If there were no airspace restrictions, would it be possible/safe to fly gliders in the Grand Canyon? There's not much of a place to land in the canyon, of course, but I don't know if there are thermals or something (?) that would allow a glider to climb back up out of the canyon after...

has anyone used the Teterboro New Jersey Transit train station after landing at TEB airport? If you go to any of the FBOs along the West side of runway 1-19, the train station is just a mile or so further to the West along Rt. 17 and Williams Ave. The trip time is approx. 30 minutes into the city...

Is it safe/wise to fly a Cessna 172R from Telluride to Aspen? If so, what conditions or restrictions (if any) should be observed?

Is anyone else getting SSL security errors when trying to access the FAA Web site's Pilotweb pages? I tried to look up TFRs today and got an error message saying the certificate issuer was unknown. One URL that does this is: https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/center.html

I got a demo flight in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit this morning. We departed IFR from Tacoma Narrows and flew west for some maneuvers. This plane was the second one out of the factory with the G-1000. I had a difficult time maintaining my altitude; the altitude...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/bye-aerospace-introduces-eight-seat-eflyer Bye Aerospace Introduces Eight-Seat eFlyer Kate O'Connor April 22, 20217 Image: Bye Aerospace Bye Aerospace officially unveiled its new eight-seat eFlyer 800 all-electric twin “turboprop class” aircraft design on...

So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and the weather is fairly crappy. By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/volocopter-singapore-tickets/ Volocopter sells out its first tourist eVTOL flights in Singapore By Loz Blain December 10, 2020 The Volocopter 2X made its first manned flight over Singapore’s Marina Bay in October 2019 The Volocopter 2X made its first manned flight...

Just got off the phone with NWPilot, calling me from a wake (at Hooters) for a fellow ferry pilot who went down today in the North Atlantic, 50 miles short of Keflavik, Iceland. Here's the story, from...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can explain exactly how a prop governor works for a constant speed prop system? All I know is that the engine Oil pushes a piston in the prop hub that twists the prop to the appropriate angle. Thanks, Felix

Total stream-of-consciousness post here... Anbody learn to fly in a high performance complex aircraft? Bonanza, Saratoga, 182RG and the like? I know it's possible, just wonder how much longer it'd take for a student to master something with significant power and prop & gear controls. (I did all my...

How does MS flight simulator simulate the symptoms of hypoxia?

I had 2 Dui's (one when I was 21 and one when I was 22) and I'm now almost 28. I was working on a degree in communications and I'm at about the junior level, but my old dream of flying just came back to me all of the sudden and I thought I would make absolutely sure if those DUI's will be more...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/drone-operator-faces-federal-charges-in-police-helicopter-collision/ Drone Operator Faces Federal Charges In Police Helicopter Collision Russ Niles November 21,...

Can anybody point out a good bibliography or article that describes the differences in landing on a grass airstrip for the first time, tips and advices? Thanks

When you make a coordinated turn in an aircraft, are you taught to let your head tilt with the bank angle of the aircraft, or are you taught to keep your head normal to the horizon?

Once again I will post below for anyone interested in serious aviation related discussion the following alternative web based newsgroups. I will repost this notice periodically. Many of the pilots who used to post here are now posting at the following forums. It's a slightly different format...

The manual for my aircraft gives figures for MOM and ARM at various stations, but it doesn't actually explain how to use these to calculate weight and balance. I want to place the load so that the aircraft neither pitches down nor pitches up. Can someone provide me with a pointer to an...

I am confused by this practice commercial nav question. ( at least I am confused by the answer in the book which was b. but I think both a and c are correct), but I appreciate some other opinions. Day 1 Altimeter reads elevation of 1390 feet with 1013 HPa set on subscale ( thats...

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=24657 Flaming space junk narrowly misses jet 28th March 2007, 11:15 WST Pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite coming out of orbit narrowly missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean overnight.