Yes, it's a part 135 joke, not a part 91 one, sent to me by a Jewish friend. THE FLIGHT It was mealtime during a flight on El-Al. "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked Moishe, seated in front. ''What are my choices?" Moishe asked

While I have little sympathy for the alleged reckless and dangerous aircraft operation by the pilot in this case, I do wonder just how safe it is for a the sheriff to force a landing on a sand bar in the Sacramento River? I also wonder by what authority the sheriff was authorized to order the...

If anyone is familiar with the field, I would like to park the plane (Glasair) wherever the transient county parking is located and get to the Trolley Orange Line on the road outside the airport to catch a ride downtown to the Convention Center. Is it walkable from the field to the trolley station?

http://tinyurl.com/yoex2h Just in case anyone is interested. GrtArtiste

http://www.cirrusconnection.com/customer/home.php?cat=7 With a 7ft+ span, does it have a recovery chute too?

Just got an AvWeb flash announcing same... Jay Beckman PP-ASEL Chandler, AZ www.pbase.com/flyingphotog

I'm flying along VFR this morning happily tracking south on a radial towards LDN. Departure calls and tells me it's OK to begin my turn west to LDN. That makes me wonder why he thinks LDN is to my west. A quick check of my NAV frequency gives me the answer, I have it tuned to CSN not LDN.

GROUND-EFFECT VEHICLE PRODUCTION LAUNCHED Moller International has completed tooling for its M200G volantor, a small, "Jetson-like" two-passenger vehicle designed to take-off and land vertically. The M200G is saucer-shaped, about the size of a small automobile, and is intended for operation...

Whaddya know? Our local newspaper has actually taken an interest in our battle against user fees, and (mostly) gotten it right. See: http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707060306 Although the quotes they used from me were severely abbreviated (and the lead paragraph plays...

http://www.diamond-air.at/news_detail+M5b935a14592.html A diesel from Diamond. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Anyone ever flown in Norway? I love the idea of taking a short trip (perhaps an afternoon or a couple of days) to fly over the fjords and see some great views. If anyone has any suggestions as to the best way to do this, I'd appreciate it. In general, I know this group is fairly USA-dominated. Is...

I have a PDA-based XM weather process that spontaneously de-activates periodically (and of course I don't find out until I fire up the receiver in the airplane). Are any 396/496 users having this problem? What about Flight Cheetah users?

Desert and Summer Flying, Thursday, July 12, 2007, starting at 7:00 pm Speaker Cindy Brickner, CFI-G Caracole Soaring, Discussion regarding summer and desert survival, and techniques of summer and desert operations. For reservations, contact Richard Mend by TELEPHONE at (818)...

We spent the Fourth of July with friends who keep a yacht on Lake Michigan. It gets 1 mile per gallon, carries several hundred gallons of fuel, and is worth almost $400K. We were sitting at the dock, sipping a cold one, and my friend pointed out that most of the boats never, EVER leave the dock. ...

...an instrument rating, says Aviation Consumer in a very interesting and thought-provoking (to me) article in the current issue. They say collision avoidance gear and all those other gadgets are really nice, but looking at the accident records, it's pretty clear that constant and consistent...

Folks, Remember the lawn chair guy in LA? Here is a new one out of Oregon. Here's the link: http://www.komotv.com/news/local/8399237.html Enjoy Rick

Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas -- and no plans. It's gonna be hotter than blazes, so we don't want to do our "Schmooze the FBO and have a picnic in the grass" thing (that we do when we want to spread the Good Word about our aviation-themed hotel to an...

Live webcast in progress.... 12:30 EDT. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=86318

Hey Jay, Searching back in the forums a bit, I've seen you waxing ecstatic about both the EKP-IV and the Lawrence 2000C, the lawrence 2000 more recently, but I think I missed if and or why you switched? My father and I are getting ready for our Trip to AK, and we've decided a good Handheld GPS in...

In the Aviation Instructor's Handbook there's a section about the importance of Psychomotor skills in flying. (Brain-body coordination and the ability to learn or improve.) Basically, it says to write the word "Learning" 15 times using your non-writing hand. Theoretically, you will be...