I worked on the B-36s at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico during 1955-1956. (was on a crew that broke the SAC record for engine change on the bird: 3hr.) A story comes to mind of the F-84 group that came down on a TDY. One of the F-84 jocks was a friend of one of the B-36 pilots and went for a ride. ...

Go to http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see: - From Wyoming, Ben Haas' brand new Zenith 801... - From New York, Peter Riccardielli's beautiful Skyhawk SP... In less than a month this page has grown to show 47 "member's" planes, representing 28 States, Canada, and the United...

I just noticed that the highly praised movie "Winged Migration" will be aired on STARZ this Saturday, Dec 13 at 8:45 as well as five other times (once more Sat then twice each on Tues and Wed of the following week). I've scheduled it to record and thought a number of others might appreciate knowing...

You would think they are trying to kill General Aviation and Private pilots. "Harold" harold clotmail.com wrote in message ... "Bernie Samms" wrote in message ...

Got a older radio shack hand held radio with the air band. I can receive signals but it there any type of externa antenna I can attach to increase the range?

Drudge reports. Wright 1903 reproduction scheduled to fly on 17th at Kill Devil Hills, cost 1.2 mil ???? What did they do, gold plate it???? Also he reports that Bush will talk. No info in article on restriction to flight around KDH ??? Big John

Hi all, Back in August I placed an order for the retrofit battery box assembly for my 2001 vintage Bose X. Problem is, the units haven't shipped yet, apparently due to "manufacturing difficulties". Whatever. The latest news is that they *may* ship in March (about 8 months late). While I wasn't...

Does anybody have or know where I can get a free flight planning software program. I don't need anything too fancy. I am more interested in the wind triangle calculations. ( TC, TH, WCA, GS, IAS etc...) An excel spreadsheet proggy would be great. I thought it would be a great backup for an E6B...

Why do we pull the props back to feather prior to shutting down? I cannot see any reason for this. This seems a useless procedure on the shutdown checklist. If the prop levers are left forward upon shutdown, the prop blades will go into feather when oil pressure drops off. On start up, the...

Where do pilot's get their POH's from? What other material is normally available that provides info on an aircraft besides the POH? I'm not a pilot (yet) but would like to get my hands on a POH for a Bombardier Global Express (BD-700) and Cirrus SR22 so that I can model them in a scientifically...

Somewhere I read that you should NOT acknowledge transmissions by just pressing PTT briefly. Now, I had never heard that before, nor done it, but since then I think I've heard it happen. Can someone who is familiar with this explain the PTT-ack customs so I know how to interpret it? -- Ben...

Does anyone know where to purchase ear protection for dogs being taken in single-engine airplanes? It supposedly exists, but I haven't been able to locate it. Would appreciate any/all help. --Shirley

Nomen Nescio wrote: Peter, After looking through the web sites that you referenced, I just have to say what a teriffic service you are providing to those in need. Certainly a far more worthy cause than the $100 hamburger. It's something that I would be very interested in becoming involved...

Does anybody know what are the takeoff and landing rolls (fully loaded) on a soft field for a normally aspired STOL conversion-equipped 206 (any popular conversion)? Thanks Triple Delta

We just got back from a Caribbean cruise, so now I can say that I have taken that dam ship to Hell (the Maasdam, to be specific). I was most disappointed that Martin Hotze was not in Hell. I was told he was away on assignment. Against all my previous resolutions, we flew commercial down to...

I was watching Discovery Wings when I saw a spot about the CAP celebrating it's anniversary and I saw a scene with an Airvan in CAP colors (lots of bright red and blue). I have seen nothing in the aviation publications about this aircraft. Does anyone here know anything about it beyond what is on...

A couple of days ago I flew into Logan Airport (Boston, MA, USA) in a C172 for an Angel Flight. Taxing to the departing runway, we were behind a B767 and a DC9 (in that order), with several other large airliners behind us. I noticed that there seemed to be no wake turbulence delay for the...

Does anyone else find it ironic that the President's very presence at the celebration of 100 years of powered flight has shut down almost 2,000 square miles of airspace? Couldn't he have phoned it in? Rich Russell

Hi, I am in the planning stage for a trip from Kenosha (SE Wisconsin) to San Diego to visit my brother this summer. This will be my firsrt time in the mountains, and I was looking for some help picking the route. So far I have picked up the WACs for the general area for planning, and I was thinking...

Is anyone planning on celebrating the 100th anniversary by going out and flying on 12/17? Going anywhere special or simply converting cash into lift? So long as it's a VFR day here in the CA central valley, I'm planning on leaving work a couple hours early and going flying. Nowhere special, just...