There are a number of headset - cellphone adapters on the market ranging in price considerably. If you've tried agiven brand, I'd be interested in hearing your PIREP on it. Thanks, Helen

Some sad notes to mar an otherwise perfect Easter Sunday to fly here in Iowa. Incredibly, we've experienced not one, but TWO fatal crashes near Iowa City. In the first one, at a small airport nearby, a Cherokee 235 crashed on takeoff and exploded in flames, killing the pilot, Andrew Bryon, a...

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can someboby help me - for my business plan, I need to know the operating costs of the Fokker F28 tks JJL

I received the following from an acquaintence. Don't know how many have read it but I found it interesting. Corky Scott ***Begin Quote*** What made an Airbus rudder snap in mid-air? When Flight 961 literally began to fall apart at 35,000 feet, it increased fears of a fatal design flaw in the...

I read in mag article regarding a "rule of thumb" for calculating take off distance required when weight increased, but I cannot remember what is it. Does anyone know? Also, are there any "rule of thumb" for calculating take off distance per power loss, or increase elevation? How about power...

anyone have some thoughts on the differences between the two? i had a panasonic w2 laptop. 768MB RAM, 40GB HD (20 free), VGA video with 64MG shared memory. i think 2002 would be better as its system requirements are lower. thanks G

Did anyone catch this on avflash? Quote: it now appears airlines operating A300 and A310 aircraft will be compelled to conduct thorough inspections of the planes' composite rudders. France's civil aviation regulator has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the one-time visual...

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http://www.gpiaa-portugal-report.com/ Accident Investigation Final Report All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion Air Transat Airbus A330-243 marks C-GITS Lajes, Azores, Portugal 24 August 2001 Final Investigation Report 22 / ACCID / 2001 18 October 2004

I believe Cape Air has the largest fleet of Cessna 402s. This article is actually pretty accurate, but it goes downhill when it says, "Over the next decade, the company stopped production of all propeller-driven aircraft, including the 402C." Actually Cessna continued to make propellor driven...

In a few weeks I'm going to make the annual trip from Michigan to Florida... Thought I would detour this time instead of the usual 8 hour, straight line, Michigan to the beach thrash... I decided to leave at noon on Friday instead of waiting till Saturday morning... As I was reviewing the usual...

I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth...

I'm planning a flight from Denver Co to Taos NM around Memorial Day, non-turbo Arrow. Available options to negotiate the Sangre De Cristo mountain range appear to be either La Veta pass, west from Cimarron, or way down south around Las Vegas. I'd appreciate some comment from people experienced...

Anybody know of a source for printing bank checks with my own plane on it?

Flyers, Just letting you know that I have 4 Sporty's DVD's for sale on ebay. All start at $5.00 except the one with 2 discs. They a Flying the Garmin G1000 Instrument Proficiency Check

From Aviation International News: Bombardier Points to Cause of Tupelo Challenger Overrun It's probable that a bent-down microphone jack receptacle near the base of the copilot's control column prevented aft movement of the yoke, causing a Challenger 600 to overrun the runway during takeoff from...

From Aviation International News : 'Well forward' C.G. Implicated in TEB Challenger Overrun "The center of gravity (c.g.) was found to be well forward of the allowable limit," according to an NTSB update of the investigation into the Challenger 600 that overran Runway 6 on takeoff from Teterboro...

When you file a flight plan or request flight following, and you have to indicate how the aircraft is equiped I usually say /u because the plane does not have a GPS unit. Now that I have the airmap 1000 and will be flying with that, when contacting flight service can I say /g, or is that only if...