From the Cushing (OK) Daily Citizen: Trouble ahead over small plane fees By Randall Turk THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.) NORMAN, Okla. - A political dogfight is looming over Washington, D.C. skies this summer as a financially troubled airline industry attempts to shift some of its...

This morning I received a letter from Transport Canada informing me I am being fined $250 for not filing a flight plan. I had flown from Minot, ND to Regina, Canada on July 30, 2005. I had meticulously planned the flight using the AOPA webpage on the subject (got all the radio station permits,...

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Chicago Sun Times Jul 21, 2005 "A plane splashed down on Lake Michigan early Wednesday morning, prompting a passerby to call 911 and touching off an emergency rescue operation. But before rescuers responded, the plane took off. The sea plane touched down around 8:30 a.m. "It landed and took off...

AvWeb October 20th http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/494-full.html#190814 YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS CONTINUE AFTER FATALITIES... "With 500,000 flights and 1.2 million kids safely flown as Young Eagles, we think our safety procedures are pretty sound," That's more than 2 kids per...

The board for my EAA chapter has just adopted a policy where the chapter reimburses chapter members up to $75 of their rental aircraft expenses for giving Young Eagle rides. Aside from the issue that I'm not particularly comforable with the idea of where the chapter's hard earned money is going, I...

Well, the word is back from Sun N Fun -- Lowrance still has no XM weather for the 2000c, despite all the advance rumors. According to one source (a member of the Cherokee Pilots Association), the reps at the Lowrance booth said they will have it in "Maybe 2 months...maybe a year..." An Oshkosh...

Subject: ADV: Mountain flying & instruction: Idaho, Colorado, Utah! Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting This is a reminder of mountain and aviation fun to be had this summer! You've been wanting to do this! Availability now! Included are three pointers to mountain flying... Mountain and Canyon...

Does Daley know about this? CHICAGO TO CELEBRATE AVIATION'S PIONEER COLORFUL WOMEN The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) will participate in an April 29 ceremony in Chicago commemorating Aviation's Pioneer Colorful Women. Among those being honored is the late Bessie Coleman, who will also...

Just a thanks to ALL pilots that make a young person's dreams come true. 2 years ago I took my 8 year old nephew for his first airplane ride for his birthday. We even gave him a small logbook to document the occasion and logged his flight as a passenger. While at the FBO a B-767 Captain who was...

I was playing golf today in New Jersey (I know, but it was a bit too windy for enjoyable flying today) when I noticed a 747 flying over at around 4,000 ft heading west along a corridor that is very commonly used for departures from the NY class B airspace. A lot of planes were in that corridor...

St Paul's Downtown Holman Field is in trouble. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSTP This is Step One... http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/14328974.htm The flood wall would prevent the seasonal Mississippi River floods from shutting down the airport, for up to six months, while the soggy...

Upon our return from our Spring Break trip to Florida two weeks ago, my children informed me that the DC10-13.4Y headsets they have been using for the last ten years are now too small. I guess it is time to swap them with the regular 10-13.4's in the other flight bag.

This won't happen, yet... On takeoff, one of your engines sucks in a bird or simply fails, and you're left with just one turbine. You declare emergency, etc. but in returning for a landing, there occurs a situation during finals - you somehow botch up the approach or some unexpected weather is...

Hi. I need help with some data. Today, the plane carrying our country's president had to get back to the aiport because a crack appeared in a window. This made front page of evening newspapers and stirred up a heated discussion in local newsgroups. That said, one of the regulars says a pilot died...

Is it OK for the FAA or Airlines to pass over white males for black females so the diversity numbers look better? Just curious how airline and private pilots felt about safety positions being filled by unsafe and/or unqualified (Other than White Male) employees?

Here's one pilot who got something he didn't expect when he made a landing at an airport to pick up a 15 yr old girl. Doesn't look like he was trying to explain aviation careers either. "When Harold Spector, 67, landed his Cessna airplane at the George Harlow Field airport in Marshfield on...

Yesterday seemed like such a nice day, with high pressure dominating here, that I thought I'd take a flight up to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, walk around the battlefield, and reflect. I flew from my home base in the good old ADIZ at Gaithersburg, Maryland to Gettysburg Travel Center, W05. It's...

An excellent reminder that there really are good reasons to do a thorough preflight and to make sure the controls are free. This happened just north of Winnipeg, and the aircraft was the first version with PT-6-67 Turboprops. The Canadian DOT concluded that the control locks were still locked when...

Right from the local FSDO's mouth: #1.) Pretty much anyone can taxi an airplane. The airlines send non-pilots to the simulator to learn, but that's apparently a company decision. Part of this program discussed an accident where two NWA mechanics hit a parked 757 and a Jetway while destroying...