Maurice Kirk is attempting to fly a Piper L-4 Grasshopper around the world. He flew from London to Sydney several years ago and resumed the journey from Darwin last month. He's now in Manila, the Philippines, and he's looking for former L-4 pilots for advice and to visit when and if he succeeds in...

My apologies to the Usenet police cross posting but I am in mourning for friends lost, and in sympathy for the families they left alone. This week we have seen behavior that can only be described as reckless.

I am planning a visit to relatives in the St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Apple Valley area for Labor Day weekend. Any ideas on the best place to fly into? South St. Paul Municipal seems to be pretty centrally located, but opinions would be appreciated.

I've always had the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum at Dayton, OH on my list of places to fly. We'd probably fly into KDAY and grab a crew car if available. Can any members of the group that are familiar with the museum give me a pirep? We'll only have one day to visit and would like to hit all...

Hi Gang, Got back from Sumter ,SC about an hour ago. A nice long 5 and a half hour down Friday night. Met Brett Justus about 8am this morning and had some ground school time. Now I wanted to fly my you know what off today since I drove for a while to get down there. But let me tell you 3.2 was all...

....to all you great Mom's out there.

Author Gary Kimberley, an Australian airline pilot and designer of an ultralight, presents a thorough book on the fun planes sometimes called "minimum aircraft". He covers the design, construction and safe operation with emphasis on understanding the dangers of wind shear, turbulence, density...

I fly some high performance, complex singles like Saratogas, Lances, C182RG, C206, and the like. Typical flying days have multiple hops while seeing customers. On one hand I know pilots who say that you should do a full run up and prop check before every take off, because the checklist says to. ...

Being a Rotax 912s driver, and being as how the Rotax prefers premium automobile fuel, I have been searching for places that serve automobile gas that are accessable to airplanes. I'm not having much luck. So, does anyone know of a database that tracks availability of MOGAS for aviation...

After about eight hours I completed the tailwheel endorsement today in the SD. But it certainly wasn't routine as the wind was coming out of the North at about 15kts gusting to about 20kts, and we were using Runway 7. I noticed a strong weathervaning tendency while taxiing, which required a lot...

Hi everyone, I am an instrument pilot who hasn't been able to fly but once every 2 months in the last year or so, because of the fact that I got married, and have a little one. I am looking for a place or organization where I can volunteer my time as a pilot, not have to pay too much for the...

Dave and Patrick, Congratulations! As those of us who have the rating already know, taildragger flying makes you a better trike pilot, in addition to the fun you have flying the taildragger. Enjoy the acro, that too, makes you a better all round pilot by teaching you the proper control inputs for...

A few months ago we were discussing Bill Fox, the remarkable fellow who donated all of the memorabilia and artwork for our incredible "Blackbird Suite." At the time, my knowledge of his background was a bit sketchy. However, we now have a complete biography of Bill, (put together by Bill himself)...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-06-Fri-2005/news/26454926.html Passenger crash-lands plane after pilot suffers heart attack By J.M. KALIL REVIEW-JOURNAL A man whose only flight instruction was glider lessons 25 years ago guided a private plane to an emergency crash landing at...

I'm looking for a private pilot in Chicago,who would take me and my friends for a ride. We can "split" costs ( to make it legal ): pay for rental or fuel. It might be a good idea for somebody who is building time or just like to fly for lower price. my e-mail:

Interesting. Big John ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Flying circles around the helicopter Hope on a rope

....refused to fly with someone you felt was not entirely safe? (With that person acting as PIC, not as a passenger in your own plane.) I had it happen earlier this year, for the first time, ever, and it felt, well, weird. I think I did the right thing, but it's hard to say. That funny...

Last week I went for an hour-long CFI demo flight in an SR22-GTS. What an amazing airplane! Huge difference from the Lance I currently fly. A comfy car-like leather interior, and the presentation from the two Avidyne panels was just incredible. The takeoff roll was short (only 2 aboard with less...

Is anyone seeing Light-Sport Aircraft showing up at their local airports? Have you met anyone with the new Sport Pilot license? -- Mitchell Wing http://www.mitchellwing.com -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group

This is an excellent resource for people who fly single engine planes across the Great Lakes. I avoid straying out of gliding distance to shore until the temperature is into the sixties. Typical survival times for 60 degree water are in excess of six hours. http://www.coas****ch.msu.edu/ m