Going to be in Daytona for a couple of weeks early next month and would like to be able to grab an instructor and a 172SP for a couple of dual / sightseeing hops while I'm down there for speedweeks. Any suggestions for airports that would be beyond the TFR that will be over the racetrack in case I...

Hi, As I had predicted, the NTSB looked through the 'fire' story and called it "VFR into IMC" in mountainous terrain. http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20030618X00901&key=1 Hilton

I've tried googling for answers, but have come up short. I am the proud new owner of a Dell Axim X50V handheld PC that I intend to use for instructing. In addition to keeping track of my schedule, contacts, and location via a bluetooth GPS, I'm interested in using it as an inflight recorder. I've...

We have had an unfortunate plane crash here yesterday. I Cessna 172 developed engine problems and could not make the airport (KORL) the plane ended up coming down just a few miles NW of the intended airport. A chopper news 6 helicopter was on scene as the pilot tried to land the plane on a road...

Hey Iwan...any chance you can keep this in alt.disasters.aviation and not the rec.aviation.* groups? IMHO, seems a bit more cross-posted than necessary. -- Jack Allison PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth

As bizarre as it sounds two teenagers in Gettysburg PA were arrested Friday for risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment for dropping eggs on their high school. The plane belonged to his father and the teenager is unlicensed. http://makeashorterlink.com/?V6024173A I can almost remember...

Did we not learn our lesson from Tylenol? http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/11/laser.beams.aircraft.ap/index.html If there's a laser related aircraft incident, I hold the news broadcasters at least partially responsible.

I am interseted in information about flying the regional jets - either the Embraers or the CRJ's. I am currently flying turoprops and loving it but my flying buddies say that the RJ's totallly rule. I am interested in the flying characteristics, training, systems, procedures, profiles and the...

Considering replacing my 195 with the 96 or 96C. The Garmin website claims 25 hours for the 96 or 40 hours for the 96C in, "battery saver mode." I find it curious that they claim longer life for the color unit. In my experience the color 295 sucks batteries much faster than a 195. What kind of...

Does anyone have an "Excel based" logbook that they can forward to me. I've tried to find the ones that were available previously, and have done google searches to no avail. Specifically, I'm looking for one that keeps track of night, IFR, passenger currency. Thank you. - Steve

this guy is a net troll, he's using at least (6) other usernames, killfile him ASAP, below is his posting history http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?enc_author=aLo_UhMAAACqeZKH24Ly4UNtt449SfjFWMj6vob75xS36mXc24h6ww see the link above, he is using at least (10) other usernames on Usenet, they...

We are all Spaniards today. As a percentage of Spanish population, the horrendous terrorist attack on Madrid has now actually injured and killed more people than the World Trade Center attacks did to America in 2001. Terrorism must be stopped, whatever the cost. Whether it was Basque separatists...

Hi all, Just figured I'd relate an experience I had today -- I was ramp checked at Wilkes Barre, PA, for the second time in 15 years of flying. After shooting a nice "high speed" ILS to a full stop landing, I pulled up to Tech Aviation. Not 10 seconds after I hopped out and told the line crew to...

It means that the controllers are employed by the local municipality... "jacjohn" wrote in message ... Ok... With all the talk of "non-federal" towers, I got to thinking. What exactly does that mean to us pilots?

Been watching the news footage of the emergency crash landing all day today. News is reporting pilot radiod "oil pressure dropping" then hit utility pole near golf course, killing pilot. It's an awful thing to see. Fox went on to say small planes should all install parachutes for $15k...

begin rant Forsooth, I dislike it. end rant -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

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At sea level, the change in atmospheric pressure with altitude is close to 1"Hg/1000'. Logically, this would mean that the air pressure would drop to zero somewhere not much above 30000'. It doesn't, because as the density drops the variation with altitude also changes. Which brings to mind the...

I have an extra FlightCom Denali headset that I originally purchased for the fourth passenger, but it was never used. So I'm making it available on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4518650714

Gang, A friend has heard that pulling the prop control out to make coarse pitch aids starting (when the engine has had trouble starting). Has anyone ever heard of this technique? Andy ANDY'S HANGAR http://webpages.charter.net/andyshangar/