Gig 601XL Builder wrote: "john smith" wrote in message ... In article , "xerj" wrote: Are they legacy aircraft from the days of the...

When I took off this morning the Altimeter was 30.45 or there abouts. As the day progressed it rose and rose and rose. By this evening it had topped 30.60 KDCA 080151Z COR 35009KT 10SM FEW250 M02/M10 A3065 RMK AO2 SLP377 T10171100 Michelle

Since we moved to Iowa in '97, getting a "White Christmas" has always been a dicey affair. Regular warm(ish) weather fronts and little snow has pretty much been the rule, and we often had a "brown Christmas" -- much to the dismay of my kids. This year is looking dramatically different. We've...

Hello everyone, I'm sure you probably read at least 50 "newbie" messages a week and I apologize in advance for this one. But as the subject reads, I'm a new pilot in training. I've only been flying for about a month now, but I only fly once a week, so really, I've only been up four times now. ...

Mark Hansen wrote: I was wondering how difficult it is to find work as a pilot if you have a commercial certificate and instrument rating, but not a lot of hours. I'm assuming most companies require minimums in the neighborhood of 1,500 hours. Are there jobs available for CPs that have...

After all of our awful weather, the clouds parted, the sun emerged, and the winds calmed, as they always do after a major winter storm in the Midwest... What was left in its wake was just stunning. Thousands of square miles buried under a soft, velvety layer of deep snow, with crisp,...

Had to replace the cast iron/steel/whatever cylinder (Piper part 65319) on my cherokee a couple years ago because of a crack (which later was an AD, but my A&P caught it early). The shop presented it to me with the comment "it'll make a *great* lamp base!". Well, not for me. I don't think any of...

Well, After a trip to the lawyer today to get the paperwork going I am now a week away from being an old Georgia Bound Hound! Has anyone heard of any sport pilot activity around Augusta, GA. I know the EAA group pretty much hangs out at a little grass strip called the Pea Patch out towards...

Does a safety pilot need to have a current medical? I think I should know the answer to this, but all I can find in the regs is the "appropriate category and class ratings" part. I'm thinking they don't need one (after all, a CFI doesn't need one in some cases), but could someone clue me in on...

This weekend I kinda got a private demo by a f18 Blue Angle Hornets visit to our airport. I'm based at Waukegan Airport (KUGN) in Waukegan Illinois. I didn't see him land on Friday, 12/2 but here is an account from someone in the club that was the Ranger 4 (callsign used) reports field in...

Sounds like a Google search string, doesn't it? Congratulations on the new find, Roger! Looking forward to the Discovery channel program February 26.

All, If you have not seen this, it is a really amazing way to explore the country and the globe in 3d with texture mapped terrain and satellite photos. Now, apparently Sectional charts are avaliable to overlay. Best of all, it's free for...

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OK, I had just about "2 steps backward" day yesterday flying. We're just focussing on pattern and landing. I'm fine on everything. then after the turn to final, things start falling apart. Holy crap! In fact, I did so bad, I called it quits after 3 times around. I was just completely flustered and...

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heres a video i figured some would enjoy float plane taking off from a semi-frozen lake in alaska http://media.putfile.com/Seaplane---Takeoff-from-frozen-lake-in-Bethel-Alaska

I fly out of Hawthorne CA (KHHR) and would like to hear some ideas for a 250-mile cross country. This is to fulfull the long x-c requirement forr the commercial license. I went up to Oakland this past summer, so I was thinking something more easterly. I'll be in a Cessna 172RG. I'm just going...

If you're more enamoured with the idea of landing on a grass strip and camping out than you are with dodging traffic in the big upside down wedding cakes, then you should come join us at backcountrypilot.org. We welcome anyone with a fondness for backcountry and bush flying, taildraggers, and the...

Yesterday, I was flying along the tops of a broken layer and picked up a thin layer of frost/ice on the wings with a thin triangle-shaped pattern to the frost. This was a new one to me. Conditions: Plane: Cherokee 180 Altimeter 30.05 Broken layer @ 4000MSL (~3000AGL) OAT = -5degF Clear above the...

Flyers, I have just put three of my DVD's on eBay if anyone is interested. They a 1) Sporty's Flying the Garmin GPSMap 396 DVD http://tinyurl.com/74mpr 2) AOPA's Air Safety Foundation's Pinch-Hitter DVD http://tinyurl.com/8ypor 3) AOPA's Air Safety Foundation's Single Pilot IFR...