When I change the prop setting on my (simulated) Baron 58, lowering the prop RPM, my airspeed drops. I thought that for a given throttle setting, the actual thrust produced by the powerplant was supposed to remain the same for a wide range of prop settings, because of automatic pitch changes made...

Just read the article on the Turbo Cirrus in the latest Flying magazine. What a beautiful aircraft - 194 kts at 12,000 feet in a fixed-gear single at 17.5 gph fuel consumption isn't bad! I want one! BDS

What with unadulterated Unleaded Premium being difficult or impossible to find in many places, the usefulness of the info found at the following link to the aviation community is debatable. However, it can save money for everyone who drives a motor vehicle. The map provides a means of finding the...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pilot Dies In-Flight; Co-Pilot Lands Jet Jan 21, 6:35 AM (ET) McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The pilot of a Continental Airlines flight became

On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at which time, and what...

It seems that I can't get a straight answer from any local experts, so......... The local school PTO will be hosting a silent auction with donated items. We have been asked to donate something. My wife and I where talking about donating an airiel tour of the school district. Would it violate any...

Below is some information about a firm offering Trike training in the southwest. Now that the Sport Pilot certificate exists, why does it cost so much to attain? http://www.aerotrekking.com/ What is Aerotrekking? Aerotrekking is the art of low level flying by following the countour of the...

There isn't an entire story on it posted yet but according to the CNN website... "Seconds before a Comair commuter plane crashed after going down the wrong runway, the co-pilot noted it was "weird" that the Lexington, Kentucky, strip had no lights, according to a transcript released today."

Having trouble with an IFR test question; It reads, What is the minimum increase in opacity of the surface based layer at Fredericton (YFC), in order for it to constitude a ceiling? METAR CYFC 132100Z 260010KT 2SM -RA BR BKN090 08/07 A2953 RMK FG5SC1 SLP994 Choices: a) none, it alreadi...

If you don't believe me, just skip directly to the fourth paragraph from the bottom... Jay B

Everybody's using checklists. I've started with the stuff from POH, plus whatever my instructor recommended, and then over time more and more little things got added to them out of experience. Yet more things got added as I started my instrument training. The basic stuff is probably not so...

Greetings All... I've been wanting to fly from the Phoenix area to Chino, CA to get a bite at Flo's and see the Planes of Fame Museum. The Wx looks like it will cooperate for Wednesday but I have a couple of questions for any pilots who know this part of the LA Basin and how best to deal with...

This morning I'm flying my sim Baron 58 towards KVYS, and I notice that my airspeed is about 217 kts, much higher than usual. I'm level at 5000 feet MSL, altimeter is 3038, clear weather, throttles full, mixture set for peak EGT roughly, props set to 2520 RPM, about 150 RPM below redline. The...

Greetings All, Yesterday, Jan 18, a whole lot of identifiers were added/changed. In the event that anyone is flying to South Puget Sound area, in the vicinity of Tacoma Washington, the identifier of Pierce County Airport (Thun Field), has changed. The old identifier was: 1S0 The new identifier...

My A&P mechanic works a day job, in addition to doing small-plane maintenance. He is in charge of local maintenance on DC-9s that fly for a major freight hauler. Our part of the world got hit with a pretty decent winter storm over the weekend, which resulted in "his" DC-9 being coated with over...

I've changed my gallery and now there are direct links towards the pictures in the gallery. Thus, if you want to show a picture and don't have your web page, as long as it is an air picture, you can use the gallery to make it available on the net, then post the link to access it. Try these ones...

This (was) a Ms Maniac X thread: POL Why does airspeed change when I adjust the prop? This is how one "hijacks" a thread! g ("Jose" wrote) I'm not an apologist =for= him. I am an apologist (I suppose) =against= the mob mentality that has resulted from his visit. This mob...

I just did a search of the group for ramp checks, and the last entry was 4 years old. Anyone want to share a recent ramp check story? tom ps in visiting over 75 airports, I've yet to be checked

I know some of you hate Flash stuff but: http://flash.aopa.org/erau/erauGallery.html It's really a damned shame. Jay Beckman PP-ASEL Chandler, AZ

In USA Today - this past Wednesday.... (http://www.usatoday.com/money/2007-01-16-biz-pilots-usat_x.htm) or http://tinyurl.com/2esx6u published as the cover story in their Money section.