I have about 150 total hours now, but my only night flights were during my training as required for certification. I fly in the Bay Area, CA I would love to see the beautiful scenery of the city lights that night flying offers. How long does it take to comfortabley fly at night and how do those...

Can anybody here tall me what the standard rate of turn is in a 757? Is it the same as small palnes, i.ei, is it universal at 360 degrees in 2 minutes? I've got someone telling me the Boeing 757 that hit the Pentagon did some impossible turn before flying into the building, and it sounds like a...

I'm curious as to the legal status of the squawk sheets for airplanes at flight schools or FBOs. There has been some discussion as to who is "legal" to sign off on a return to service after a renter has written a squawk. Some mechanics say instructors can do so. My suspicion is that squawk...

I just started flying at a school that offers Private Pilot in 10 days. I plan on taking a bit longer then 10 days but wondered how long the average person takes to complete their PPL? Private Pilot in 10 days http://www.perfectplanes.com/index.html -- Have a good day and stay out of the...

AIRPORTS RATED CRITICAL UNSATISFACTORY: GIVEN BLACK STAR BY INTL PILOTS ORGANIZATION by Michael Ravnitzky , mikerav at mindspring dot com The International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) designates certain airports as "Black Star" Airports, meaning that those airports are...

As many of you know, my son is taking flight lessons. He's past solo, and into his cross-country flights. He's a senior in high school, and is wondering what to do with the rest of his life. His initial aim has been going into engineering, but has decided that math is not something he truly...

Here I am with the big stick again. I can't recall anyone discussing rough area landings or hostile terrain landings in a long time. For example, forced to land (no matter the reason-you supply one) and you are headed into a corn field, or a rice paddy, or trees, or perhaps mountain slopes. Well...

I understand how positive dihedral helps dynamic stability in airplanes, but some big ones, like the Russian An 124 Condor, has a pronounced negative dihedral -- the wings have a noticeable downward slope. Q1: Do those airplanes need active fly by wire controls to maintain stability, or is...

wrote in : On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:54:23 -0500, "Scott M. Kozel" wrote: wrote: "Scott M. Kozel" wrote: what the ditching button does ... it may...

http://www.aero-news.net just in time for Oshkosh.

For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Say for instance with a fuselage and epenage like the Zodiac 701, but with a low wing instead of the high wing. Then I read about deep stall, as illustrated...

Hello, I've been reading news on flying for quite a while and these seems to be the most well-informed groups (the googles)on the net. I would therefore like to have your personnal opinion on a question. I live in Northern Quebec (Yes, I'm french speaking so forgive the spelling mistakes) and...

Last night on The Tonight Show, Cindy McCain mentioned that she would be doing a lot of flying as part of husband John McCain's 1982 Congressional campaign, so she attended flight ground school in an attempt to overcome her fear of flying. She said she then received flight training, and earned her...

Hi all, What is meant by reverse sensing? Say I am southeast of the VOR station, and want to head straight to that station in a northwest direction, at a heading of 300. I tune and identify, and currently track the 300 radial (300 on the OBS), with a "TO" indication, and the needle centered. If...

Lots of great pictures.. Thanks. "Gilan" wrote in message ... For those that didn't make it to Sun n Fun 2003 and want to see some of what they missed I posted over 500 pictures on my website. ...

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...

Anyone have a link to or a copy of the lawsuit Gene Whitt filed against the airport that stopped freelance CFI's from operating from there. My local airport is attempting the same thing and I'm gathering information for the freelance CFI's I know..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7620890100890480&q=me262&hl=en I've been following this saga for the last few years, and had recently been wondering whatever happened to the guys that were supposedly building "new" World War II-era ME-262 jet fighters. From the looks of that awesome...

I landed at BED a couple of days ago, and as I was rolling out the controllers switched, so I never got the usual instruction to "turn off at Golf, ground .7". Since Golf was the first taxiway to turn off on anyway, I made the turn off. Tower was now so busy (common at BED) that I could not get a...

Ok, it's the year 2025. If man is still alive. You are in a little Cessna 150. You're plane isn't pressurized because it will implode, so you're wearing a pressurized body suit. You have an oxygen mask. You plane is powered by a very powerful hydrogen atom splitting energy source. Supplied by a...