Hi Does anyone know of any books or articles about pilots who flew around Africa in the 1960s or 1970s? Regards George

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:57:00 +0000, hummingbird wrote: Then there's all the trolls from other newsgroups mentioned several times by badgolferman, brought in by Franklin's/Ari's incessant crossposting to other groups. Afaics Bertie The Bunyip simply added ACF onto his 10+ group distribution...

The first debate was fairly even but McCain took the school boy to class and McCain was the professor. When it comes to the military and world affairs Obama is clueless. Obama looked like a buffoon when the debate turned to foreign policy. IAW McCain cleaned Obama's clock in the 2nd debate not even...

Further to an earlier thread . This is an excellent article regarding the use of checklists in aviation and their application and use in medical intensive care. It includes comments on the need for checklists during the testing of the Boeing 229 /...

http://www.katu.com/news/15446931.html METAR 090013Z 19012G20KT 10SM SCT016 SCT022 OVC050 08/06 A3028 RMK AO2 TAF KSLE 082321Z 090024 18013G20KT P6SM BKN015 OVC030 TEMPO 0003 SCT015 BKN035 FM0300 19009KT P6SM SCT025 OVC035 FM0900 19007KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 OVC045 FM1500 18005KT P6SM...

Is this new policy really a good idea as a model for all UAV operations conducted in the NAS? http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2008/080130unmanned.html The FAA’s decision to issue an advisory notam, rather than flight restrictions, for unmanned military aircraft operations...

Mxsmanic wrote in : What is happening to the FAA? The new Class B airspace at KPHX drives another few nails into the GA coffin. You are an idiot. You don't fly. Bertie

Farnborough pictures: Russian air force aerobatic display team seeks help naming MiG-29OVT manoeuvres Russian manufacturer RSK MiG is offering the ultimate prize for the aviation enthusiast a trip to Russia and a flight in a MiG-29. The prize is*on offer to the lucky person who can come up...

This story reminded me of my time constructing the LAX International Terminal in 1983: ------------------------------------------------------------------- AVwebFlash Volume 12, Number 29a -- July 17, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

Described as "A new squadron to handle AFSOC's growing mission of flying small, civilian-style aircraft to carry special operations troops without attracting the attention that a C-130 does. " So we can be flying a "warbird" and not even know it! However, talk about bursting a pilot's bubble:...

Anybody have good information about this event? It's supposed to be the 22nd-25th at Wynkoop (6G4) in Mt. Vernon, OH but I am not having any luck tracking down an events web page for it. I have a friend that is just dying to see a biplane up close. -- Hello, my name is Mike, and I am an airplane...

Are there no several thousands of unused FEMA trailers paid for with taxpayer dollars still sitting in fields in Lousiana and Mississippi?

Any OurPlane owners/users that would like to share there experiences? Would you do it again? What is the biggest negative? Paul

("Ross Richardson" wrote) Where do you live in the Twin Cities. I used to visit Rosemont (Eden Prairie) often in another life. Northern suburbs: Blaine, Coon Rapids, Mounds View, Fridley, New Brighton http://makeashorterlink.com/?S1B323F5D Blaine ...to Eden Prairie (Or did you mean Eagan? Which...

This plane has some serious gyroscopic forces, even while the engine is warming up at the chocks. Throttle control by the mags sounds interesting in the sense of the curse "May you live in interesting times." KD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtprTL66-FY

I arrived at KTZR/Bolton Field/Columbus OH at 0930 this morning for what I was told would be a 1000-1030 arrival of the donated FedEx 727. By 1125, I could no longer wait (had to go pick up my son from summer school at 1145). As I was leaving the airport boundaries, I heard the crew call inbound...

Recently declassified guncamera footage from Allied aircraft in the European Theater during WWII. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=75277905547951258 AJ

I was flying though Driggs, Idaho at 1.5 feet last week in a rental car (2,500 miles in 11 days -- jeeze a plane would have been nice!) and was surprised at the very professional airport we passed. Several Biz jets, lots of big hangars, nice facilities. I was wondering what was in Driggs that...

May be doing some international flying soon and want to get started on my homework before doing so. When I was in college a professor showed us a website that did a good job of informing a pilot on the rules of flying internationally. It provided info about flight plans, airspace/airport fees,...

There was an incident involving an Emirates A330 at the end of last month. The local newspapers here were rather reticent about what exactly happened, although it was reported that the Vienna-bound airplane was in the air for about an hour after taking off and had returned to make an emergency...