-blink- look what crashed in (sort of) my neighborhood: http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/gaitnew204745_32470.shtml any landing you can walk away from is a good landing..... --j_a

Hello, Not a Pilot, but always interested in the engineering aspects. This question came up, and I realize that I am not sure of a correct answer. Regarding the compass heading that shows in the glass displays: How is it derived ? GPS ?

Day 1, All major airframe, cable and Engine inspections complete. Reported On That In Post #1 Day 2, Fixed Discrepancies on Day 1 We Did an In-depth Control System's Inspection, After Resetting Trim Indicator that was way off. Very In-Depth Fuel System Inspection, and reinstalled all inspection...

My grandson, on the cusp of not taking Santa seriously, asked me about him. He knows a little about aviation slang so I told him that IFR means I fly reindeer and that it's a special thing the FAA allows at low levels only one night a year, and that at low level it's not a threat to other airplanes...

Saw this over at LiveATC.net forums. Thought it may be of interest. I thought the controller was very professional and avoided an over the air arguement nicely. http://www.liveatc.net/forum/files/kbos_8-24-05_near_miss_156.mp3 Marco Leon

I was about to shoot the approach into MYF when they closed the field this morning. When I did get to land there was a very broken C-182 on the side of Runway 23. Any word on what happened? Paul

The wife and I are contemplating a trip up to Mackinac Island, Michigan the last weekend in August. Have any of you been there (flown or otherwise)? If so any recommendations for lodging , eats, etc... I looks like it will be a really neat flight up there and it is kinda like stepping back in...

Another in the long line of stories and articles about our Federal Guvment corruption and waste and fraud. Reminds me of the FAA and Southwest being little love birds and all cozy People we need to slice and dice the Government out of everything THEY ARE the problem. Washington DC is a...

Okay, so this year my son wants to do a flying father/son trip. (Every summer I take each kid, just the two of us, somewhere. It's usually a motorcycle camping trip, but my son tends to alternate between riding and flying. Two years ago we flew into Gaston's Fly-In Resort down in Arkansas, and had...

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https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Reauthorization-Bill-Back-In-Play-231386-1.html FAA Reauthorization Bill Back In Play By Mary Grady , Contributing editor | August 15, 2018 With Congress back in session this week, the fight over FAA reauthorization has resumed. Thirty-three GA...

When HOLD SHORT sounds like CLEARED TO CROSS THE ACTIVE. There comes a time for ALL good airmen to evaluate the impact senescence is making on their cognition and thus, their flying skills ... The alterative is leaving a legacy of death and destruction, not to mention the grief and sorrow...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-06-Fri-2005/news/26454926.html Passenger crash-lands plane after pilot suffers heart attack By J.M. KALIL REVIEW-JOURNAL A man whose only flight instruction was glider lessons 25 years ago guided a private plane to an emergency crash landing at...

Santa's wife has decided that she would prefer that I fly with oxygen even below 12.5K and especially at night. So I've been given a tank et al. I was shocked today when I had it filled at Merucry Air. It is a 415 L size D tank. Because the pressure in their filling tanks were a bit low, they...

An Air Canada DC-8 crashed in 1970 because spoilers were deployed before landing, which "by the book" is a definite no-no (cf. Air Canada 621 disaster). How come the first officer (with over 5500 hrs with that type of aircraft) made such a decision to deploy spoilers while still in the air? What...

Please, everyone, if you don't know the history of this group, let me tell you... Don't ever respond to MX. He was the primary reason this formerly vital and active group (around 200 posts per day) has been all but abandoned. He is death to any group he touches. -- Jim in NC

pardon my ignorance... Is a rolls-royce O-200 the same as a continental O-200? I mean specifically same overhaul times, same parts, same maintence, etc? I'm interested in a homebuilt with one but don't want to get into some orphan engine. Thanks, Ryan in Madison

KIYK, Inyokern, California Geophysics Operations Section China Lake(521410D) Persistent heat over the desert southwest will continue to prevail over our region into Thursday as a strong and broad upper level ridge centered over southern Nevada remains nearly stationary. Light to...

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably...

I reside about 6 miles off the departure end of MSP runway 12, so I'm used to hearing a lot of jet traffic. I've only lived here for 6 months but I quickly adjusted to the noise. It's acutally not that bad, excepting the venerable DC-9. Today, though, what looked like an F-18 flew over. Wow. I...