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The other day I was doing a VFR practice approach into Tracy, CA when the controller told me "reporting canceling IFR this freq, or on ground via land line...". I told him "uh, ok canceling IFR, I didn't believe I was IFR" (because I hadn't asked for or received an IFR clearance). The controller...

CFIs, will you please, PLEASE stop teaching students this stuff?!!! 8^) On 122.75: Making 30+ second long position reports, 4500 feet over some non-descript / podunk town. More annoying when the broadcaster does so in broken english. Even more annoying when the broadcaster does so every 5...

CNN noon newscast showed video footage of a Cirrus with parachute deployed floating in the retention pond of an apartment complex in Indiannapolis. Four people onboard, all survived.

Tony Snow, "technical advisor" for our aviation video webpage (Tony is retired RAF, and has forgotten more about aviation than I'll ever know), confirmed for me today that it would cost $640+ for me to top off Atlas -- our Cherokee Pathfinder -- in Great Britain. Imagine! $640 to go fly! This...

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Warning: adult content. Prudes and john ashcrofts of this group do not read further. My buddies and I cannot exactly be described as strip-club frequenters, but we do enjoy an occasional trip to these, shall we say, places of female form worship. One rather annoying problem to us purist...

http://cactusballoonflights.com/ercoupe/e6a.jpg If there are no pedals, why are there hinges? Monk

Say, Jay, I was visiting my sister-in-law in CA last weekend and wanted to show a friend of hers our listing in the RAP bio pages on your website. I couldn't find a link anywhere to the pages. Are the pages still there? Where is a link to them on the website? Just curious. Those pages are...

Some post-accident photos (no gore, thankfully) showing the RV and TBM Avenger were posted on a forum on Doug Reeves' RV website: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=9638 Really gives some perspective on the visibility, or lack thereof, that both pilots must have experienced.

For those who think ethanol is a fuel that can't be made to work in aircraft, I present the following: http://makeashorterlink.com/?E6EB52F8D and http://makeashorterlink.com/?N40C13F8D These folks, photographed by me at OSH '06, are burning ethanol in

It looks like I'm going to be landing at HYA in the near future. Any recommendation for an FBO? From AirNav, the choice appears between Air Cape Cod and Griffen. Any recommendations? Also, what's the story behind that "call ops for escort" NOTAM? - Andrew

I've been renting from the local flying club. In the last five flights I've had 4 issues /maintance problems. 1Pilots PTT switch fails on 3 hour cross country, hand mic inop. Finished flight using copilots mic jack and PTT. 2)Alternator charge indicator fails. maintance ended up replacing...

"Floatplane Incident Results In Arrest August 21, 2006 By CAROLYN MOREAU, Courant Staff Writer MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane on Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant Sunday, authorities said." Remainder of story can be...

In the last couple of weeks, gas around here (Iowa) has dropped 10%, back down into the $2.70 per gallon range. (This is mogas, obviously -- the only stuff I'll burn in my plane, if I have a choice.) I actually paid $2.67 per gallon last night. With all the problems related to the Alaska...

This was a very nice collection of (old and new) aviation stories that aired this past Sunday night, at 10:35pm, after our local (Twin Cities) news. http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S18288.html?cat=26 KSTP (Ch 5) Jason Davis - On The Road (And yes, this is the local TV station with the...

On 2006-08-26, B A R R Y wrote: All I can say is I can't believe I ever flew with those things. The difference was truly startling. The true value of the money I spent on the expensive set was unbelievably apparent. When I forget to turn mine off, leaving...

"B A R R Y" wrote in message ... Those of you who say good ANR is a waste of money must already be deaf. I use my ANR specifically because I am dea...well...because I don't hear as good as I used to and...

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Any pireps out there for the DC X11 headset? Anyone seeing prices below $800? As much as I hate the idea of 1 AMU for a pair of Bose, $800 for the X11, IMHO, isn't all that much of a difference...especially when you consider the Bose 12 month payment option. I tried a pair of Lightspeed...