Suppose a US certificated pilot is in Europe for a couple years, and the flight review becomes due when they're there. Does it complicate the process to get the review in the US months or even a year after the deadline? I'm figuring my chances of finding a FAA CFI in Europe isn't something I can...

Check your mailbox out. It was full, and not accepting more mail. -- Jim in NC

Shortly after getting my private license I went to a different FBO and got checked out in their aircrafts - C172 and Piper Cherokee. I talked with the CFI and asked what RPM settings he would recommend. I'm renting dry, so one way to reduce cost is to slow down and thus save fuel. At the present...

As many of you know, my son is taking flight lessons. He's past solo, and into his cross-country flights. He's a senior in high school, and is wondering what to do with the rest of his life. His initial aim has been going into engineering, but has decided that math is not something he truly...

Thirty Five percent more fuel efficient. That would translate into less expensive tickets. And just a fraction of the noise. But will Boeing ever build something like this? Or will they wait until Airbus or Embraer or the Chinese or the Russians build...

What kinds of calculations would you like me to add to www.fast-math.org for pilots? Thanks, - Jeff

We had a 12 hour gap of nice weather today between waves of storms that have been pummeling Iowa (it's thunderstorming to beat the band again, as I'm typing this.). So, we took advantage of it, and went for a flight. Winds on the runway were minimal -- 120 at 5 knots. We took off on Rwy 12 and...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018/ap_on_re_eu/france_strikes All we need do is encourage the French transit workers' American counterparts in the US to go on strike, too. Voila! New pilot starts in America would skyrocket... ;-) -- Jay Honeck

Reading about Jay's son Joe soloing over the house and eventually asking for the Pathfinder for a date reminded me of a funny story. My oldest brother had recently gotten his private cert. in the 70s and, in my dad's absense, convinced my mom that "dad said I could take my girlfriend on a plane...

I read about Singapore Airlines taking delivery (finally) of its first A380. The article said the plane was configured with 471 seats, which I found odd seeing as the plane's 550-pax capacity has been pitched by Airbus since day one (never mind the 800-pax max density seating aka cattle truck) I...

I recently began familiarizing myself with the present Glass replacements for the old six pack and was told the new G600 needs a feed from a G430. Anyone confirm this?

I heard this Woody Guthrie song on the radio driving to work this morning. KD Ship In The Sky (My Daddy) Well, a curly-headed girl with a bright shining smile Heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky To her playmates she said, with a bright twinkling eye My Daddy flies that ship in...

Raining in the Twin Cities - again. People (you know who you are!) neglecting to trim their posts - again. Oh well :-( Montblack

Maybe this is a reason for diversity failures in Government? Africans are less intelligent than Westerners, says DNA pioneer. Fury at James Watson's theory: "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really" One...

Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92. Big John

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Blakey Era Of Failure The FAA, fresh off the fiasco that is known by it's formal name---the Blakey Era Of Failure--- is clinging to the last lifeboat left from her titanic voyage. In this press release, the Failed Aviation Administration crows that they are going to require an "INITIAL" set...

One of the few shows I follow on a regular basis (thanks to DVR). The latest episode had a good 15 minutes of GA and the two planes they flew were Pipers--an Archer and a J-3 cub. It had all the elements of a very enjoyable show for me except for the fact that the J-3 was carrying a stolen can...

On Oct 16, 10:12 am, Ed wrote: From The Sunday Times October 14, 2007 Boy stowaway survives at -58F Anna Voutsen, Perm A RUSSIAN boy has described how he survived a two-hour flight at temperatures of -58F, hidden in the wheel well of a passenger airliner.

We were just sitting here watching football on a lazy Sunday afternoon when a single engine plane droned over our house, at low cruise setting. Mary and I looked at each other. She voiced what we were both thinking: "I wonder if that's Joe?" He's up right now trying to get ten more hours of...