I wonder how often real pilots open this list server, hoping that it might once again be on topic? It's not worth checking more often than weekly, and that interval is growing longer. Well played, spammers.

He's one of us now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7339475.stm Can you be an RAF pilot in 13 weeks? It can take up to four years to fully train an RAF pilot, so how did Prince William get his wings in under four months? Prince William is never going to be an...

I did my BFR last month in a PA28-181. It is an airplane new to the flying club I belong to and although I have more than 60 hours in type, the owner requires anyone who desires to rent it, have an instructor checkout. Prior to the flight I calculated a weight and balance and appropriate speeds...

Apparently, the insurance co of the pilot who lost his amphibious float plane on landing (see "Stupid Pilot Tricks" and Followup a couple of weeks ago) and parked it in a hangar with a Comanche already inside, is trying to get out of paying anything since the pilot was on drugs. Not...

"DaveC" wrote in message ... Cell phone usage is restricted on all domestic commercial flights by the FAA, so the flight attendant keeps telling me. The regulation against using electronic devices that have not...

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

British Airways has admitted flying dozens of "ghost flights" across the Atlantic, with only pilots and cargo aboard (and no passengers), because it doesn't have the crews to staff the flights with...

Seen in Avweb's AvFlash: CRASH STATISTICS, FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS According to the AP's research, pilots older than 50 were involved in 55.8 percent of accidents over a five-year period even though they constitute only 36.8 percent of certificated pilots. And, apparently, the older a pilot...

I saw one of these signs along I-78 in NJ. Now, I find it ***REALLY*** hard to believe that this particular sign is true. The highway is congested and with radar guns and all, monitoring speed by aircraft (copter maybe?) seems expensive and unnecessary. I know I've seen these signs elsewhere -...

rather than hijack a perfectly good arcane science thread; i'll start a new one 'cause the core question is a darn good one. hypothetical situation: you're a blue sky vfr flyer and somehow you wind up in the soup - after having gone 2 hours and 200 miles from your take-off point , you wake up from...

On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at which time, and what...

This sucks. Bad guy 2, police 0, media -2+ Jul 27 04:03 PM US/Eastern (AP) Two television news helicopters collided Friday and crashed while covering a police pursuit. Both helicopters went down in a park and were on fire. There was no immediate word on the fate of those aboard.

Been lurking and not posting but think this will be of interest to all. Wheee. Look at the numbers :o) Big John ********************************************************** FLYING THE SR-71 AT A "LEISURELY CRUISE" OF M3.0+ AT FL800

"Ned" wrote in message ... Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Popular Mechanics | By David Noland | October 13, 2007 snip Hmmm. No mention of September 11, 2001. I would have thought those plane crashes would have made the list, given the...

NEW YORK — Boeing Co's (BA) new carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner plane may turn out to be unsafe and could lead to more deaths in crashes, according to a report by veteran journalist Dan Rather to be broadcast in the United States on Tuesday. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297248,00.html

Is it just me, or is there a full moon out or something?!?! Between RADICALLY wild posts about gay marriage and nuking the Middle East, and Belfort Instruments guy with more idiot posts in the last few days than usual, I think there must be full moon out, and everyone is going looney. Maybe...

Hi, Any Canadians out there know why older aircraft have a CF prefix while it seems all newer registrations are CF- ?

Why in the world would they let us see what goes on at that airline on the show AIRLINE on A&E Mondays at 8:00pm eastern. They overbook and strand passengers and families headed for vacations booked months in advance. Remove paying passengers from the plane to accommodate deadheading crew. I am...

Daley gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar! Karma for destroying Meigs field? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=18&u=/ap/20040207/ap_on_re_us/chicago_trucking_scandal_1

Hello. I thought I'd bounce these off the group and see what people think. These are the UniRegs at the University of Wyoming for flying your own or rented plane on University business. I feel, as a low-time private pilot that they are overly restrictive, but I thought I'd see what the sage...