On the topic of President Reagan. After he ordered the Boeing 747's as new Air Force One's, his first two rides in them were in his CASKET. Best, Karl "remote from Chicago"

Here is something I found... http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/news/press/bioscience-april04.pdf Says Nixon flew on a commercial flight to California on Dec 27, 1973. It is on the internet, so it must be true. :-) -- Mike Flyin'8

Electronic warfare effects flight safety - Beware in Ontario and Quebec in June! While preparing for a trip from Ottawa recently, COPA staff member Adam Hunt noticed the following NOTAM in the Flight Information Region section of the NOTAMs: 040305 CZUL MONTREAL FIR CZUL GPS JAMMING EXERCISES MAY...

AvWeb is reporting that "an alarming number of aircraft" are in poor mechanical condition. I must admit that their assessment matches my own observations. Some of the planes I see regularly flying are almost scary -- and some of the planes I've seen in hangars and on ramps I can only pray never...

Former President Reagan's sunset burial had a dissonant note for me. The Navy flew a missing man formation over the site, and as is traditional the second element lead position (the airplane that would have been represented by your ring finger tip as they flew in finger tip formation) left its...

June 18,2004 Welcome to the 2nd Annual National Cherokee Flyin and Convention. Thanks for spending your weekend with us to be among those who fly and love Cherokees. The weekend is full of things to do both at the event and around the city of Osage Beach. Tan-Tar-A is a world-class resort with...

I posted here recently that the club to which I belong in Northern NJ: http://flyingclub.org has some memberships available. Through an odd chain of reasoning (and searching the 'net for comparable clubs), I came upon what I found to be an interesting thought. But is it "good" interesting or...

In article , pilot wrote: Anyone know where I can find a complete airshow schedule. I want to post it on my website. Google the National Council of Airshows.

hello news colors http://www.airliners.net/open.file/598567/M/ franck

It looks like we're not the only ones who think baby Bush's 3,000+ square mile TFRs are too big: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 5, Issue 50 December 12, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------- PENNSYLVANIA...

There he was, holding for takeoff, ready to go, transponder alive, and he gets bitched at by the tower for "causing problems with the airliner's nav on final, switch transponder to standby." Makes sense to anyone ??? Ray

Any pilot who's also into ground geocaching? I'm thinking about buying a new GPS receiver to use for that purpose, but also wonder if these hikers' GPSes can also be used for aviation, perhaps as a backup navigation instrument. (I use an older Trimble for flying.) Henry

Get the ATIS first, 118.05, tower is 125.7, ground 121.7, it helps if you use approach control during the arrival but expect to be kept out of Class B airspace if you are coming from the SW.. from the NE or E or SE you'll get ClassB assist.. if from the SE.. then expect vectors to the approach end...

I am going quietly mad. I fired up my Garmin III Plus this afternoon and plugged in the airport, and behold! The airport is to my south, and the compass needle pointed north. Then I realized that if I turned 360 degrees, the display never changed: the needle always pointed to the bottom of the...

I'll be flying into Houston from Denver (APA) for about a week stay. I'd rather not deal with the Class B at Hobby so am looking for a spot to park the 206 on the north or east side of town. Relatives live around Kirby and Hwy 59. I'd appreciate some recommendations/preferences in terms of quality...

So I want to be a pilot! After a bit of googling it seems 40-60 hours of training is needed to obtain Private Pilot's Certificate. I have about two weeks vacation in July. --------- QUESTIONs: --------- 1) Is it possible to take lessons 5 hours a day and become a private pilot in time frame of 2...

Interesting that many have not defined the origin of the placement of the "red line" on the tachometer. I don't know where to look it up, but I suspect it has something to do with prop tip speed (as one poster mentioned). Shorten the prop, lengthen the prop, change the pitch and you...

blundered into the DC airspace and prompted the evacuation of the capitol and the Supreme Court just before Regan's funeral. Bad press for GA can't get much worse than this. I hope Boyer is on top of his game today. -- Roger Long

This is good: http://www.flyaboveall.com/willswing_grumman.htm -jav

I once stopped at an FBO in Minneapolis with a Seneca. The lineman brought out the JET-A truck. Scary to think what could happen if I wasn't paying attention. I'm sure the larger piston twins (Navajo, 421, etc) have this happen even more often. On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:33:00 GMT, "Helix"...