I attended Sky Life in the early 90's and I believe I was in one of the last groups to pass through the camp. I attended 2 years, 92 and 93. In 1993 The camp was shut down amidst allegations of sexual misconduct by Lee Barnes. There was one questionable action on his part during my stay in 93,...

I worked at sky life for a summer of 1986 or 1987. I worked the hobby shop and also co-taught Sailing with Bud (I think that was his name). I do remember that we had a Rhodes 17 sailboat for us while the campers used 2 man "tub" sailboats (all blue with one that was light blue). The most...

Hello All, I am searching for the lightning arragements on a DC6B, specifically the start of the sixties for the African continent. By lightning arragements, I mean the lights which are visible from the outside of the plane during the flight. Thanks in advance, Ben Brugman

With a customer dissatisfaction rate approaching 25% (that's nearly one out of every 4 buyers), here's what Belfort Instrument Company DigiWx AWOS owners are saying.... Libby (S59) airport manager Keith Kinden: It's a piece of ****! Cross Keys (17N) airport manager Hank Ostrosky: DigiWx is...

Rumor has it that the FCC has issued a NOTAM for the area over the Arkansas oil pipeline spill. Is that true? Sorry, I am not a pilot so I don't know where to go to find the official statement on these. Directing me to that, would also be much appreciated. -- FF

I am not an aviator, but I have what hopefully is not a stupid question. I am a restoring a '80 Triumph Spitfire roadster and would like to add a Supermarine Spitfire gauge to the dash. I found a Slip (balance) and Turn indicator in ebay, but not knowing enough about them I was wondering if it...

Hi all, I'm new here, hope this is an ok subject for this page. I am a prospective private pilot student. My only worry is getting my third class medical. What concerns me is my vision. My right eye is good, an easy 20/25 maybe 20/20 corrected on a good day. My left eye however, is a solid 20/70...

What is the average temperature (ballpark figure) of landing gear when deployed. Realize it varies with outside conditions. Commercial Plane (25-30k alt.)

Hi, I have not been able to find the answer to this question just from Googling the words / terms, so I signed up here to ask directly. I've noticed in some general aviation aircraft, like the Beech Baron for instance, there is a small, square area in the center of the front windshield. What is...

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Hello everybody! x) Very soon, in the end of January, I am flying to Georgia with a propeller passage plane. This will be my first trip with a propeller plane. How many of you have already flown with such an aircraft? How different is a trip by a propeller aircraft from a trip by a non-propeller...

I've been doing some reading and viewing several videos. I've read and heard about high performance single engine planes when discussing General Aviation. Being new, I can figure out that a Mooney is a high performance single engine airplane. My question is this: Where is the "cutoff" point...

Hope this is the correct site for this sort of question but I see the new 787 is built in 50 locations around the world, anyone know why this is and how it can be cost effective, given what must be enormous transport costs ...

Hi everyone There it is a new video from my instrument rating training with the Diamond Da42 I hope you'll enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5mMumd4ho Thanks for watching!

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one night last week I was watching several commercial airliners headed toward Nashville Tn from various directions above my house. Heading from west to north there was a plane traveling about 5 times faster than the airliners were from my visual reference it was out of sight within 10 seconds....

Hi all, I would like to share a new website for GA pilots. It is a place where you can - plan your vfr route including wind correction - get and decode METAR/TAF reports New features soon. http://prepareforvfr.com/en/vfr-route-planning.html Check it and enjoy!

-largest cabin in its class (1.3 m wide) -extremely good flying characteristics (perfect aircraft for flying schools etc.) -full aluminium body (extremely well built aircraft with close attention to detail, only top quality long lasting materials used) -low running and maintenance costs & longest...

Below please find a call to all pilots to help make a difference during Women Of Aviation Week. Your heart is pounding and palms are damp, all from a mix of nervousness and excitement. The four seat aircraft rolls upon the runway and quickly gained speed. Before you know it, you are soaring with...

On a recent trip from USA to Asia I saw a few modern, new, large multiengine jet airliners that had no winglets. I was under the impression that these were standard design items for all large aircraft wings. What design criteria would determine that winglets were not to be used on the wings...