Yesterday, at 18:55 CST I got the handshake and the piece of paper. I wish to sincerely thank all the pilots here and over at rec.aviation.student for all the help you've given me over the past 24 months. The quality of the information you can get here is far above anything any one flight school...

I just discovered that the ADDs weather site (US) is looking for comments on their proposed new user interface for winds and temperatures aloft. If you have a moment, take the new interface for a test drive and provide them with your feedback (mail link is at top of...

There was some traffic here a few months ago about this. Nay current news? Ari? There is an initiative underway to remove all NGA aeronautical products from the public domain, effective 1 October 2005. ftp://164.214.2.112/dafif/dafif_0507_ed8/README.TXT

Hooters Air Goes Bust 3/29/2006 at 17:55:59 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (March 29) - Hooters Air, which featured women in orange short-shorts and tight T-shirts on flights, will be grounded beginning next month except for private charters out of Winston-Salem, N.C. Bob Brooks, chairman of the Hooters...

Many of you are now following the exploits of our friends in Rockland County, New York as they fight the Failed Aviation Administration over some cockamamie plan to reroute aircraft in and around New York City. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the combatant citizens, you can read about...

Thanks for the invite Jay! :) I'm pretty sure I can make it to the OSH rec North 40 party, but the ole Aztec will be in the annual shop during the pool party. Ok, how about menu considerations? So far we're planning grilled chicken breast, brats, potato salad, chips... any other ideas or...

I am based in Boundary Bay BC and am thinking of flying south into the US for the first time. For a flight to BFI what is the best plan? Who do you talk to and where? What is a good route? Also I'm interested in Port Townsend. I note it is surrounded by MOA's. Are these always active? Is there any...

I wonder if passengers will have to suffer the indignity of taking their shoes off before boarding? Given the medical examination requirement, they will probably be subjected to more invasive measures. NEW MEXICO SPACEPORT DESIGN "OUT OF THIS WORLD" ...

Waste of time here so I'm gone in case anyone cares. No I'm not dead.

Anyone flown into the Shakespeare Festival? What is the ground transportation like? Can you walk to everything at the feastival? Does the FBO have ground transportation available? -Robert I've driven to the Ashland airport... It's about two - three miles from downtown Ashland. This should...

There's a $50 program to speed Canada/U.S. cross border transportation for marine and highway use. Is it of any value when flying across? Scuttlebutt is that flying into Canada isn't any hassle but coming back into the U.S. can be a real PITA.

I do! Cessna wins Columbia Bid Cessna Aircraft will acquire the assets of Columbia Aircraft of Bend, Ore., following a successful bid for the firm in U.S. bankruptcy court on Nov. 27. Cessna says it wants to "broaden its single-engine product portfolio." Cessna's winning bid was $26.4 million,...

This debacle represents more documentary proof that Blakey and her cronies have utterly destroyed another component of the world’s largest, safest air traffic control system. The promised savings will never materialize. The bill for privatizing this thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger...

Recent posts have reminded me of a few quotes that others might enjoy :) "It's not the things you don't know that you a fool. It's the things you know that ain't so" "It is better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." I thought of listing a few...

From http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/03/30/pilotless.planes.ap/index.html Here's the opening paragraphs.... Aviation's future -- pilotless planes WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pilotless planes could be the "next great step forward" in aviation, or a new safety hazard in already crowded skies, a House panel...

He was a very experienced and gentle pilot and I greatly enjoyed it. Pilots are GODS in bed, I must admit that!

Why, in aviation-speak, do we so frequently refer to wind in the plural? Stan, just curious

From: Geoff Peck ) Subject: CHARTER: rec.aviation.piloting Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting Date: 2002-01-13 00:45:07 PST The charter of rec.aviation.piloting is: ******************************************************************* * Information pertinent to pilots of general...

Hello. I just took my first flying lesson, and I want to find out where can I find some useful information/readings that I can read online. Do anyone can give me some suggestions? Thank you very much ..

http://cs.schwab.com/clicker/cli?requestID=storyreader&storyid=9148979&emailMsgID=mcs111311460390bacmr4ts9yaaaaary76unj The U.S. accuses Airbus of taking advantage of decades of European subsidies worth the equivalent of up to $205 billion to capture long-standing Boeing customers and become the...