Today shooting ILS approaches at McMinnville, with the blinder on, I had a close encounter. There was a lot of chatter and people stepping on each other, but I heard one aircraft rumbling calling out over McMinnville looking for the traffic on approach (me). Didn't catch his call numbers. A few...

L Grasso wrote: On 8 Mar 2005 14:32:01 -0800, "NEWS" wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/business/worldbusiness/08air.html?ex=1110949200&en=a8ef80ec613e88a4&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS F.A.A. Accuses British Airways of Recklessness By DON...

Everyone has seen those "Laser Levels" advertised on TV. I own one, and (although it's relatively useless) it's very cool. Wouldn't it be slick to have a gyro-stabilized thin red line projected onto your panel, graphically displaying the actual horizon? Talk about situational awareness in the...

Anyone any experiences using "The Muse" for in-flight music ? http://www.avionicswest.com/muse.html Or there less expensive options ? BTB

I decided awhile ago I'd like to get a PDA (preferred) or perhaps a small tablet for in-cockpit GPS moving map and satellite weather and a backup, emergency-only AI as well (not a simple GPS AI but a real solid-state gyro). After days of research I can't seem to find a single system that...

I have some bad news concerning the party at Jay's plane, at Airventure. The MOAG (mother of all grills) will not be able to make the trip. The powers that may be, in the Explorers leadership have strongly discouraged pulling a trailer while transporting explorers personnel. So now, what will...

Hello All, I guess I'll get out the boards and spend the day battening down the hatches while the sun still shines. The plane probably needs to be moved somewhere out of the line of fire also. We're doing the hurricane dance down here along the Redneck Riviera. Hate to send it to you Texas, but...

For some reason known only to the FAA, both Dunkirk, NY (KDKK), and Wellsville, NY (KELZ), two small, uncontrolled airports in southwestern NY state that are about 60 nm apart, share the same ASOS frequency. For pilots flying to Dunkirk from the east, retrieving the current ASOS broadcast is not...

So I spent three hours playing with a friend's new Garmin 396 last night, sitting in a lawn chair whilst supping a couple of cold ones, and watching as Hutchison, Kansas got the crap beat out of it with thunderstorms and tornados. *Live*, on the unit. At Oshkosh, my playing time was extremely...

A good friend is grieving the sudden loss of another friend from a plane crash about a week ago. Neither the pilot nor the sole passenger survived. With very little information to go on with... I'm wondering what could have had been the possible factors into such an accident. I am sure the NTSB...

I sort of feel like the Harold Stassen of the EAA election process, but here we go again. In 1997, I ran for the EAA Board Of Directors and got some 700 of you to email me your proxies. The vote was 700 to 35,000 for the proxies that EAA held for the current board member candidate. (I ran in...

Hello, group the wife and I departed at 12:30pm 06-26-04 ceilings scattered at 4,900' tops 6,000' & clear at the coast we will be flying over 3,800' terrain. The trip up was a fun flight almost uneventful was fun weaving around the clouds will post photos soon. As briefed the clouds were gone about...

Having experienced and successfully survived my first complete electrical failure, hence no radios (at night mind you), I am looking for suggestions as to which hand-held transcievers I might looking into buying. All suggestions are welcome... Thanks in advance.

Hi, all, Does anyone have any suggestions for cutting down noise for the dogs? We have 2 toy poodles who we love to take with us on plane trips. Unfortunately, they don't enjoy it and I think it's because of the noise. I don't think there are any "doggie" headsets available. Any suggestions? TIA,...

Hit a mountain wave today near Pikes Peak at FL190 in my TR-182. First I couldn't maintain FL190 (I only have 300-400 fpm climb at that altitude anyway) as my indicated airspeed descended to 80 K. Called ATC, got a block altitude, FL 180 - 200. About a minute later I needed the upside. Shot...

The airport is Evergreen Sky Ranch, a private, grass strip (2650' long) located near the town of Black Diamond (actually it looks closer to Enumclaw or even Auburn to me, but it's listed as in Black Diamond), about 15 NM southeast of Seattle. "Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and...

I have crossposted this question because I realized that those in the military area would definitely have some knowledge about this. Last night, which was a super quiet, calm and moonless night, I was out standing on the ramp when I heard the rather sharp bark of tires as a plane landed at the far...

I am a long term lurker and have a question regarding landing tailwheel airplanes in a crosswind. I have about 250 hours in a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. The other day during a very routine crosswind landing I started heading for the weeds faster than I new what to do. I had a fairly gentle cross...

I've got 3 headsets. Two sets are cheapies I got when I earned my license 10 years ago, and a nice set I bought when I finished the RV-6. Both models are discontinued. I'm happy with the nice set (Lightspeed 25XL's), but the cheapies have more clamping force, and my wife is uncomfortable wearing...

Hello All! I've been hunting high and low for an audio file. Came across it a few years ago. It's an actual audio file of a controller or FSS giving the pilot instructions to recover from a stall? spin? The pilot flew into IMC became disoriented, asked for assistance and panicked. All the while the...