For you computer savvy folks in the newsgroup..... if I wanted to build a web page for my airport that provided live METAR data, where could I get the data from ? I see that the NWS web site has free software for decoding the METAR codes, but where and how do you get the current weather data ? ...

Last week, as I returned to my rental FBO after an evening local flight, the clerk on duty said an instructor and his student were stuck at an airport about 40 minutes away. I spoke to the instructor on the phone and I agreed to fly up and bring them back. He mentioned that, of course, I...

Someone has posted some cool pix from the launch of the new super carrier over on the binary channel (alt.binaries.pictures.aviation), which got me wondering... Is the new USS Ronald Reagan a *replacement* carrier? If so, which one is being retired? Or did we just add another battle group to the...

I can't vouch for the authenticity of this story. I was talking with an acquaintence I don't see often and he asked me: "You're a pilot aren't you?" I told him I was, that I'd gotten my PPL last August. He then launched into this story he'd heard from a relative who worked at the Udvar Hazy...

CNN video: NEW looks bad; partially under water. Heavy damage to most buildings, particularly the large Millionaire FBO west of 18/36. Wonder how long it will be before we make the $100 muffaletta trip to Lakefront again--if indeed we ever do? -- Dan C172RG at BFM

The news lately has mentioned that the FCC is meeting to discuss relaxing the ban on using cell phones in airplanes. Most of the news coverage focuses on the implications for airline passengers. They said that the FAA would also have to change rules before airline passengers could use cell...

I just returned from an 8-day tour of the midwest. This was a 6-leg circular route west to Des Moines from Chicago, then up to the Dakotas, back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind.

Will it work? Probably. Will it work well? That depends on what "well" means. Will it work at peak efficiency. No. In all probability, your reception will probably be acceptable. The transmitter protection circuitry may (high probability) prevent you from getting any decent transmitter range.

(Jude10901) wrote in message ... John Lear , a Lockheed L-1011 Captain was on Art Bell's show last night. He stated that whoever concocted 911 The New World Order carried out 9/11; Government Prior...

This airport has weather reporting via an AWOS. Yet its identifier is still 40N. Other airports have had their identifier changed to a 3 letter (well 4 including the K prefix) when they got weather reporting capability. So why has Chester County G O Carlson Airport remained as...

I'm looking to gain information about preferred routes, interesting/cheap refueling stops or siteseeing opportunities, or any other pertinent information (weather/notams/etc.) for my round-trip flight at the end of this month (July 2003) from the Los Angeles area to Chico (northern California). ...

Isn't a policy that reduces staffing, and then authorizes mandatory overtime (with its federally mandated time-and-a-half pay rate) just a bit irrational? UNION: FAA "STAFFING TO BUDGET" The FAA seems intent on challenging long-established norms in terms of staffing levels,...

My aerobatic traing is going very well, I'm having all the fun I thought it should provide. So far I haven't messed up a manouver but I'm nagged by the thought: How can I tell if my loops are perfect circles? At present I go to full power at the vertical phase and over the top but then throttle...

In rec.aviation.owning R. David Steele /omega wrote: What has happened to the development of the diesel aircraft engines? As far as I have seen, only Diamond has a production aircraft with diesel engines (they flew one across the Atlantic, with 5.76 gph). See...

The recent questions about medical certificate, paper trail, sport pilot etc.. etc..got me thinking. What is the reasoning behind requiring a medical for pilots? Why is a minor medical condition disqualifying for flying a Cessna 172, when the same person can drive a 20,000 lb truck on public roads?...

This guy is kitesailing and a 737 comes by and his kite snags on the empennage. Off he goes into the wild blue yonder. Is this video a hoax? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQkIjxdSwg -- Gregory Hall

Why is it important to see Obama's college records? Because the media has created fantasies around Obama on every issue. You should start dispelling them with the easiest one, i.e. the fantasy of Obama's "academic degrees and honors". Obama has been fighting desperately to block all access to his...

I am a private pilot without a current medical, but with a valid drivers license. Can I fly under the sport pilot rules, or do I need to apply for a sport pilot certificate? I have never been denied a medical. Danny Deger

Here are some conversations that airline passengers normally will never hear. The following are accounts of actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers around the world. Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We ... have...

In this video in 3 minutes you will have endured 3 takes offs and 3 landings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCYjZ-XkPTk Short field relative to pilot experiences I guess. Figured to go to Newton and work on a 3000 runway with large trees on the arrival end. Only thing I can think that triggered...