1) Where is Charlie Nixon? He is an old flying buddie. Former Navy F6F pilot, Airline and NASA Exec. Lived in DC area. We are QB members. He was my sponsor. I moved to Houston TX and still have his landing gear from a 1947 Bonanza he owned. I want to give him his gear. 2) About spins: I am...

???????????????????? what's the question? -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American*

1) I have a friend who needs to go practice some IFR approaches to stay current. I am a private pilot ASEL. I'm pretty sure that it is not a problem with me being his safety pilot but he told me I can log the time PIC. Is this correct? Yes but... Since you will not be the "sole...

I recently made a flight from Sumter, SC (SMS) to Columbia Metro (CAE). Just after takeoff from Sumter, I contacted Shaw AFB approach, told the controller that I was going to Columbia Metro, and got flight following. Between Shaw class C airspace and Columbia class C airspace there is Mc Entire...

Hello, I have finished my third flight as a student pilot. So, i figured i would find a newsgroup that was full of pilots so that i could see some of the thoughts you have, hear some of the stories you tell and when i get my licence, find out about some of the best places to fly!! so, yes, here...

I have been happily using the monthly screen saver calendars that EAA put out. My problem is, where did I get them from? Where are they? Anyone know? I've searched their site and can't find a link. Thanks in advance.

From 4 Aug Aviation Week ADAM AIRCRAFT'S A700 TWINJET MADE a 50 minute first flight 27 July. Bird has a pair of Williams FJ-33's . Quote. The A700's FJ-33's, which are derived from Williams FJ44 powerplants,

Did anyone check out the Aerocat kitplane at Oshkosh? It's a 4-place amphibious twin with detachable floats. The company website is www.creativeflight.com I would love to see some pictures or hear your thoughts on what seems to be a remarkable design. I am not associated with them, but I...

IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 258Y Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- HUGHES 1 B Date: 08/05/2003 Time: 0030 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK State: WY Country: US

"The new credit card-sized certificates are made from high-quality composite PVC media card stock and incorporate new security features, such as a hologram of the FAA seal. They will replace the existing paper airman certificates which can be easily...

Jay Honeck wrote: (remainder of cool description deleted. I dunno Jay, Oshkosh sounds too deadly to the budget...) With this statement he stopped, and asked "why not Lightspeeds?" I then proceeded to tell him my tale of woe (three sets, purchased over three years, all back in the shop on...

Small plane makes emergency landing on 290 08/03/2003 From 11 News Staff Reports WALLER COUNTY -- If you were driving down Highway 290 Saturday night just after 11:00, you may have seen an unusual sight.

Frode Berg wrote: What are good ways to avoid the gliders? Do they have some sort of good/excellent lookout techniques, or are they just flying around having a good time? Of course we are having a good time flying around, after all, that's the whole point of soaring! More to the point:...

After considerable research, I have pretty much written off adding weather to my Garmin 530 right now. It looks like the GDL-49 just doesn't do what I want, and is too susceptable to interference for efficient delivery of detailed weather, and you have to add another damned VHF antenna (which would...

I am looking at picking up a pair of C-50 Black Knight or C-40-10 Red Baron headsets for the back seats. I don't want to be too cheap but I don't want to spend a ton of money on headsets for the occasional PAX. It is looking like they would be a pretty good alternative to the good sets. ...

Someone told me this morning that the Hughes replica was involved in an accident near Yellowstone, has anyone heard anything? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Say NO to useless over-quoting! Just quote a few lines to get the point across, not the whole goddamn...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/948352.asp?0cl=cR Interesting article about a father/daughter team that fly for Southwest

Here is the second link again: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030802/ap_on_re_us/brf_s tadium_crash_2 "Peter Goezinya" wrote in message ... If you saw the video of this emergency landing you would...

I have a PPL, no commercial. I travel for my consulting busines, which I own. Can I bill my client some reasonable rate for travel expenses when I use my plane? I am not using the plane to generate income, it is tangential to my business, which happens to be technology litigation consulting. The...

"Dennis" wrote in message ... If anyone cares to see a few hundred Oshkosh photo's, I put them on my site.. http://www.MyAirplane.com/oshkosh2003 And if you want to see last years photo's ...