Subject: Mountain flying instruction: McCall, Idaho, Colorado too! There are a few openings available in the Idaho back country mountain flying courses this summer. If you are interested in the next level of mountain, canyon and back country flying, please consider attending one of these...

I have discovered a book previously owned by Harding Lawrence, former president and CEO of Braniff airlines. It is Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. It was given to Harding Lawrence by a man named John Force. It was inscribed to him on October 20, 1947 and there is a letter to him from Force...

My new book "Angels Eight -- Normandy Air War Diary" is now available. The book covers every aerial combat that occurred in the Normandy Campaign of 1944 and describes daily life in the words of the pilots themselves (over 50 combat reports). It is a "Print on Demand" book and is available from...

Hello, I've been reading news on flying for quite a while and these seems to be the most well-informed groups (the googles)writer 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)...

-largest cabin in its class (1.3 m wide) -extremely good flying characteristics (perfect aircraft for flying schools etc.) -full aluminium body (extremely well built aircraft with close attention to detail, only top quality long lasting materials used) -low running and maintenance costs & longest...

My brain has totally gone blank for this simple question, I know I should have paid more attention in school !!!. I just was given a 12volt 1200mAh battery and a 200mh 3W wall charger by a friend who is quitting flying. It has been that long since he used the battery he doesn't remember charging...

On a recent trip from USA to Asia I saw a few modern, new, large multiengine jet airliners that had no winglets. I was under the impression that these were standard design items for all large aircraft wings. What design criteria would determine that winglets were not to be used on the wings...

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24030715/boeing-747-mistakenly-lands-at-small-kansas-airport#axzz2lHiBowta http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24030715/boeing-747-mistakenly-lands-at-small-kansas-airport#axzz2lHiBowta It is a custom modified 747 that Boeing uses to transport 787 Dreamliner parts. It...

You can read the online edition of this newsletter at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/newsletter336.htm Quote of the Week: "that's the pilot's decision." Brian Lackey, vice president of operations for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, where a plane carrying 309 people crashed, commenting...

Looking for two seats on single or twin bound for OSH, one for myself and one for my 12 yr old son, would prefer to ride with someone who will be there the entire week, willing to share gas expense and piloting duties, PPL, single or multi, taildragger endorsed, high perf and complex,...

I'm hoping this question isn't too far off charter for this group, but it's been ages since I've been up in a small plane, and I'm wondering about yoke travel. Specifically, in a plane such as a Cessna 172, how far is the yoke travel from all the way forward to all the way back? Thanks for any...

Early Airbus A-3X series: 'Shear' effect on aft-most rows On the first two Airbus widebody entrants(the 300 & 310), I distinctly noticed that the rear-most 10-12 passenger windows actually shear up, as do the ends of a classic ocean liner, along with the rows corresponding to that end of the...

Hi, I'm building some wig wags to add into an airport sim. At the moment, I know they are two amber lights which alternate at about 30-60 cyles per minute. My question is, when they are on both sides of the stop bar, do they animate in a particular way. For example, as a rough drawing ( zero =...

I have discovered a book previously owned by Harding Lawrence, former president and CEO of Braniff airlines. It is Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. It was given to Harding Lawrence by a man named John Force. It was inscribed to him on October 20, 1947 and there is a letter to him from Force...

Yes it maybe look strange, but where are electric jets!? Maybe they hidden or something like that... I known that cost of developing engine maybe high, but there are now some electric planes. It's enough to say that 70% of plane ticket on longer distances is for fuel cost. Cheap airlines can throw...

Hello All, I am searching for the lightning arragements on a DC6B, specifically the start of the sixties for the African continent. By lightning arragements, I mean the lights which are visible from the outside of the plane during the flight. Thanks in advance, Ben Brugman

I'm helping a friend sell his collection of aviation magazines. Haven't finished cataloguing them yet but here are the titles. There are about 300 in total, dated 2000 to early 2005 and in like-new condition. Most are newsstand bought so the covers are free of address labels: Airways (A Global...

How close did they get the period detail here? http://tomandlorenzo.com/2014/03/mad-men-season-7-promo-photos/ http://tomandlorenzo.com/2014/03/mad-men-season-7-promo-photos/ David

In article , James Anatidae wrote: I remember reading somewhere a couple years back that one of first couple of 707's is still flying somewhere in the US, I think in Florida. I haven't been able to Google any info, so does anybody...

If you haven't seen this yet give it a look. It's a Spitfire practically mowing the lawn during a wheels-up flyby at the camera. WTF?! This is rated R for (wholly appropriate) use of strong language. http://alexisparkinn.com/oh_my_god.htm