This note is about Vbr (speed for best range) and Vbe (speed for best endurance) - as well as specific range SR (nm per pound of fuel) and specific endurance SE (hr per pound of fuel) themselves - and how these quantities depend on (fixed pitch propeller) airplane gross weight W and (density)...

The weather was a huge question mark for pretty much the entire flight home. My plan A of course was to fly back the next day (Tuesday, the 30th). Plan B was to fly home commercially, leaving the airplane for about a month until weather is more stable and I had less expected schedule...

Ok, I did it today, first time ever, after ferrying my newly purchased 152 home. I realized about an hour after landing that I'd forgotten. I called the FSS and they'd informed me that they'd called the tower who had confirmed my landing and thus the plan had been closed. I felt like a complete...

I'm planning to buy a 1946 7AC Champ with 2 partners. All of us individually own one or more other aircraft. Anyone have any recommendations for: 1) Things to inspect look closely at. AD's I need to be aware of, etc. 2) A good partnership agreement I can look at 3) What insurance will cost.

Well, after enduring the blisteringly cold, icy, snowy, and windy winter we've had up here in the Northeast, I _finally_ managed to get in some real, honest to goodness, solid IFR practice! It's been a couple of months since my last real instrument flight, but tonight, the conditions were finally...

Does anyone have a sample aircraft partnership agreement or a link to one that I could review? TIA

(apologies if this shows up in duplicate - I posted earlier but never = saw this appear) Greetings! I obtained my Private Pilot certificate in Jan, 1990, and enjoyed its = privileges for a couple of years following. (For the rest of the story, = see sig block) My career has been in IT,...

Dave Krall in a note forwarded to the Pacific Northwest Flying forum says that there is a movement afoot to close Copalis Beach State Airport. This airport is worth extra effort to save it. Noise is not a legitimate issue; as the web site notes the sound of wind and waves drowns out the sound...

Hi, I'm looking for another pilot who is interested in going to Vegas this Saturday 17th April and coming back the next day. I am going in a Duchess myself, but I have 2 extra passengers. We are planning to land at North Vegas. Hotel will be paid for and the cost of the trip would be shared, so it...

Will be spending Spring/Summer in the area, looking for single-engine rental opportunities. Thanks.

From AvWeb: "If you're planning on flying into Lakeland, Fla., for Sun 'n Fun, be on the alert for large formation skydiving over Zephyrhills Airport between April 14 and April 18, sunrise to sunset. Zephyrhills (ZPH) is located 16 nautical miles northwest of Lakeland, on Lakeland's 332-degree...

Has anyone used this approach? I was thinking of emailing all my current students, asking them to spread the word about flying, and help bring in more students to the airport. Not sure how I want to word it, but I feel it might be a good way to get some new blood into the airport. Comments?

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got into a discussion at the old watering hole tonight about the base altitude of the hemispherical cruising altitude( you know, 3000 agl). but the question came up what do you do in mountainous terrain where the ground elevation can change thousands of feet in just a few miles. how do...

Hello! I ask if anyone knows if there is a service from jeppesen coming up wich supplies e.g vfr aerodrome charts including european charts on demand? Do you know, if I have to pay per chart? At myjeppesen there is a coverage called "jpdemp". I can not find any further information on the web...

Thomas Peterson of Washington DOT reports that the NTSB found high levels of carbon monoxide in the bodies of both pilot and passenger in the Cessna 170 that went down in Case Inlet last month. The plane was the subject of a search that lasted over a week. The muffler has been sent to NTSB...

Hi all, any ex BA term 3 LHR load supervisers on this site Regards John

For one reason or another, I've been in lurk mode for the last six months or so. I'm now going to make up for it with a particularly long post. :-) I've been increasingly frustrated with flying lately. In fact, I didn't meet a single goal I set for myself last year. Came close to getting the...

Aerial photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area wanted. Must have proven experience in air-to-air photography of aircraft in flight. This is to shoot a set of in-flight photos of my Grob 115C based at RHV. I have specific backgrounds in mind. This is a PAID work-for-hire assignment. Email your...

Since there was some discussion going on recently about the SF and the Zhills skydiving attempt, you may want to read this: http://www.avweb.com/news/atis/187075-1.html