With such a wealth of people and information on this forum, I thought I'd throw this out there.... What do you guys reckon to flight training up to CPL abroad. I always thought I wanted to go ATPL when I was younger, but since starting to learn in a C-152 aerobat and flying a Duchess, I altered my...

I'm a new student pilot (no aviation career plans) and am wondering: What things should I buy for myself? Headset, logbook, calculator etc. What makes sense to buy now and what should I wait on until I've flown a while? What would make my training easier and more productive? Pilot courses,...

I just came from my flying club's office where I scheduled a plane for tomorrow (Sunday). Both of the club's 182 are down for inspections and maintenance after hard landings. Two weeks ago, the club's Katana went down for the same reason. Three airplanes in two weeks!!! What are flight instructors...

After many consecutive days of crappy weather, with the plane down for annual, today dawned inauspiciously enough, with more rain. This seemed like a good excuse to go back to bed, so in a fit of decadence we did. We were enjoying a rare "true" day off from the inn, and neither of us could...

I am looking for Aircraft Rental from Akureyri whilst on vacation, if it's possible. Thanks, David Piper Warrior G-BHJO Scotland, UK

I admit to being a wuffo, but this is breathtaking! http://www.maxho.com/videos/wingsuit.wmv (Windows Media 9 .wmv 4.15Mb) Does anyone know who/when/where this is? Someone sent me the video, but no other info. HECTOP PP-ASEL-IA

At what rpm do people see their vacuum pressure drop below an acceptable level(3.2?). I also have a standby vac with a low vac pressure red warning light. When I reduce power to 1200-1300 rpm the vac pressure drops off and the red light comes on. I thought in the past the pressure would hold until...

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Some positive press on GA? On National Public Radio, no less! Just listened to a segment on "All Things Considered" (Saturday PM Edition), where they interviewed three elderly (upper 70s) home-builders in Lockhart, Texas. The reporter even went for a ride with one of them in his newly...

Some more beautiful, poignant, and hilarious pictures of the rec.aviation fly-in at Pinckneyville last weekend, courtesy of John Ousterhout and StellaStar! See them at: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rogue's_gallery_i_-_p.htm#P -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

The most recent issue of AOPA Pilot has G1000 and other glass cockpits in several ads and articles. They all seem to have a backup AI, but no turn coordinator or ball. How do you make a standard rate turn? How do you know if you're coordinated? Is there some display in the EFIS which makes...

http://www.flyiowa2004.com/ Don't miss it -- it's June 5th and 6th, in Washington, IA (AWG), located just south of Iowa City. "Fly Iowa" is the annual air show that rotates around the state of Iowa, in an effort to promote general aviation airports. This year is the 60th anniversary of D-Day, so...

I have set up an online Event using the site 'AdvertAgency.com' showing details and maps to get you in the mood for the Southend airshow this weekend. You will need to copy and paste the link below into the address field and then click on...

I'm a big fan of logging flights with my handheld gps and plotting them on various maps, for giving maps to friends who I've taken for "fun flights", and especially for evaluating my instrument training and competency. I use OziExplorer and OziExplorer 3D. Below are some notes I've made about the...

This might come under the heading of news you didn't want to hear: Aviation physicians recommend that a pilot refrain from operating an aircraft for six hours after taking Viagra. This is especially true if he intends to fly at night. Of course, this also means that a pilot should definitely not...

I've noted that turbine conversions of piston planes have become popular (Turbine Bonanza, JetProp, Turbine Otter...). While reading the pireps of these planes in Private Pilot, I saw that in most of these planes, the turbine appeared to be turned "backwards", ie with the rear nozzle turned toward...

Anyone got a website for this company? (They make a cut-into-the-wingtip landing light...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

I've bought a lot of stuff on Ebay, but I've never sold before -- until now. After a friend received over $200 for his BROKEN transponder (he was bluntly honest in the ad, saying it was basically a "box of parts"), I decided to try selling the wind-up clock I just removed from my panel. It's not...

Sometime over the last week, our FBO at Syracuse, NY, quietly raised 100LL fuel prices again. It is now $3.88 per gallon, which I believe has surpassed the fuel prices at Signature of Boston's Logan Airport. I just had to vent. -- Peter

Yesterday was one of those sopping wet, unstable Gulf Coast spring days and I needed to get an Angel Flight couple from Mobile to Jennings, LA (3R7, west of Lafayette) in the afternoon. By the time we were ready to leave BFM at noon, the NEXRAD on our route looked like a cheap Hawaiian luau shirt...