The recent edition of the US Air Force Museum's FRIEND'S JOURNAL has an amusing story about using early wooden P-38 drop tanks as sailboats by those serving under General Chenault in China. It describes using various other aircraft parts for for modifications. One model utilized two drop tanks as...

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Listening to channel nine on UA 1225 Denver-Reno yesterday, I heard something like: "Denver Center, Jackpot 123, can we request a block allocation for 39 to 41?" and then "Jackpot 123, Denver Center, block allocation 39 to 41 approved."

I got a strange thing going on. I got my license a couple of months ago. My day landings are smooth but not the smoothest. I do them. i don't myself, a passenger or the plane but sometimes not greasers. my night landings, every one of them, I can grease them in. Shouldn't it be the opposite? I...

Hey, gang... Well, the Avionics BBS over on Yahoo was a spectacular failure. We had five posts in six months and we just let the board go away. There was a problem, though, that even as the administrator I found getting TO the board to be a royal pain in the tush. However, I get 8-10 posts a...

From a very respectable internet news place: "New Co-Op Airline Offers Cheaper Fares If You Help Fly The Plane SAN FRANCISCO-GreenWay Airlines, a new low-cost, cooperative airline, offers inexpensive fares to passengers who assist with the flight, an airline spokesman said Monday. "Unlike pricey...

Please pardon if this has been discussed here, but I am planning to fly to Airventure / Oshkosh with a pilot friend (both of us are pilot,) and I have to imagine that some kind soul out there has written a sort of dummies guide to what to do, go, bring, see, not bring, avoid, etc. Any pointers to...

Hello: we are flight instructors, in the San francisco Bay area. Here is a pointer to our web site. http://flysfbay.tripod.com/ You will find there some information pertinent to become an airplane pilot, or get more airplane pilot ratings. You will also find information about us. The selection...

About a month ago I flew out of JFK and saw an ElAl aircraft parked near the intersection of Alpha and Juliet (and Bravo and Kilo) taxiways, near he intersection of runway 4L/22R and 31L/13R. It was surrounded by a structure of gantries and wires that surrounded the aircraft. Anybody have any...

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, John Harlow wrote: http://www.theonion.com/ Article is half way down the page. The Onion - "New Co-Op Airline Offers Cheaper Fares If You Help Fly The Plane The onion rules!

According to AVweb, John V. Salamone was the drunk pilot who flew through controlled airspace near Philadelphia on Jan. 15. The FAA alleged that the pilot endangered the lives of others and forced diversions of several airliners. His breathalyzer was .13 alcohol level. The FAA has revoked...

The FAA is expecting to publish its final rule covering Light Sport Aircraft, Sport Pilots, and the training and repair requirements sometime this year. I'm wondering what impact this rule will have on traffic pattern operations at non-towered airports. Most non-towered airports have a single...

There's no flame war about that AA pilot preaching Jesus to his passengers? You guys dissapoint me! I opened my newsreader just to check if you are at each other's throats, burning down houses and stuff, and what, dead calm? Where's your sense of good ol' confrontation? Where's deb2k,...

I am interested in obtaining information about what is involved in placing a hydraulic pump on the right engine in a Piper Aztec F airplane that just has a single hydraulic pump on the left engine. Specifically, who makes the kit for this and what are the approximate hours needed to install . I...

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Hi All! Can anyone direct me to an on-line supplier of new/used plastic interior parts, wing tips, fairings etc for our "new to us" C-172? TY! Dave

Hi NG, We wave a guy who recently has been disabled by an accident. He still loves to fly and now we're looking to adjust one of our two seat gliders for him. Has anyone some experience how to adjust a glider for that. Does anyone has some blue prints to give us some ideas. We're especially...

(You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Deteriorata, Deteriorata) Go placidly amidst the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly...