http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051221/cargo_plane_051 221/20051221?hub=TopStories A pilot and co-pilot died instantly when their small plane crashed in British Columbia Tuesday night. The cargo plane crashed at about 6:30 p.m., less than a minute after taking off from...

I was just reading a article in AOPA Pilot about this service. One of the things that jumped out is that they are providing the weather info for free as opposed to the 30-60$ price for XM info. Has anyone looked into this or have any real world info? The article indicated that the only...

I read the press release from EADS Socata for the new TBM 850. They're pitching it as a direct competitor to Very Light Jets with a 320kt cruise at FL260 and 2.5-2.8M price. My question is does it really compete with the new jets when it's a good 50kts slower? (typical advertised VLJ cruise speeds...

As the Beacon Turns #96: Who You Calling Heavy? An early morning departure from San Francisco in his nearly half-million pound heavy jet reminds Michael Maya Charles of the value of looking carefully at aircraft performance when you are confronted with something out of the ordinary. By Michael...

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/2005/a05p0018/a05p0018.asp Here is another report involving Icing, only this one has a much happier ending Gary

Saw an amusing incident today at the Dubai Airport; hadn't ever seen such a thing earlier. A Dragonair 747 taxied on to the east-west aligned runway at the western end. Although the runway threshold is just east of that point, the aircraft turned west and did a 180 at the adjoining circular...

I walked by a TV this afternoon and one of the talking head networks was interviewing Mary Schiavo about yesterday's crash. In essence, she condemned 50 year old aircraft ("They should be in museums") and discussed "serious corrosion" and "metal fatigue" among other likely problems associated with...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/miami.crash/index.html -- M. Lattoni Calgary, Canada

Yep, as I write this there is a TFR (for GW's visit to Bethesda medical Center) inside the FRZ (a TFR) in side the Washington ADIZ (a TFR). Can it get any more convoluted than this? Boy am I glad I am not lying the mid day Traffic run. Michelle

Anybody have any leads to reputable information about fighter pilot fatality statistics? For example, in terms of miles, is commuting more dangerous than flying a fighter plane? (I say no, many say yes.) Context: Can a Coward Become a Fighter Pilot? (Yeah, I know. That's so 2000.) -chris

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Any Sport Pilots in this group? Are there any Light Sport Aircraft showing up at your local airports? -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

CAP is offering to do my CFI renewals for free (or nearly so) while taking their National Check Pilot annual course. However, if my CFI expires in Feb I don't see anyway to reset it to be in July without actually taking a ride with a DE. It does not appear that I can renew via a course more than 3...

I was at a place today from where I had a nice, clear view of the Dubai Airport runway all day long. For about 3 hours in the morning, and another 2-hour period in the afternoon, a string of aircraft took off virtually tailing one another. Most of them were A330s, and the rest were 747s and A340s,...

Hi all. Took a chance and purchased the JIFP subscription. With a free AOPA membership renewal that you can keep even if you discontinue the service after three months, it was pretty much risk-free so Iuse the term "chance" loosely. Why? Well, I had purchased the Voyager flight planner at a...

I have flown for a couple of years on and off . I am to the point in my training that I have completed several local xc solo flights. I am getting ready to complete my solo xc"s and go for my checkride. But my problem is that it is very hard for me to just drive out to the airport that is only 2...

http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4469 /excerpt These concerns overshoot the runway by a mile. The 9/11 hijackers used commercial airliners, regardless of claims that they could easily have used charter planes, because the superior security techniques used by...

I made a posting in rec.aviation.student, but I should definitley copy it here. Thank you everyone. Subject: I lost my student pilot cert today-I couldnt be any happier!!! FAA law is that upon issuance of a new certificate, your old one becomes invalid. Well, I passed my PPL checkride today, so...

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