Satellites are great for coverage but they are expensive to maintain ( $1B per year). Would it be possible to use all those cell phone towers as GPS extensions, providing wide area coverage and increased accuracy? The satellite constellation would serve as the "backbone" which provides accurate...

Dude wrote: Wow, I feel sorry for you, and I think you are an angry man. For whatever reason you HATE the right. Perhaps you should examine why. Try to see the world from their viewpoint and understand them. Then maybe you can have less pain inside. That's funny; I got no sense of hate...

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Unless AOPA succeeds in turning back the latest over the top foolishness from the (T)oo (S)tupid to pay attention to anything except (A)viation, I think we may see the end of the freelance CFI. Insurance is already forcing most out because the cost of giving one BFR a year is the same as a...

Lindsey Collom The Arizona Republic Sept. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Two men died this morning when the experimental plane they were in crashed onto a Mesa golf course. The plane experienced engine trouble about 7 a.m. during takeoff from Falcon Field Municipal Airport (FFZ), a Mesa Fire spokesman said....

As previously announced (please see entire post below), the Amigo Airsho in El Paso, TX is requesting responses from those interested in attending the Fly-In / GA Expo to be held in conjunction with the Airsho. We are especially interested in hosting those aviators from outside the...

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:08:31 -0400, Roy Smith wrote in :: But, how would an INS system be any better than a GPS system? Which would be more susceptible to degradation due to a solar storm?

After decades of one-sided hatchet jobs, reporting gaffs, and programming that appeals to no one with an IQ over 60, you are suddenly worried about your reputation? Dan Rather's ill-considered attacks on small airports and general aviation pretty much reduced your reputation to something less than...

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How many of you are using GATTS jars for sumping fuel?

Does anyone in this forum know if class C in Canada is equivalent to class B in the USA? I have been told that the USA does not follow ICAO conventions and is therefore wrong? Can anyone here credit or discredit this statement? Thanks. Clyde Torres

Though I a appreciate aeronautical charts for helping me navigate to my destination without bumping anything, I also admit to having an aesthetic affection for them as well -- especially sectionals. So, I've been thinking of perhaps framing some and hanging them from the wall, not just in the...

An outfit called Zero Gravity Corporation is offering zero-G flights in a modified Boeing 727 out of Florida. $2950 per ride. Some interesting info on their web site http://nogravity.com. No mention if barf bags are included as part of the package ;-)

It pays to read the TFR notams one's self, and carefully look at the plots. I have to fly to ASH tomorrow morning. I was hoping to return in the afternoon but my initial calls to FSS indicated that the airport would be closed all afternoon (well 1245 to 1620 local, anyway). So I went and read...

Do you think Zoooom could match this or maybe this is where he got his 'War' stories???......................................Big John John Lear gave this talk on July 9th, 2004 to a group of fellow pilots in Las Vegas called, the "Hangar of Quiet Birdmen". Each month one pilot in the group gives...

"R. David Steele" steele.david@verizon(DOT)net/OMEGA wrote in message ... Please stop cross-posting so widely. You are making it a habit, and most of the time it's quite inappropriate. Thank you.

It's good to know that flying drunk is OK because our air traffic controllers are "good" (according to defense counsel). ---- NORRISTOWN, PENN. - Judge Bernard A. Moore Wednesday convicted John V. Salamone, 44, on charges of recklessly endangering others and risking a catastrophe in connection...

The 141's left McChord AFB some time ago. Now they are all C-17's. Bob Gardner "R. David Steele" /OMEGA wrote in message ... Looks like the C-141 is going away. I assume that the C-17 and some form of Boeing cargo jet...

My brain has totally gone blank for this simple question, I know I should have paid more attention in school !!!. I just was given a 12volt 1200mAh battery and a 200mh 3W wall charger by a friend who is quitting flying. It has been that long since he used the battery he doesn't remember charging...

The airport is Evergreen Sky Ranch, a private, grass strip (2650' long) located near the town of Black Diamond (actually it looks closer to Enumclaw or even Auburn to me, but it's listed as in Black Diamond), about 15 NM southeast of Seattle. "Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and...