OT - FYI - What happens with al Qaeda will directly effect our ability to fly without the onerous restrictions that now exist. Big John ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` THE STRATFOR WEEKLY 07 January 2004 Summary

C.J. Although he got out all right and he saw his EWO's chute open, he never saw the EWO again. The FB-111 had an ejection capsule and crew did not have individual parachutes. Big JOhn Pilot ROCAF

I have over time really enjoyed looking at the personal websites that some have developed about their flying. Most recently I enjoyed the biography of Filip Zawadiak http://vyx.net/~philz/gillespie . I was wondering how many others have websites with pictures and videos of your flying...

http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/postcards/lake_geneva.html -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply

I got this one from a friend. NEW YORK, NY (AP)... New York, NY. At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, protractor, setsquare, sliderule, and calculator. At a morning...

Gadabout Gaddis Airport, Bingham Maine, just off the Kennebec River http://www.airstripamerica.com/cgi-bin/apt_info?ME08 I used to have a photo of it.. but not having much luck finding it. BT "Gene Kearns" wrote in...

Gordon Baxter just celebrated his 80th birthday. Flying magazine has a link that allows you to send a greeting to Bax. http://makeashorterlink.com/?W23342047

When performing eights on pylons, is the goal to keep the target at the same vertical position on the side window, as well as at the same horizontal position?

Duane Cole passed away this AM. Two months short of his 90th birthday. A lot of memories and a lot of aviation history. Walt

LawsomE Have see the results of aircraft hitting birds, 1 to 10 lbs, and taking out the cockpit canopy. Unless the carcass hit the pilot and caused major damage to him, all the aircraft I know of (over 55 years) have been flown back and landed ok. There are records of these events if you want to...

Every pilot's dream? (Or not!) See photos of one of the world's oldest original flying machines, a 1909-type Blériot XI flown by Mikael Carlsson - Daniel K Aviation Images http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/

I just finished working on an excel spreadsheet that automatically fills in wind correction angles and ground speed estimates. I don't know if somebody already did this. I couldn't find it anywhere so I did it for myself and decided to share it (since it worked like a charm for me). If somebody...

If you're a pilot with a hair-raising story to tell (and who doesn't have at least one of those), we encourage you to share it at Pilot Chronicles. Pilot Chronicles is a free website where pilots learn from the experiences of other pilots. It's a great way to improve your knowledge and...

Hi, I want to know whose response is to calculate weight and blance of an aircraft? Thanks for ur intst. JP

"= Vox Populi ©" wrote in message ... Arnold Wolfcaste wrote: "Yardpilot" wrote in message news:zhpMb.29488$na.23347@attbi_s04... Those delightfully quirky fellows on Myth Busters decided to play ...

(Rick Durden) wrote: Evidence examined thus far indicates that the Payne Stewart crash was decompression, but not explosive. The old Lears had some interesting systems and according to some reports the company had not maintained its airplanes all that well or worked off...

Hi, I agreed to do three one-hour workshops for one group of 10 third and fourth graders (the same children for all three weeks.) The workshops are during school and will be in a classroom (or outside), visiting the airport is not feasible. They will be GA focused (although billed as the "Wonder...

Hello. I just took my first flying lesson, and I want to find out where can I find some useful information/readings that I can read online. Do anyone can give me some suggestions? Thank you very much ..

I missed the story on CBS but I Googled Peter Goelz and if this http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/bios/goelz.cfm is him you've got you read this http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31540.

I recently purchased a 1980 Warrior, and I noticed that pages 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6 are missing from the POH. The specific model year serial number is 28-8016209, and the POH publication number is VB-880. If someone who has this same model of Warrior could please scan the pages that are missing...