1980's... Watching the string of landing lights of arriving aircraft east of Oshkosh stretching out over Lake Michigan. (Amusingly, followed by watching the arrivals try to find a parking spot in the dark with out flag-people.)

This arrived in my inbox from a friend: You know it's election season when... Heard on the Green Bay ATIS broadcast: "...advise on initial contact that you have information Bravo. I'm Green Bay Ground Control and I approved this ATIS." --

land of the free land of the brave land of the save ridicolous ..... http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/nation/10539621.htm --- snip ---

It was not the TSA's finest hour but at least they followed their own rules -- according to the TSA. A woman was barred from a Mesa Airlines flight from Phoenix to San Diego on Thursday after she allegedly told a screener that the TSA "couldn't find a bomb if there was one." While the woman was...

Does anybody have a good handle on when ATC wants you to read back altimeter settings? On a single IFR flight on Tuesday, I encountered several controllers who I'd check in with, and they'd give me an altimeter setting, and that would be it, and 2 (both in Canada, BTW) whom when I didn't read back...

Most off of you know that I am from the pacific NW well I took a short job in Yakima, WA well it's like a 4 hour one way drive from Vancouver, WA I did it in just about 1.5 hour's in my C150. I was able to come home the same day and not be tired and saved money on gas to boot! was able to get some...

A&P heroics in landing gear save: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1109870.html -Jim

KIYK, Inyokern, California Geophysics Operations Section China Lake(521410D) Persistent heat over the desert southwest will continue to prevail over our region into Thursday as a strong and broad upper level ridge centered over southern Nevada remains nearly stationary. Light to...

And so we must part again. Economic obsolescence brings despair once again. The joy, the inner peace, the relaxing comfort that comes with a familiar trusted colleague slips away once more. The anxiety of starting over with a new partner is facing me, again. The future is daunting. My first...

Has anyone on this list working with CAP. I'm a CFI and would be willing to donate some instruction if they were interested and if it were helpful. Is CAP interested in civilian CFIs or just those with a military background? What does it mean that some CAP orgs are "Cadet" and some are "composite"?...

Scientists are now predicting a 70% chance of Mt. Saint Helens erupting and throwing rocks as far as three miles away. Pilots flying in the area should steer clear of the crater. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

Back to the thread on pilots setting QNH for local acro work. I was in the trusty Pawnee this weekend and checked the altimeter, I can only select settings from 28.10 to 31.50, so.. following the others advice of setting QNH. I could not. I attempted to find this information in my personal...

Sound like alot of wisdom in this newsgroup would appreciate the same about what my prospects can be starting at 50. Flight has always been a lure for me (father in the business, avid flight sim user etc etc) Now that I can financially afford to do the real thing (well lets say ~...

I often worry about all the small airplanes flying around my house. Shouldn't they be regulated better. I mean can these guys just fly all over with out the government knowing about it. One of my friends told me that they can just leave and go where ever they want without telling anybody. I think...

In the legend on sectional charts there are a number of frequencies listed for the various class B and C airspaces and airports. For example, the northern florida chart has jacksonville listed as "120.75 (091-180)". Now, during my commercial checkride a month ago my examiner asked me what the...

So what is your understanding of a Dutch Roll? It is interesting to me the various understandings of this manuever, how it is performed and its origins. I've got my own that I was taught by a CFI over 45 years ago and have taught to virtually every student I've had over the years,...

I'm a new student pilot (no aviation career plans) and am wondering: What things should I buy for myself? Headset, logbook, calculator etc. What makes sense to buy now and what should I wait on until I've flown a while? What would make my training easier and more productive? Pilot courses,...

There seems to be a discrepancy between glider landing patterns and power landing patterns. There is a discussion on the soaring news group about our 30-45 degree turns vs the power shallow banked turns. The reason for our bank angle is because we fly close-in/tight patterns. I can’t provide...

I would like to get my multi rating and then buy a light twin. I have done some research (very little actualy) but it seems from what I have read and been told that the piper aztec is a fairly easy twin to learn to fly, not too much of a maintenance hog and is a good solid aircraft. Not to...

Went to Lone Rock, Wisconsin today for the $100 hamburger , with excellent VFR conditions, and winds light and variable. After lunch we saw a 210 taxi to the approach end of runway 27 (clearly visible from the the far end at the restaurant). Just as he started his takeoff roll, another guy in a...