It happened to me August 29, 2006. I went out for night currency with a short hop to Winchester, VA (KOKV). I flew there VFR since the only clouds in the forecast would be up in the Class A realm. Besides, I don't fly VFR in the DC ADIZ very often and I could use the practice there, too. The...

The FO does most of the communications; they don't trust my perfect English. In South Fl if you speak good English you can't communicate properly. I have had a lot of fun with my language in Miami. Most people (latins) assume I don't speak or understand Spanish, and it is quite funny when they...

Interesting, in the past week Bertie the Buttlipp has posted 20% of the message on this group. 85% of those messages were cross posted to kook group, apparently soliciting noise. 72% were nothing but insults, attempts to stimulate an argument. 43% were off topic conversations with the troll...

Breathalyzer that is... and field test.. and blood test. With respect to your certificate, I was wondering what the best course of action would be if you had imbibed a couple of cocktails and you were pulled over and suspected of DUI. For example, a friend of mine blew just above the limit...

We've had a string of headset misfortunes. First, my Lightspeeds started acting up (some sort of ANR problem - more of an annoyance than anything), so they went back to Lightspeed for a fix. When they came back, the ANR was working, but the headset volume was so low the headsets were not...

Has anyone on this list had experience with getting a student his medical certificate if the student has severe allergies? This student has a really bad peanut alergy. If I eat a peanut butter sandwich before a lesson we could get hives and if he were to accidently eat a peanut he could go into...

Local internet service providers may consider blocking an American from taking part in online discussions following one of the worst cases of "flaming" seen in this country. A mysterious figure calling himself "Bertie the Bunyip" has upset local Usenet newsgroups after a bizarre campaign that has...

"nrp" wrote... Itinerant traffic at KSSQ has gone to about zero, even with the excellent VFR WX this spring. There's a perfect storm working against us prop pounding GA guys: 1. The age of the average flyer/owner is transitioning from the peak earning years into the...

The Seven Levels of Aviation (Satire) (and with apologies to Ken Rockwell, the Seven Levels of Photographers) Master: Level 7 (the highest level) The Master has a Vision in a tangible form called Flying. He and the aircraft are one. The Master is the aircraft and the aircraft is the Master. The...

I'm still in a bit of a quandry as to how to learn to make coordinated turns in a PC simulator that does not include a motion platform. I've turned on the visual alignment indicator that MSFS provides, which is a red "V" that sits squarely ahead in the visual field, effectively bolted to the...

My instructor has me doing power out simulted emergency spot landings in prep for my checkride. I've already had my checkride put back once cause I'm not getting them right often enough. Did some more today but still not 100%. Does anyone ahve any tips? He wants me to land on the numbers. I...

For years, now, I've read that it's illegal for an FBO or airport to forbid aircraft owners from fueling their own planes. In another group, I simply parroted that information -- and now one of the group members wants to know WHICH law expressly prohibits an FBO from inhibiting an owner's ability...

Hello, This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't find anything about it. When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like : Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN What call should I do ? Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Earlier this evening I was watching the program "Discoveries This Week" on the Science Channel. The first segment was about the visual laser warning system being put in the ADIZ. All the reported errors about the lasers I'm addressing in alt.lasers. However, I wanted to mention here that some...

As mentioned in an earlier thread, I would provide a PIREP with my initial thought on my new addition. 1- "Wow, that is a big box." The company I purchased the unit from packaged it exceptionally well. The box was larger than I was expecting. This was due to the peanuts in the box. 2 - "What...

I don't get it: Burt Rutan designed and built the GlobalFlyer and Branson financed it - why is Fosset getting all the attention and why was he the pilot? Is he really that great of a pilot? It seems that his real fame is as "adventurer". Maybe what he brought to the project was his name and...

I'm a CFI and was curious how many CFI's sign their students off for flying solo at night. I personally don't feel comfortable doing it. Thanks, Pete

With built-in flight timers becoming the norm in virtually all new avionics (heck, even the new transponder I'm getting has one), just wondering if folks are migrating away from using hobbs/tach time to record their flight time? And if you *are* using the flight timer, have you stopped using the...

Howdy again, After reading NTSB reports that attribute the cause of the accident to exceeding the airplane's maximum takeoff weight, I began wondering about the effects of an overweight takeoff within C.G. limits. Specifically, what would I have to do differently when flying an airplane that's...

Just a quick question... During a crosswind landing, for instance a left crosswind, you'd lower the left, upwind wing to counter the right drift induced by the crosswind. You'd also use some right rudder to keep the nose straight and prevent it from "weathervaning". Is this "weathervaning...