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Venus Airships / by Brad Guth by
BradGuth
Being a little hot, buoyant and having 10% less gravity is actually a
darn good thing if you were a Venusian airship, even if limited as to
an oven-wrap or KetaSpire PEEK polyetheretherketone and fiber
reinforced balloon. Such fiber reinforced composites do exist,
although an outer skin of...
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I was way too conservative in my time estimates! by
Tman
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: The price of av gas
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:49:38 -0400
From: Tman x@x
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting
aluckyguess wrote:
There are a lot of other fuels. We have enough CNG for 200 plus years.
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Pix from OSH 08 by
Jay Honeck[_2_]
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2008.htm
Including the Fly-In Pool Party and the HOPS North 40 Party.
Thanks to all who attended -- only 354 days until OSH 09!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
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What does the FAA now and America soon got in common? by
No2
Blacks in "Chagge"
Obama as President? Think twice my weak white politically correct sycophants
Think twice
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/NEWS01/80808033/1003
"Kissing the Black Ass" may cost more than you know
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OSH '08 Redux -- The Torch Has been Passed, Part II by
Jay Honeck[_2_]
(Continued...)
Wednesday, July 30th
After sand-bagging (figuratively) yesterday, we hit it hard today, getting
an earlier start on the show, and to get ready for our big HOPS Party. We
also realized that we hadn't seen much of our son, who had made friends in
Vintage and become nearly...
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OT Severe Thunderstorm - video by
[email protected]
Severe thunderstorm at my house. Needless to say, glad I was wishing
to be up there then wishing to be down here :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8XDzUbVT7Y
I would have stayed out much longer but the trees were making some
ominous cracking noises that you can hear on the video...
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IPC with a CFI? by
[email protected]
I had a discussion with a CFI (not CFII) today. He indicated that it
would be legal for him to give me an Instrument Competency Check. I
was under the impression that it required a CFII.
I'm looking at 61.57 and it says
(2)The instrument proficiency check
mist be given by -
(iv) an authorized...
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Ref:DUI by
DaveB[_2_]
About 35 years ago (during my drinking days) I flew a couple times
with a fellow that would drink beer while flying.
We were flying out of a small airport in Alabama and I really didn't
think much of it. Now after being sober for a long time and a little
older and still alive I realize how crazy...
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Oshkosh: Kiwi launches $130,000 jetpack: Up, up and away by
Dave Doe
Hi, I'm from Christchurch, and I'd like to know if any folk at Oshkosh
might be able to post some video or pics of this guy "doing his thing"
tomorrow.
Kiwi launches $130,000 jetpack: Up, up and away
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4635822a11.html
Kiwi inventor makes aviation...
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GAMIjectors by
[email protected]
Anyone out there have these GAMIjectors? I've heard lots about them
but have never gotten the bug to pay the $900 for them. But with the
fuel prices the way they are ($6.10), I think I can save enough money
in just one year or two to pay for these suckers. Anyone else have
similar thoughts?
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more rudder to the right???? by
[email protected]
At my local FBO I overheard an old time, and quite accomplished, pilot
discussing spins and saying that small piston airplanes have "more
rudder to the right". I vaguely seem to recall reading that rudders
are designed to create more "lift" to the left, when viewed from
above, to compensate for...
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aerobatic power to weight ratio by
Superdoof
Hi,
I've noticed in the videos at www.fulldeflection.com that all the top
aerobatic aicraft, such as the Sukhoi SU-31, Egde 540, Extra 300,
etc., can almost hover.
It seems that within a few years they will be able to climb on power
alone.
Aerobatics will look completely different once that...
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Passed CFI Knowledge Test by
Kobra
Flyers,
I just passed the CFI Knowledge test today but I have some questions for the
group. Sure I could look these up, but lets stimulation some discussion.
Here are some questions that I do not know if I answered correctly. The
verbiage may not be word-for-word but you should get the idea:
1)...
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OSH '08 Redux -- The Torch Has Been Passed, Part I by
Jay Honeck[_2_]
This was to be the year of the great attendance crash at Oshkosh. With GA
flying down 50% in many parts of the country, attendance at other major
fly-ins down, and record gas prices, it was only natural to assume that
Airventure attendance would plummet, too. Even Tom Poberezny referred to...
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Last Call -- Pool Party Tomorrow; HOPS party on Wednesday in OSH by
Jay Honeck[_2_]
Okay, last call guys. Be there or be...thirsty!
1. 6th Annual Iowa City Fly-In Pool Party
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/iowa_city_pool_party.htm
Hard to believe it's been six years since you guys and gals helped us decide
to build the only aviation themed hotel in the Midwest -- and it's...
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OSH attendance by
f-newguy
From what I saw in the North 40 this year, attendance was about the same as
last year. Anybody who was there see a big difference this year?
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Differences in O-540 models by
Charles Talleyrand
I read that the O-540-A1A5 weighs 396 pounds, but that a IO-540-A1A5
weighs 437 pounds. Can the difference between a carb and fuel
injection really be 39 pounds?
Also, as I wrote an IO-540-A1A5 weighs 437 pounds. But an IO-540-c4b5
weighs 402 pounds, but produces 50 horsepower less. What did...
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OT Cloud to cloud lightning - video by
[email protected]
Can't fly in this stuff so might as well video it :-)
Yesterday's severe storm that rolled through my area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT0flofwrrw
First two minutes are merged clips of videos I took of the lightning
and the second two minutes of the video are stills extracted from the
video.
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