quicktime movie teaser for MIAMI VICE has a clip of an Adam 500 chasing a King Air 200.

How do the rest of you deal with careless linemen? The kind who scratch your airplane or chip the paint because they are either careless or have not been properly trained on how to avoid damaging aircraft when refueling 'em. Case in point - this afternoon I stopped by the airport to prep for a...

Those morons have a $150 hold on the account! While this isn't a big deal in this case, BEWARE if you use a debit card with a credit card logo! A couple of stops like this on a decently long trip could tie up quite a bit of money! A bit off topic, but this is a HUGE issue in the lodging...

Does anyone have a handy operation manual to check out either Aeronca 7AC Champ or J3 Cub's V speed? Thank you very much. Shin

If I add a rating to my CFI certificate within 3 months of my expiration date, will the FAA automatically honor my original expiration date? Has anyone had experience with this? -Robert

The ACRP (Airport Cooperative Research Program), which I'm sure many of you are familiar with, has an RFP out to create a guidebook for managing GA airports. (As you know, Skylune has long contended that many GA airports are mismanaged, or try to operate in a bunker mentality -- ignoring...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...053100399.html Patient Dies After Helicopter Crash in NW D.C. By Martin Weil and Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 31, 2006; 6:24 AM A critically ill patient aboard a medical helicopter that crashed yesterday near the...

Consider this scenario; Using FAA (USA) regulations. A passenger wins a raffle prize or makes a donation to a charity, school fund-raiser etc to win something. The winning item is an airplane ride. The airplane ride is flown by a private pilot, who pays the expense for the plane (rental, fuel,...

I'm thinking about doing the Sea Wings program for my next BFR. I don't see any safety seminars being offered in the Sacramento area. I'm looking at http://www.faasafety.gov . Am I in the wrong place or are there no more in Sacamento? -Robert

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To those of you who have reserved a seat for Bill Fox's talk about his years working as a project manager at the Lockheed Skunk Works during the development of the SR-71 Blackbird (7 PM tomorrow -- Tuesday -- night), please arrive around 6:30 PM. Seating is limited and by reservation only, so...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/big_kids_toy_show_'06.htm Putting this thing together was an awful lot of work, but it all came together rather well, thanks to PERFECT weather, cool toys, and cheap, good food! There's a neat video of my daughter Becca and me riding in a 1929 Travel Air biplane (it's...

The one thing that caught my attention (okay, TWO things) besides how solidly the pilot plunked the plane onto the runway (evidenced by wing flexing) was that only the inboard engines have thrust reversers. I'd assumed all four did, as any aircraft that heavy would probably need lotsa help slowing...

On Mon, 29 May 2006 11:20:31 GMT, B A R R Y wrote: Those morons have a $150 hold on the account! While this isn't a big deal in this case, BEWARE if you use a debit card with a credit card logo I think this happens with credit cards as well. I often...

Well, I made it to the Pincnkeyville rec.aviation.* get-together this year. Once again, Mary's cooking was excellent, lasagne to die for, lashings of good BBQ etc. I think the weather gods must have blinked too - we actually had great weather all weekend, and the flight up from Houston was probably...

Separate cockpit and passengers by wall with no door, no window, just plane wall. No mechanism of communication whatsover with cockpit from passenger area. That will discourage hijacker because whatever he do, pilot will not know. When terrorists know that even flight staff can not talk to pilot,...