Mary and I flew to West Bend, Wisconsin (KETB) today. It was supposed to be CAVU all day, except along the Lake Michigan shoreline (where they were getting stomped with lake-effect snows all day), but, of course, the forecast was just a bit off, as it often is in winter. From Dubuque (DBQ) to...

I vote for Iowa City! This just in: "'Kiplinger's Personal Finance' ranked Iowa City 10th in its top 50 'Smart Places to Live' list. The rankings are based on cost of living, homes, crime, health care, climate, environment and education." :-) --

A little while ago I started a thread about why a Cessna landing peformance chart showed a climb wt limit that was pressure altitude rather than density altitude dependant. Well now I am similarly confused by a different performance table ( not a chart this time) which shows the take off distance...

Does anybody know the person who owns the footage of the Thunderbird crash footage from 2003?

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1133766000/Almost_Hit_by_an_Airplane Guy almost hit by airplane while skydiving. The Monk

A neighbor sent me this article about a 1967 crash near Hendersonville, NC. The controlling ATC was the Asheville TRACON. This predates the online NTSB accident archive, but I once had a hardcopy of the accident investigation. I'll look for it. I found the original online at...

Jeppeson sure has a nice little monopoly going. $760.00 to get the updates for my mx 20 and Apollo 60 GPS. Dang.

Over on the Cherokee Chat page people are talking about yet ANOTHER incursion into the restricted airspace around D.C. by a Spam Can driver today. Anyone got any details on this? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

I notice that the Citation CJ1s have Collins Pro Line and the Citation Mustangs have Garmin 1000s. Does the Pro Line have any significant advantages over the Garmin 1000? Which might be easier for the single pilot to learn? -Just Curious -Charles Talleyrand

One of the advantages of flying is that you can pack so much more into your weekends. Last weekend was a typically busy one for us. We had plenty to do around the house, I had to help a neighbor move, and we had a dinner to help with at the Fallbrook Air Park (L18) for some 80 odd people -- oh,...

So, Wichita, Kansas seems to be blessed with a lot of airports and the sectional chart looks pretty busy. To the east of Wichita Mid Continent (ICT), there is Col. Jabara (towerless), Beech Factory (private field w/ tower), McConnell AFB, etc. McConnel's Class D just grazes Beech's towered...

Werner Von Braun gave Carol Rosin a work colleague a mission in 1977. To tell the world about the Nazi controlled secret government in the U.S.A. A large part of the NSA, CIA and NASA were infiltrated after Project Paperclip brought over 170 Nazi scientists to the USA after the end of WWII in 1945....

I always figured that the test on the new Sport Pilot rules would be how the new category would be treated by insurance companies. After all, if I can't get insurance, I can't rent the Cub! Here's the answer, which also indirectly addresses the question of how much safety we're giving up by...

1. If the principles of flight are universally applicable, why is it that birds don't stall or spin? I wonder especially because I'm sure I've seen some gulls hover in mid-air doing pretty much nothing except having their wings spread! 2. We know it's possible for an aircraft to fly at angle to...

Flew into Nashua last Sunday for business, topped off the tanks right after setting down. When I came back from business on Thursday, found the right tank down quite a bit. I was going crazy looking for the leak and checking the drain for seepage, until the line guy pointed out that he filled the...

From an AP article today: "Officials said that the thousands of general aviation airports - which host recreational planes, business jets, helicopters and other kinds of noncommercial aircraft - must all have security measures that are equivalent to TSA mandates at commercial airports." It would...

I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are. Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members of the...

I've just received a "past due" invoice for the purchase of 250 gallons of Jet A from an FBO a thousand miles away on 20 May. The invoice includes my name and address and the N-number of my airplane. The trouble is: I'm not a jet pilot; haven't been to that city in thirty years; the airplane with...

Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology...

The Los Angeles Times has an article about pilots who fly bank checks around the country each night. With the modernization of check processing, these flights will be needed less in the future. "AirNet's 128 planes, many of them speedy Learjets, are small enough and nimble enough to pack and...