I am looking for pilots in the Fayetteville, AR area to monitor approach on 120.9 and listen for any unusual sounds. I am hearing a pinging about every 57 seconds. It occurred on two separate trips about a month apart. I am helping the FAA out of Ft Worth, Texas. They are aware of this from prior...

Brian.. welcome to soaring, you can also track soaring events on rec.aviation.soaring news group. www.ssa.org BT "Brian Sponcil" wrote in message ...

When I first learned the memory aid for required documents, it was "ARROW". When I inquired why sometimes I saw "AROW", I remember being told that the second "R" was dropped because while flying within the USA you don't need the "Radio License". I glanced through the FAR/AIM and couldn't quickly...

Sunday turned out to be a great flying day. A new friend with a Cardinal decided he wanted to experience the complexities of crossing the border into Canada and flying in the bilingual environment of Montreal Terminal airspace. He, his wife, and I were wheels up around 9:30, cleared customs...

"Steve House" wrote: I've been reading with interest the several threads where a number of people have strongly pointed out the advantages of a backup electric AI to supplant a vacum driven main AI. But I'm reminded of the saying "A man with a good watch always knows what time it is. A...

Hello. I'm a 700 hour commercial/single-engine land/instrument pilot. I'm also 39 years old. I would like to fly a bit 'semi-professionally'; i.e. part-time right-seat for a corporate gig, ferry jobs etc. I have no illusions about flying for Delta. My wife and I are expecting another child in a few...

"Richard Ross" wrote in message Here's another use for the Boeing 307: http://www.planeboats.com/ Wow. Almost enough to make one give up his wings: http://www.planeboats.com/Other%20Pages/Photos/index/boat%20index.html -- Jim Fisher

I will be vacationing around Traverse City Michigan region next week without a plane (sigh). I just discovered that the FBO at TVC no longer rents planes. Any knowledgeable souls out there know of any location in that neck of the woods that does hourly single engine rentals? Please respond to this...

Toronto police and the aircraft's US insurance company are squabbling over who should be responsible for raising a twin Beech that crashed into the lake on the 7th of July. It was on a flight from Chicago to Toronto Island airport, when it disappeared in heavy fog just short of the airport. The...

Does anyone sell their flying/pilot books on eBay? I'm going to list the ones we don't use anymore, or have doubles of. Any advice? Thanks in Advance, GMO

Someone has posted some cool pix from the launch of the new super carrier over on the binary channel (alt.binaries.pictures.aviation), which got me wondering... Is the new USS Ronald Reagan a *replacement* carrier? If so, which one is being retired? Or did we just add another battle group to the...

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ... Seven years! We wouldn't want Boeing to move too quickly in implementing safety measures: Yeah, 'cause there's been such a spate of fuel tank explosions in transport aircraft over the last...

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0711forestterror11.html "I thought about it a lot after 9/11," said Don Riddle, the law enforcement officer for the Manti-LaSal National Forest in Utah. "How hard would it be for someone to get in a small plane and fly over a forest dropping fusees (flares)...

I'm looking for a book that goes into *great* detail about the flight instruments. I have all the standard stuff, like the Jepp Instrument/Commercial book, Instrument Flying Handbook, Lombardo's Aircraft Systems, Kershner's books, and a few A&P books. But most of them only have a page or two,...

I am still looking for confidential pilot line representatives to assist me in keeping accurate information on various carriers (click here for our list of carriers http://www.fltops.com/pilothiringindex.html). Send an email to me at , if you are interested in helping me keep our...

"Peter Duniho", who apparently can't navigate around a TFR wrote: : (then hit view complete thread) Captain wubba correctly pointed out: screaming 'That's not fair! That's not fair! I want to be able to fly over the stadiums again!' doesn't help our...

In article , (Ace Pilot) wrote: After looking at FAR 23.3, it seems that aircraft with normal or utility category airworthiness certificates are limited to 11 seats. Specifically the reg says, "...a seating...

Check it out these GREAT letters to the editor in support of our airport!: http://www.press-citizen.com/opinion/letters.htm (This page changes daily, so it's only "up" for Wednesday, 7/16) Thanks to all who wrote letters of support for the Iowa City Airport! As you can see, we had three...

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Peter Duniho wrote: True enough. I have, for some time now, included as part of my new passenger preflight briefing the warning that things will get VERY quiet right near the...