Just got word that there is a Presidental TFR going active for the Norfolk, VA area this Friday. It's right during my planned takeoff time and the airport I'm flying out of is inside the 30nm TFR (and non-towered). The NOTAM reads much like the DC ADIZ as far as procedures for flying out of the...

Year 2006 version I am wondering what is the best plan for getting coverage at the many rural locations we fly into? Right now I have a Verizon plan and a CDM8900 phone. It has analog roaming, which seems to do pretty well. Among the rural locations I have gotten service at are Greenville...

Over the last few days, I've made some incorrect statements regarding landing fees @ BDR. I stated my co-owner had been billed $6 for a T&G. WRONG! I had the facts confused. G He was billed $6 for a full-stop IFR arrival. He even bought fuel, which was mhy he was surprised by the...

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I'll tell you right after this commercial.

I'm watching a decumentary on Harry Hudini. They said that Harry Hudini made the first successful airplane flight on the continent of Australia in 1910. Is this for real? A magician/showman Hudini was the first man to pilot an airplane in Oz? Monk

This has now happened to me several times: one of my CHT temps will bounce around between normal and off-the-scale hot, and sometimes will cut out entirely. All other indications (EGTs, the other CHTS, oil temp, airspeed etc.) are normal. This has happened before and replacing the CHT probe fixed...

So our ILS is out at Republic Airport for the foreseeable future. A "single-engine Marine jet" was the culprit according to the early stories in the paper. I drove by the airport to survey the damage and was quite surprised to see a *Harrier* jet sitting there! Umm, can't these things...

Nothing Better Than The Truth wrote: I’m sorry, I grew up back when we had something vaguely resembling a democracy –I can’t keep all this stuff straight. It's not a democracy, it's a republic.

I was stuck in a holding pattern over southern New Jersey while PHL was nearly shutdown due to weather. During the numerous circuits I noticed what looks to be an abandoned airport north of Millville. I found it on Google Earth but didn't see any reference to it on Paul Freeman's excellent...

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1133766000/Almost_Hit_by_an_Airplane Guy almost hit by airplane while skydiving. The Monk

One of our Class D controllers has taken issuing clearances such as "Seneca 1234X, continuous closed traffic approved, cleared for the option, no need to report base, I'll let you know of any arriving traffic." What he's basically authorizing is operating in the traffic pattern at will without...

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I'm just about to finish up highschool and I've just started my flight training for my PPL. I haven't really looked at colleges much, but I've heard that there's some out there where you can get a 4 year degree while getting flight hours/commercial license/ratings. Does anyone know of any of these...

I'm starting to notice a lot more pumps around these days with a notice that they may contain up to 10% ethanol in the fuel mixture... Of course, they kind of puts a crimp in my autogas STC for my plane, but it got me to thinking if there might be a way to separate out the alcohol from the fuel...

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Finally wrote: Smoking Gun! Flight 93 Rare News Footage From The Crash Site This is it folks. After viewing the video you will undoubtedly know two things: 1. There was no Flight 93 Plane at the crash site. 2. The official story of Flight 93 from the very beginning was/is a lie.

My BFR was due in June, so I figured I'd get it out of the way a little early so I wouldn't have to possibly ground myself. I scheduled for Saturday, but the weather was looking marginal (I'm VFR only). Saturday morning rolled around, TAF called for IMC. So I called my instructor to get his...

Question for you guys: I fly out of Troutdale, Oregon (KTTD) which is at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge. Because of sheer cliffs, tunnels, things like that, if I had to make an emergency landing in a single engine aircraft, in some stretches it would be treacherous or impossible to land...

We are considering a flight from the U.S. to Canada with our one-year old. I am a bit confused by the FAR's regarding child seats. On the one hand, it says that the child may be simply held by an adult, but then it says if you use a child seat it must be approved for aircraft use. Common sense...