I'm taking my aunt back and forth to the doctor/hospital by car. It takes one and half hours one way. It would take 30 minutes one way by Cessna 172. Her first husband was a corporate pilot back in the 1930's and 1940's. I remember him flying a Beech staggerwing, but to her it was a...

Within any given economy you will find these two: 1) Price takers and 2) Price makers. Price takers are the sellers who must charge within a specific range due to supply and demand. Their prices will be set to be compatible with the other sellers or else the buyers will simply go to a...

Remote-Controlled Helicopter Toys Recalled by Innovage Due to Fire and Burn Hazards In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Innovage LLC, of Foothill Ranch, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 685,000 "Sky Scrambler" and "The Sharper Image" Wireless...

I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become useless. There is very little "meat" in the postings...sushidot is about the only poster interested in learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang out in the AOPA Forum,...

On Oct 13, 3:33 pm, C J Campbell wrote: Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up like...

The Airnav fuel report says the highest avgas price in the country right now is $7.42. http://www.airnav.com/fuel/report.html It didn't take long to find out where. Atlantic Aviation at Teterboro (http://www.airnav.com/airport/KTEB). $7.42 a gallon, that's breathtaking!

I have a question around a 100 hour inspection requirement. I've had time blocked off at my local FBO for over a month to take a plane this Saturday. Me and another pilot buddy are taking up the coast of North Carolina and are going to hit the airports in the Outer Banks and go to the museum...

Howdy, I was interested in some other pilots' 'takes' on the following. I was up with a student a few days ago, when another CFI I know (flying out of the same airport I do) also with a student had an issue with an air traffic controller. We were both flying out of airport A, which is...

If have heard not one single tangible bit of evidence from anyone that requiring a picture ID for pilot license will do anything to justify the cost and inconvenience when it comes to enhancing national security. There hasn't been a single case of terroristic use of a GA airplane that I am aware...

Yet another myth -- that frangible bullets will provide an adequate defense against terrorists while minimizing the possibility of aircraft damage. Frangible bullets explode on contact with a target. Good idea if the target is the skin of an aircraft or the skin of a terrorist. Bad idea if...

I don't. It stays on 24/7 (you know what I mean). 1200 unless given a code. It effectively prevents "Maule, check your transponder" unless using the wrong code. I make no attempt to turn it off or go to standby while taxiing or anything else. I've never been asked to go to standby or...

Concerening arrival and flight through Class C airspace... 91.130(c)(1) Each person must establish two-way radio communications with the ATC facility providing air traffic services prior to entering that airspace and thereafter maintain those communications while within that airspace. Note the...

CNN video: NEW looks bad; partially under water. Heavy damage to most buildings, particularly the large Millionaire FBO west of 18/36. Wonder how long it will be before we make the $100 muffaletta trip to Lakefront again--if indeed we ever do? -- Dan C172RG at BFM

well if anyone knows you guys should! what is this phenomena all about? we all can see normal contrails but the other sort - the ones that just hang in the air and spread wider and wider forming fake cirrus clouds, are we being poisened, are they reflecting back sunlight? and who is involved with...

Confusing reports on the Lidle crash-- Mayor Bloomberg, sounding utterly confident in his sources, says the plane took off from Teterboro, circled the Statue of Liberty, flew up (south-to-north) the East River, then into the building. A few minutes earlier, a CNN reporter using PASSUR asserted that...

I have long expressed my opinion that public displays of low level aerobatics entails risk vastly out of proportion to any benefits, perceived or real... Aerobatic displays do not improve public support for general aviation nor for the preservation of local airports... Aerobatic displays do not...

"Now that Boeing has conceded that the first flight and first deliveries of the new 787 jetliner will be at least six months behind schedule, company officials acknowledge that their strategy of relying on far-flung major subcontractors to design and produce most major components was...

OK--get ready for this: I'd really like to hear pilot comments about this. http://www.overclockedgaming.com/pentagoncrash.html www.Rosspilot.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59369-2003Nov18.html Legislators Protest Beer Logos on Museum Exhibit By Jacqueline Trescott Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 19, 2003; Page C01