A year ago I started an airport support group called "Friends of Iowa City Airport" to help save our threatened airport. It has now grown to over 170 members, and sending memos, updates and emails to such a large group has become unwieldy. For a variety of reasons I would like to stick with a...

Pulled this off of ainonline.com http://www.pilots4rent.com/evacuation.shtml

More problems with aircraft and animals: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1086676.html originally from the Daily Telegraph, but needs registration, so I won't bore you with that link. cheers Damian

www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/F-16%20in%20Falluja.wmv According to the person who sent it, this video was recently taken from an F-16 on a bombing mission in Fallujah, Iraq. The pilot is bombing a safehouse for insurgents. As the bomb is falling, the house begins to empty of...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:I8k_c.116580$Fg5.83066@attbi_s53... What, precisely, do you see wrong with viewing aircraft crashes for reasons other than flight safety? I feel no need to justify my reasoning to you on the subject of viewing aircraft crash videos...

I understand the "power required" curve as plotted against velocity, but the concept of "power available" plotted against velocity is escaping me. How is this curve derived? And why is it "curved"? Thanks in advance.

I can't believe how the video broohah got this group so stirred up and how it created animosity that may never go away. I am a proponent of seeing those videos and see if I can learn from them. And, to clarify it, I've been flying more than 50 years, got almost 22,000 hours now and have done just...

On the last IFR flight while skimming the tops of clouds, I tried recording it as an AVI on my digital camera. It came out pretty neat. I didn't realize you could record decent quality videos on a digicam. Check out the link below. It is 12MB large. http://131.238.38.204/~sarangan/CANON084.htm

Earlier this summer I had a problem with a 400 rpm or so mag drop during runup. Leaning aggressively at 2100 rpm solved the problem, but it recurred on numerous occasions. I tried leaning aggressively during all taxi operations, to the point that the engine would barely run, and that seems to have...

GREAT AVIATION READS Ran across two great aviation books at Amazon.com that may be of interest. One is entitled THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE BLUE GOOSE at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413706843/qid=1094831904/sr=ka-1/r ef=pd_ka_1/104-0160304-5111104 It`s about B-24 bomber that simply...

Hello newsgroup, has someone here any experience with the ICOM A5/A23 Sport? Is it only possible to use alkaline batteries (1.5 V) or could I use rechargeable NiMH / NiCd cells (1.2 V)? How many of those AA cells go into the battery pack ?

Howdy all, I have a young daughter (currently 17 months old) who I am looking forward to taking up in a plane some day. I have a private pilot's license and typically fly C172s, Pipers, etc. I feel she's too young right now, but as soon as she's old enough to understand most anything we (my wife...

I am looking for flight engineer training videos, DVDs or prepware from King, ATP, Jeppesen, etc. Please e-mail me with details on any programs you may have available for sale or trade. I have a good video library from zero to commercial, ATP and much more and will trade! Angel Pagan E-mail:...

I might have cause to fly from the Portland, OR area down to San Diego at the end of the month. Any suggestions on places to stop, stretch my legs and get a bite to eat in the middle? The straight-line halfway point is around Reno, NV, but that would involve cutting across some mountain ranges...

Anybody know of sources of good aviation clip art on the Web? TIA!

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...

I thought Bob Hoover was a colorful guy when I read his book. However, John Lear may take the cake!!! I can't believe how many jobs he got fired from. http://www.bajabushpilots.com/news-pop.php?NewsID=75

The Genesis Capsule failed to depoly its parafoil chute and crashes to earth. Capsule was suppose to be captured by helicopters during re-entry. See the story at, http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Has anyone ever been into Hackney Airpark in Idaho ID05? I'd like to find out a bit more about it. Thanks Paul NC2273H

My neighbor runs one of the sightseeing helicopter companies in NYC. After a lot of discussions concerning security for the RNC this week, the TSA made a ruling that sightseeing helicopter flights over the Hudson were OK, but no Charter or Corporate flights. The Corporate people were insensed,...