The demolition of the runway at Meigs continued this morning, starting at about 0630. I knew something was about to happen because the Alder Planetarium camera has been off-line for a while. So long, Meigs. We'll miss you. Dave Reinhart

Just getting with a few in the group and was wondering where everyone was from? Im down here in San Diego learning out of Montgomery..

yeah bull****. I'm never unsubscribing to these newsgroups. ...ever! I sit here night after night almost ****ing myself laughing at the dry humour. you guys are the tops for dry humour. where would you be without idiots to take the **** out of eh? Stealth(life 'd be boring) Pilot

So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and the weather is fairly crappy. By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...

I fly in the southeastern US, nearly always under IFR, in a complex sel. In reading other threads it's pretty clear that some others who post here don't understand what IMC means. I mostly hand fly, and I'm guessing 30% or more of my IMC flying is using the outside horizon, with occasional glances...

On top of last week's A340 incident, now an A330 experienced a sudden depressurization on a shakedown flight. Among the injuries to passengers were spinal injuries. Sounds like the pilot may have abruptly dived the aircraft while some passengers were still standing in the aisle. Or would people...

From what I understand, icing protection should be turned on if the outside temperature is 5° C or less. However, what is the reason for not having it on all the time? Does it overheat in normal weather, or what? I read that turning on icing protection before "sufficient ice has accumulated" may...

What things do you consider it essential to always have on board for every flight? Not just things required by law, but things that you personally believe in having on the aircraft before you leave the ground. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-) Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our most popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going to be called "the '100th...

He was 92. God speed, General. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor

The hourly rate on all of the planes in my flying club just went up again (second time in a year). Archer II's just went up by another $10 per hour. Flying rates in the past 6 years have gone up by a factor of 1.6 times yet I am still making the same salary I was making in 2001. If this keeps...

Hello everybody, I want to tell you what's happened during a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Milan, I'm not an expert of flight. During the entire flight, I noticed that the aircraft was continuosly rolling to right, and the pilot was correcting every 10-20 seconds the attitude. I noticed this,...

Which is safer flying or driving? Fatalities per million trips Odds of being killed on a single trip: Airliner (Part 121) 0.019 52.6 million to 1 Automobile 0.130 7.6 million to 1 Commuter Airline (Part 135 scheduled) 1.72 581,395 to 1

Apparently at a Young Eagle event: http://www.komonews.com/stories/39753.htm

Today was "kid day" for us. First, we took a lunch flight with a good friend and his son and daughter, ages 2 and 4. Then, later in the day, we did a sight-seeing flight with my 11 year old daughter, and one of her school friends. Both flights were outstanding! We had a high overcast here...

Hi All, Just got back from the national convention of my type club (insert glowing comments about beautiful planes, wonderful people, fun activities, helpful FBO here) So here's a topic related to Jay's thread "Scary". At the membership meeting, the club's Safety Director rightly pointed out...

Since I'm tired of reading questions about the development of anti-matter-powered Beechcraft ejection seats, I thought I'd toss this topic onto the newsgroup's platter: North Korea. In pondering why we (the US -- and the World) haven't responded more forcefully to the North Korean nuclear tests,...

Seems some guy from Minnesota, Lyle Christansen, is convinced that his brother Kenny was D.B. Cooper. Kenny Christansen is in fact a dead ringer for Cooper, was an army paratrooper, bought a house in Buckley, WA, with cash that he never explained where it came from, and he worked for Northwest...

Hello All.... This may sound silly, but I would like to hear some opinions on a matter presented to me this evening. I recently got my ticket. I started 5 years ago, and due to certain circumstances, I had to take 4 1/2 years off, then I picked up and did 10 more hours of training to prep for...

It looks like the Challenger skidded off the runway and crashed into a warehouse at TEB. Isn't this the same kind of plane that crashed on takeoff in Colorado? It looks like the plane remained intact so hopefully the passengers and crew are...