Does anyone have any experience good or bad ordering from Avionics West? They have a lower price on the Lightspeed 20XL2 than any other place I've seen so far, but as some of the stuff on the page looks a little outdated (reviews for products not in production etc..) I am a little nervous...

Flying Chums, I cannot take it any more. I tried my best to extort a free night from the guy from the aviation themed hotel in that midwest city that really should not exist. But I was unsuccessful. It seems I ended up doing a great marketing job for hotel with excessive airport noise pollution....

I will be visiting Iowa City soon and was wondering if anyone knew of a good aviation themed hotel in that area? Thanks Bobbus

Ugh! -david http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/16/erratic.plane/index.html or http://snipurl.com/3v8l (I prefer snipurl to other short-URL providers since one is never

Ok, I've been following C.J.'s thread for a while and have a question. I'm not an intrument rated pilot, though I've studied for it a few times. In my aircraft, it's more comfortable to fly the glideslope at 60 knots than at 80. If the controllers aren't hammering at you to keep the speed up,...

During a recent discussion of pattern entry procedures I mentioned that I had submitted the question to the O'Hare FSDO. After being forwarded about five times in the FAA beauracracy, my email eventually reached Inspector Sandra Boerman, who responded thursly: The FAA guidance for traffic pattern...

It's a little off topic, but I have a question for any 707/720 pilots. I'm doing a short seminar work on radio antennas on aircraft for my university and I have been doing some research on the side to see what form and position antennas take on different aircraft. I read somewhere that that pointy...

I just found the kind of GA story we'd all like to see more of: Local jet-setters take flight When time is critical, Triangle executives hop aboard their own planes Triangle Business Journal, January 16, 2004 http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/01/19/story3.html - Nathan

Proof, that what goes around, comes around: ------------------------------------------------------------------- AVflash Volume 10, Number 04a -- January 19, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ....AND BIRD-FLIPPING PILOT RILES BRAZILIANS Capt. Dale Robin...

We have decided to try and sell N73827 "as is - where is" and take the loss so we can clear the decks and move on to getting a new S plane on line as soon as possible. Many of you here know what I've been through with that plane and can understand what it's like to hang out the "For Sale"...

John There was a small group (6 or so) of 111's sent to SE Asia. Not sure if the were based in SVN or 'Out Country'? Believe 'out country'. Their missions were scheduled for low level night flight into NVN as I recall? In any event, the first three or so they sent out, disappeared with no calls...

For you snow-birds who might like to see what you're missing in the Upper Midwest in January, here are some pix from our flight to Wisconsin over the weekend: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/frigid_january.htm Enjoy! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

I am pleased as punch that Bob Orr is finding his feet to be white hot and felt that he had to write a rebuttal to AOPA... Means we are having some effect, no matter how minor it may be... denny

I have over time really enjoyed looking at the personal websites that some have developed about their flying. Most recently I enjoyed the biography of Filip Zawadiak http://vyx.net/~philz/gillespie . I was wondering how many others have websites with pictures and videos of your flying...

Note: any phonetic similarity of this subject line to a "news organization" is strictly coincidental.

I know everyone hear remember Capt. Haynes. Capt. Haynes was the pilot of United flight 232 when the center engine suffered an uncontained failure and the DC-10 lost all of its hydraulic systems. Capt. Haynes landed the ship at Sioux City using differential power. His handling of the...

In article , wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:46:41 GMT, "LawsonE" wrote: All I've been pointing out is that there is no "absolute" verdict you can give on this subject since it would depend on what was...

Just seen on Fox news: The pilot of a Piper Cherokee was reportedly forced to land at a Philadelphia area reliever airport after "flying right over" the International Airport. The news reader also said that the pilot FLEW NEAR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (emphasis from the news reader, not me). Video...

I figure that a home with near an acre of land should gain me a Cessna 150 maybe a little better. Location, location, location . . . www.Rosspilot.com

We were looking for a place to take the kids overnight for the MLK Day school break. Requirements were simple: An airport, and an indoor waterpark. Grand Geneva Resort -- the old Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin -- recently added a new indoor waterpark for kids. (Hugh Hefner must...