Has anyone else grown annoyed by the proliferation of cell towers with strobe lights? Every time we're coming into land in Iowa City -- especially when Mary is flying, and I'm concentrating exclusively on traffic avoidance -- I spot one or more cell tower strobes out of the corner of my eye, and...

Can anybody here tall me what the standard rate of turn is in a 757? Is it the same as small palnes, i.ei, is it universal at 360 degrees in 2 minutes? I've got someone telling me the Boeing 757 that hit the Pentagon did some impossible turn before flying into the building, and it sounds like a...

I've been carrying my O2 for quite a few years now. However, I've never found a good way to transport the cannulas/hoses/valves. The molded plastic container they came it is too time consuming to repack 4 cannuals after every trip. I've been putting them in plastic zip locks but they don't fit well...

For years I've turned by back on Garmin GPSs because they did not provide terrain. Now it looks like the Garmin 296 provides that. I'm considering selling my Skymap IIIc (which has terrain) and buying the Garmin. The IIIc certainly has a bigger screen but the Garmin has the partial panel turn...

Anybody know the name of the painting that shows a grandfather and his grandson at an airshow next to the nose of Sentimental Journey, or is there an online aviation art gallery that might have it? I'm looking for a print to hang on October 14. Thanks! Chris Gattman

I hesitated to even bother writing about this, since so far it seems like pretty much a non-event. But then I figured, what the heck...hardly anyone ever actually writes about actual flying, however mundane, in this newsgroup, so here you go... The plan was for me to follow a friend down to his...

The crosswinds runway needs $5.5 million in repairs and safety-related work, none of which is eligible for reimbursement by the Federal Aviation Administration, said Brad Penrod, authority chief operating officer. However, the authority can obtain federal funding to convert the runway to a...

Here's the link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3394994/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

Hi there, because of less time i'm interested in doing an Accelerated Instruments Rating. Some Flight Schools offer such accelerated thing. Does anybody of you have any experience in it ? What school has the most experience doing it ? What do you think about it ? Is there a real chance to get the...

For the Canadian homebuilders or future builders in southern Ontario, the Europa kit plane factory folks will be attending the Aviation Expo http://www.canadianaviationexpo.com/html-frame.html (Canada's largest aviation show) this weekend on June 18th at the Oshawa Airport, with a tri-gear demo...

Good. Anyone else got any interesting waypoints? 43 47N 070 30W is the east shore of Sebago Lake in Maine. (The Cub doesn't deal in seconds :) all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

To the aviation community, I recently graduated from San Jose States aviation program with a degree in Flight Operations. After 5 years of pain and suffering I have finally graduated and come to one conclusion, the San Jose State Aviation program needs to be rebuilt. All SJSU aviation Students...

How do I check weather while flying in Canada? Is there a 800-WX-BRIEF in Canada? Where do I file my domestic Canadian flight plans? The AOPA packet didn't include any of this information. -Robert

I know after reading this newsgroup for over three years that many questions have been asked regarding the "best" GPS for the money...so forgive me but the Garmin 296 is so new I can't find out much about it. Lots of old articles about older models of GPS receivers. I've been using the Lowrance...

Whoever first recommended "Flonase" has earned themselves a FREE night in one of our aviation theme suites! We worked our booth at the "Fly Iowa" airshow both Saturday and Sunday. We were outside, in the hot, dusty wind, on the edge of a thousand square miles of hay and corn fields, from 7 AM...

Hoewel, Arjen Jongeling is hier nog nooit geweest en ik denk dat Arjen Jongeling hier ook nooit meer zal terugkomen. Sterker nog, Arjen Jongeling zit hier helemaal fout. Maar ja, het doet het goed in de Google archieven.

Is het die Ear Youth weer? Nee, het is Arjen Jongeling! Het is een kwestie van geduld voor heel usenet Hollands lult

It's been quite awhile since anyone has posted a complaint about LightSpeed headsets. Has LightSpeed repaired/replaced everyone's broken units (headsets, that is)? Jay, what is the latest on your "freebie's"?

Both pilots are well known and respected in the Puget Sound area. Amazing that the pilot of the 170 was able to fly his plane at all: NTSB Identification: SEA04FA083B 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Sunday, May 16, 2004 in Tenino, WA Aircraft: Cessna 210J, registration:...

For years I've turned by back on Garmin GPSs because they did not provide terrain. Now it looks like the Garmin 296 provides that. I'm considering selling my Skymap IIIc (which has terrain) and buying the Garmin. The IIIc certainly has a bigger screen but the Garmin has the partial panel turn...