When HOLD SHORT sounds like CLEARED TO CROSS THE ACTIVE. There comes a time for ALL good airmen to evaluate the impact senescence is making on their cognition and thus, their flying skills ... The alterative is leaving a legacy of death and destruction, not to mention the grief and sorrow...

Looking at the prog charts for the next several days, Texas looks like a mess. Moderate to heavy rains, thunderstorms, yuck. Our plan to head south on Sunday is scrubbed. So, we're looking at heading to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina instead. The progs look great for at least three or four days, and...

Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY

Hello, I'm about to buy a bike and am interested in a "foldable" bike. I do not own a plane, just use a rental ( Cessna 172 SP ). Has anyone thought about getting one of these to fit on the backseat of 172 ? The one I found here : http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/th-367-r.html is about 45 pounds...

For about 25% of the cost of a new Skylane or Cirrus you can have a 1942 C-47 that saw combat in WWII. Of course, the maintenance and fuel prices might be a little steep - not to mention finding a hanger big enough to hold the plane. Still, wouldn't it be cool to land at some out of the way...

Our politicians lead the league in all talk, no action. Is blowing us some sunshine good enough? Read what The Expert thinks: http://www.ExpertHumor.com/

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Reauthorization-Bill-Back-In-Play-231386-1.html FAA Reauthorization Bill Back In Play By Mary Grady , Contributing editor | August 15, 2018 With Congress back in session this week, the fight over FAA reauthorization has resumed. Thirty-three GA...

Wake Turbulence Writes Off Challenger Bizjet http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3617-full.html The Aviation Herald is reporting that the European Aviation Safety Agency is about to issue a safety information bulletin about high altitude wake turbulence after a Challenger 604 business jet was...

Had some relatives in from Alaska last week. Al, a commercial fisherman on Kodiak Island, shares ownership of a 150HP Super Cub on floats with one of his sons. They use the airplane occasionally to spot fish when the boat is working close enough to land to make it worth while. In advance of the...

Simple question, when refuelling should brakes be on or off (for a light plane)? I've been told both answers with logical reasons for both. What should I do??? Cheers

http://www.divingservices.net/aircraft.jpg http://www.divingservices.net/9bcess2.jpg Anyone have the story behind this? Strange that a plane designed to float, sank! The Monk

What's with the SR22 crashes? Another one went down Arizona yesterday.

I have a couple of questions regarding the 2000C: 1. What are the mounting options? I have never liked yoke mounts. 2. Will it work with a non-Lowrance amplified external antenna (I have a permanent unit on top of the fuselage that has worked flawlessly with my Garmin). Thanks in advance for any...

Hello, Not a Pilot, but always interested in the engineering aspects. This question came up, and I realize that I am not sure of a correct answer. Regarding the compass heading that shows in the glass displays: How is it derived ? GPS ?

On several flights at night, I found my Garmin GPSMAP 295's display didn't dim enough to suite me, so I finally decided to try to fix the problem. I went to a local professional photographer's store and bought a packet of neutral density filter material for a few bucks. It had 0.3, 0.6 and...

Ok,this is probably an obvious question to many of you, but I'll ask anyway. I usually fly in C172s and C182s with the Lycoming oil cooled engines that many of you are probably familiar with. I still see planes with the large radial engines (for instance, like what you would see on a Dehavilland...

Last weekend I bought an IFR equiped '68 Cherokee 140 to get my Instrument ticket in ... ( I flew it from Bedford, MA home to Savannah, GA in one day. But, that is another story. ) The guy that I'm going to use as my CFII came out and looked the plane over and told me that while the plane is...

Piper Cherokee / Warrior / or Archer. Looking for one measurement for the control column. With trim set at neutral while flying any power setting: Distance from control panel to back side of control yoke. I have full control yoke travel measurements. ( from instrument panel to back side of control...

Earlier this evening I was watching the program "Discoveries This Week" on the Science Channel. The first segment was about the visual laser warning system being put in the ADIZ. All the reported errors about the lasers I'm addressing in alt.lasers. However, I wanted to mention here that some...

I am thinking of purchasing a hand held radio (tranceiver). Can anyone recommend one ? I am a student pilot. Please reply to this newsgroup and not via email.