According to AVweb, John V. Salamone was the drunk pilot who flew through controlled airspace near Philadelphia on Jan. 15. The FAA alleged that the pilot endangered the lives of others and forced diversions of several airliners. His breathalyzer was .13 alcohol level. The FAA has revoked...

Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation News Service March 3, 2004 Bad Weather Hampers Search for Missing Aircraft BREMERTON - Washington Air Search and Rescue and Civil Air Patrol volunteers continue in the search today for a missing 1948 Cessna 170 aircraft,

PROPOSED AMENDMENT PLACES MAJOR RESTRICTIONS ON GA February 27, 2004 - EAA is encouraging its members to contact their congressional representatives to express their concern about a proposed amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HR 3798) that would place additional restrictions on...

The next time one of these meatheads criticizes a politician for ignorance about basic geography, remember this article: Border Shut Near Detroit; Explosives Found

Now the FCC is investigating CBS for broadcasting obscene material. BWAHAHAHA! I guess exposing a breast is obscene, but inciting the public to violence against airplanes and pilots is not. I know! We will disguise all our airports as unmentionable body parts, and CBS will never be able to do...

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/192-full.html#186627 -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.

This month's EAA calendar features an Aeronca Champ on skis. I don't fly much in weather that is THAT cold, so.... What is with the foxy covers on the prop? -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

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http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2004-01-26/local/386178.shtml -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.

All those people who worry about explosive decompression, innocent bystanders getting shot, etc., are missing the point. If a sky marshal (or pilot, for that matter) really has to get into a fight with a terrorist, odds are you are going to lose the airplane. Either the terrorist will set off a...

This proposal turned up on AVweb. It was sent to DOT as an idea on how to make flight instruction a more viable career path by allowing flight instructors to conduct limited air taxi flights without a part 135 certificate. I have rather mixed feelings about the idea, not least of which whether it...

We get foggy here at Tacoma Narrows this time of year (which is the reason I post more on these groups in the winter than in the summer). One thing we see a lot of is guys who fly the ILS too fast. I have no problem with flying the ILS at 90 or 100 knots if the ceiling is well above minimums, but...

Now, that was cool! Mythbusters pressurized an old DC-9 and fired a bullet through the wall to see if it would cause an explosive decompression. It didn't. Then they fired a bullet through the window to see if the window would shatter and cause an explosive decompression. The bullet only made a...

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040111/D800C1P80.html Now, this one is a little bit weird. Perhaps the passenger was mentally ill. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

I won't kill file Dave or Mr. Brooks in retaliation for their silly threats. I will even fly with David Brooks if he wants to call 800-645-3563 and put himself on my schedule -- my treat. I promise I won't even bring a gun. Despite the impression that many have of me, I would rather fly than...

So I guess I can let Jeremiah go home for awhile. My airplane will be safe without him on 24 hour guard because the terror alert is only yellow. The rain was getting to his rheumatism, anyway, and it was beginning to rust that old musket and bayonet he used in the War for American...

The Puget Sound and Hermiston TFRs were rescinded at 11:49 1/9/04 and replaced with National Security Areas, possibly as a prelude to permanent publication. Jeppesen Flitestar is still showing the old TFRs, however, and since the Jepp engine is the one that the FAA and AOPA use on their web sites I...

I can't remember where I read it, but I seem to recall that in the majority of fatal accidents the pilot knew something was wrong with the airplane before he even took off. It does seem like a popular trend reading through the accident databases. But can anyone point me to a study that...

http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2004-01-06/local/369997.shtml -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.