I've published some more shots of Davis Monthan in case anybody is interested. B-52's carved up for spysat verification, F 18's F 111's P3 Orions Cobra's/Hueys and more enjoy Rich.............http://greenmarble.blogspot.com

Recently I saw a Garmin G1000's (very cool) Mode S radar display, superimposed over the moving map display. They call it: "Mode-S transponders with Traffic Information Service (TIS)" We were in a class "B" area, and seeing all the traffic in the area superimposed over the sectional map was really...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/03/30/aviation.accidents.ap/index.html "Private planes were also involved in fewer crashes last year. The accident rate fell from 6.77 per 100,000 flight hours to 6.22, the lowest recorded by the NTSB since it began keeping statistics in 1975. There were 1,715...

OK I picked this topic after reading through the 'flying to hamvention'' thread. Being a non-instrument rated private pilot, not sure what constitutes a 'legal' alternate airport. If VFR, weather minimums must be met just to get there. If IFR, I assume there is visibility minimum (decision height?)...

I have a young friend who'se looking for a decent well-recommended flight school in the Kansas City, Kansas area. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanx! Ray

We wrapped up a quiet weekend at the hotel (holidays are usually slow in a college town, since no one is actually *from* here), and the weather couldn't have been better. Sunny skies, light winds, temps in the upper 50s, and expected to hit the 70s tomorrow. But where to go? We wanted to do an...

I've become aware of an event that indicates certain decision-making failures. The parties involved were lucky, so there was not even an incident out of this. But that doesn't make the choices involved any less risky. Does it make sense to fill out a NASA form for this? There's no need...

I just got my new GSM phone (previously I had a TDMA phone). I noticed that in flight it said "Emergency Use Only" on the display. I was about 4,000 feet over SMF airport. -Robert

L Grasso wrote: On 8 Mar 2005 14:32:01 -0800, "NEWS" wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/business/worldbusiness/08air.html?ex=1110949200&en=a8ef80ec613e88a4&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS F.A.A. Accuses British Airways of Recklessness By DON...

OK, you ham radio pilots...I know you're out there! Im interested in flying to Dayton for Hamvention, looking for suggestions on "whatever" -Flying to DAY:which FBO? -How to get from DAY to HARA Arena? -alternate airports? Instrument approach preferred. Here's the plan: Leave Cleveland Ohio...

Can someone tell me if my thinking is correct here. First VLD is the speed where there is the least drag on the plane right? So it takes the least amount of power to maintain level flight at VLD, any slower or faster in level flight requires more power? Now suppose you are at an altitude where...

OK, back at the end of last year, I renewed my AOPA membership, and as a part of the deal they were to send out the new airport directories, when they were ready, as well as a cap and other tidbits (that little yellow scale thing, stickers and what-not). The hat and the other stuff I don't really...

This past Sunday, while visiting Lawrenceville, GA (KLZU Class C just under the outer ATL Class B), traffic was landing and departing 25. The controller was busy, coordinating with Atlanta, handling clearance delivery, ground, and tower simultaneously. He was broadcasting on all...

I had the rare privilege last Tues of riding along with Flight Check as they inspected the new LDA (Localizer Directional Array) approaches at CLE (Cleveland, OH) Typically, we see a King Air from Detroit for periodic checks, where they just need to fly a few approaches. For this new installation...

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:23:26 -0500, Tom Fleischman wrote: Still, Mr. Merida said, he became subject to searches and harsh interrogations at American airports. what's his point? he should be lucky that he still can go wherever he want's to. other people have been brought to Syria for turture and...

I'm currently in the Cedar Rapids, IA area and would like to move my plane from the New Orleans area up here. Any chance anyone might be going down there and I could hitch a ride with them? I'm a VFR pilot and I would hate to schedule a commercial flight 2 weeks in advance only to find that the...

Did the FBO change hands at WWD? If so, is Tom still there?

Mea culpa: I was flying into OSU airport at Columbus, OH on Friday. I contacted Columbus approach at the appropriate time, was given a squawk, and continued on inbound for OSU. The controller tried to call traffic for "Archer 411" a couple of times, so I asked if he was calling "Archer 44511". ...

This was a new one for me. I was IFR this afternoon out of HPN for short practice flight. I was in sequence number two at the runway waiting for departure. As the tower controller cleared the Cessna in front of me to position and hold, he asked him his direction of flight. The Cessna pilot...

http://www.wlfi.com/index.cfm?action=dsp_story&storyid=63161 http://cgi.jconline.com/cgi-bin/resend/printPage.pl?storypath=/lafayettejc/news20050328/200503281local_news1111986477.shtml The plane crashed about a half mile from our house. I can see the (woods surrounding the) site from my...