Eeyore wrote in : Steve Pope wrote: The reports are there was a birdstrike and explosion and both engines went silent. What are the odds that, instead of a double birstrike, there was a single

On the real Baron 58, is there any forward thrust at all with the props feathered (or set to zero)? I have a slider set to the prop controls and if I set it to zero the plane will still drift forward slowly as I advance the throttles. I'm not clear on exactly what 0% does on the prop control. I...

I apologize if this topic has been beaten to death in the past. I am wondering if there are any statistics on whether pilots are safer (automobile) drivers than the general public. It has seemed to me that my pilot training has improved my driving skills in several ways: situational awareness,...

I was admiring an Emirates A330 on finals earlier today. It appeared to be on the proper glide path (guaging from the earlier string of aircraft). A mile out or so, for some reason, TOGA! and the aircraft went into quite a nose-up attitude and climbed away, aborting the landing. This go-around...

Anybody see the new issue? (with the Baron on the cover) Jay's been recognized for his effort with ASN.

Can you depart and spin from coordinated flight? Specifically a coordinated climbing turn? Several weeks ago I chimed in on an otherwise awful thread suggesting that if the ball was in the center the airplane would not spin. One of the posters ) responded that the...

I saw the following poll at Doug Reeve's "Van's Airforce" and was mildly surprised to see almost 70% first logged time under the age of 30 (at least at the time I last looked): http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=22591 So I wonder how many of you I can get to (reasonably)...

On May 21, 9:39 am, C J Campbell wrote: MSNBC is showing a small twin in Florida that is circling an airport. Apparently he can't get the nose gear down. Probably will have to land gear up on national news. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight...

I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are. Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members of the...

http://www.orizzle.com/htm/v/020.htm Danny Deger

Hello, all well I have been lurking and posting trying to find me a low cost time builder well I almost have up the hunt, I went to bed early Thursday night woke up about 4am logged on to eBay and to my surprise a local area person posted a nice little low time 1976 150 called the guy at 5am woke...

Flyers, This was part of a post in "Selling my Garmin 296" and decided to make it a separate post. Sorry for the redundancy. Kobra wrote: ...I toasted my engine about 3 weeks ago.

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=91550&ran=22848 What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to see them flying anymore.... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_crash_investigation I think this was reported a month ago as well, but there was another round of news releases today stating that the pilots took their Bombardier CJR200 to its maximum altitude of 41,000 ft. Afterwards, both engines failed and they crashed before...

This started on a Mooney list. I cannot for the life of me (and an engineering degree) figure out why a turbo normalizer would be any easier on an engine than a regular turbo. Is this just marketing crap from the turbo normalizer people? Turbo'd engines cost more to run because of the increased...

What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Among other things, I had an interesting experience yesterday with a runway that was far narrower than any I'd used before... We had gone to Dallas for Mother's day, and returned to Atlanta yesterday in my...

wrote in message P.S. Not a lot of comments from the US about the A380 now it flies. Nothing extraordinary to comment on. Big is not new. The 380 is only a few feet larger than a 747; beefier, longer wing for the weight, but essentially they've just added a second...

Have you ever really taken your aircraft to the bottom edges of its flight ability and airspeed, and flown it with any degree of precision and of more than just a few moments/minutes? Are you comfortable doing it on the edge or nibble of a stall? Can you do it while holding altitude and desired...

Although it wasn't due for another 2 months, I decided to play it safe and extend my ability to fly despite the TSA for another 22 months. I don't suppose anyone has heard any rumors from inside the TSA? There's nothing on their...

1) I keep my plane in a hangar at an airport more than 50 nm from the airport nearest my home. I decide to fly it home for a week (1 hr), and tie it down. I fly locally for that week (5 hrs), then back to my hangar airport (1 hr). How much of that can I log as XC time usable for a rating? 2) I...