I've been reading "The DaVinci Code" (damn good book) and there was a paragraph about a biblical character named Pilot. That got me curious about the etymology of the word "Pilot." I wondered if there were some relation to the title we carry and the bible character. There isn't. But what I...

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Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation News Service March 8, 2004

The Florida Flying Gators are also having a very SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER at our next club meeting on the 6th of March. Bill Cook will be speaking at our next club meeting. I'm sure he will answer many questions about Sport Pilot and anything else related to Ultralights. We are very fortunate to have...

I will be opening a pilot shop on the main ramp of a busy non-airline airport in the NE. I will post the location and name when the lease and details are finalized, and an opening date is set. It will be adjacent a major FBO with significant transient traffic, and is near 4 flight schools on the...

I will be flying down to the NASCAR race in Atlanta on March 14th. For those of you who have flown out of races, it is a pain in the butt to get an IFR clearance and get out of the airport quickly. By far, the best way is to take off VFR and try to file and get a clearance in the air. The...

I've described the problems we've had with my wife's cherished Bose X headset since having it...

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Please excuse me for cross posting. There are two separate discussions going on about the Lowrance Airmap 1000. Mike, I just bought an Airmap 1000. I placed a pirep over on rec. aviation.piloting last night. I've never flown with a 195 or 196. It sounds like they are very nice, but cost more...

"R. Hubbell" wrote: Just not sure if I'll be the best judge of my safe flying when I'm on the tail end of my years. A good point. I've had a relative continue to drive until multiple accidents forced him to stop. Until he had more than a couple of wrecks, he refused or was unable to...

Any answers to this question posed to me............ I was wondering of you knew of a website that offers some consulting on why certain people do NOT get hired for the flight attendant position? I have reason to believe that over the last 15 years, (on and off) that alot of these airlines are...

Hey fellow birdmen, here's a short piece I wrote and posted over at Rec.aviation.homebuilt. Any comments are appreciated. The Buzz of RAH You see there were eleven of them in all and they really had nothing in common. The engineers, the builders, the dreamers, the weekend warriors, the curious...

Like a lot of folks here, I debated between the Garmin 295, 196 and the Anywhere Map from Control Vision. I badly wanted a color unit but couldn't see buying the 295 because it has to be due for replacement. Witness the nice, non battery eating screens of the new Street Pilot and the 76C...

While this AVflash blurb points the way for airmen at the ballot box, I find it interesting that Kerry has overlooked the fact that it was Clinton/Gore who initiated the notion ATC privatization. ------------------------------------------------------------------- AVflash Volume 10, Number...

Many thanks to this group's own John Osterhout for forwarding me these cool videos of the Thunderbirds crash from last fall: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm There are two separate videos -- one shot from inside the cockpit (that many of us have seen, but is still remarkable) --...

Hey guys, Beware of this new strain of spring-time bug that's going around. Here's what happened to a guy that got it. Intoxicating Wild Blue Temporary Madness He knew it was foolish. He knew it was dumb. But it was just that kind of new spring day when the flower pistils squirted into the...

Multi Engine Time Building Aircraft: Piper Twin Comanche- 70 Hrs on Engines and Q tip props. New soundproofed interior Check out the aircraft at Midwayaviators.com Performance: Cruise @ 75% - 169 kts -17.2 gph 65% - 162 kts -15.2 gph

I just finished reading John C Eckalbar's "FLYING THE BEECH BONANZA". WOW!!! This is a must read for the pilot of any high performance airplane that wants to understand the hows and whys of flying. This book is straight forward, no fluff, way it is reading. Twenty years ago, when I got my PPC, I...

As a VFR only pilot, I thought it pointless to get a night rating due to the potential difficulties of encountering a "black hole" and not having the skills to get back to safety. But our flight school encourages us to experience the beauty of night flying on clear nights. Just wondering, how many...

Just visited "alt.religion" for the first time (after taking the kids to see "The Passion of the Christ" this evening. Tip of the Day: Don't waste your money -- we ended up walking out mid-way through. This movie makes "Scarface" look like a Disney flick...), and what a bizarre walk on the...