PARIS - Police at Paris' top airport lost track of a passenger's bag in which plastic explosives were placed to train bomb-sniffing dogs, police said Saturday.... French police said the explosives were harmless and there was no chance of their going off, since no detonators were connected to...

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I seem to remember that back in the '70s there was a requirement for an ATP certificate to act as PIC for aircraft weighing over 12,500 pounds. I also seem to remember that the corporate jets were kept below the 12,500-pound limit for this reason. I can no longer find this requirement in te...

I'm working on a movie script idea where captains of two C5X Spook Galaxy transports loaded with "Spook-X" Chinooks at Fort Dix or McGuire AFB decide to take matters into their own hands when they receive a strange radio message indicating that the World Trade Center has been attacked and that...

AOPA provides some good pointers: (AOPA) May 12 - In recent weeks, AOPA has contacted television stations across the country after being alerted (usually by members) that they were working on stories about "lax" security at general aviation airports. The wave of stories is no coincidence: It's the...

This goes out to any aircraft owners (esp Canadian) who are resident in the US. Not green carded permanent residents (you seem to be considered equivalent to Americans for these issues), but those who are living/working in the US under a visa or similar situations. How did you deal with the...

I am after a simple W&B calculator for a PDA, with a few E6B calculations (density altitude, say) but nothing else. Try CoPilot, for the palm. It does more than just w&b, but you don't have to use it. IT is outstandingly excellent though. Jose -- "Never trust anything that can think for...

Hi, all I wonder if anyone could do me a favor, check out the web page link below, and identify the TOP plane? It's a large, turbo passenger plane of some kind, I think. http://volcanoseven.com/Aviation/Aerobatics.html The rest of the planes are aerobatic planes, and I've already got...

....from my instrument instructor. This happened when they were filming The Hunted along the Willamette River in Portland (been through the set, haven't seen the movie.) At a nearby airfield--Scapoose, I believe--a guy with a fabric-and-wood plane was receiving fuel and the attendant asked him...

Getting ready for some flights today I noticed this. Kansas City Center (Olathe KS) : August NOTAM #19 issued by Gps Notam OA GPS unreliable within a 350 nautical miles radius of TRUTH or CONSEQUENCES VORTAC (TCS) at FL400, decreasing in area with decrease with altitude to 300 nautical miles...

FLIGHT MANUAL AND PILOTS CHECKLIST???

Can anyone provide some suggestions on some reasonable interior shops in the Kentucky or adjacent state areas? I know of Air Mod by Sporty's, but they are very expensive. I'm looking for good work at a fair price. Thanks

Why even bother to have windows in a commercial jet? A Boeing press release makes note of the larger than usual windowns for their new 7E7 jet. Late model jets are full of video screens at each seat. Why not use snythetic views of the outside? The view from a window is limited. With video, all...

My engine analyzed is telling me that the spark plug on the #6 cylinder, left mag is fouled. I have a new plug, but can't tell which cylinder #6 is and whether it's the plug on the top or the bottom.... Can anyone tell me which plug it is...? Thanks much, Anthony

Hi. Are there still flights from Gatwick to New Zealand? I've searched the BAA site but can find no info. Air NZ page indicates they fly from Heathrow now. When did this change? Are there any airlines out of Gatwick that fly to Australia? Thanks.

I just sold my bonanza. I need to make some trips once in a while. How can I find someone to let me use their plane? There is a club nearby but they have a two hour per day minimum. Sacramento area... -K -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

As I was considering renting a car today I noticed that Enterprise has a section for general aviation. http://www.enterprise.com/GA "from your wings to our wheels" Last time I rented an Enterprise car it was from a place just down the road from N10. (They picked us up at the airport.) ...

I don't know if adds are allowed so please forgive me. London Control is an air traffic control simulation system for the personal computer. It is an authentic, highly realistic simulation of the actual ATC sytem over England and Wales. It delivers a level of sophistication not seen before in a...

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Dear friends: I want to send you a link for a photo of an Air Europa B737-800 at the final approach to the 03 runway of Lanzarote Airport (ACE), Canary Islands. It's not St. Marteen but it is, at least in Spain, the most spectacular approach over the sea. I invite you to come to Lanzarote if you...