I went flying with a couple of friends on Saturday and hoped to be cleared into Boston Class B to do the city tour. After departing Hanscom (KBED) and turning to the south, I called up Boston Tower on 128.8 and asked to follow the Charles River into town to do the city tour. To my delight, on this...

Hi everyone, I just uploaded a bunch of aviation videos to my website that you might enjoy: http://www.avivhod.com/gallery/AviationVideos Some aerobatics, some glider stuff, some military stuff, and other things that fascinated me. Blue skies!

We knew it was coming, and now it's unveiled. That is one foxy plane! http://www.cirrusdesign.com/ Single engine and a parachute. I want one :-)~ -Aviv

Same old story - developer sees a nice flat piece of real estate and starts the countdown to another airport disappearing :-/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/02/75_year_old_griswold_airports_future_is_in_doubt/ -Aviv

Summary: US and Colombian agents shoot down a smuggling suspect: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=063_1182300981 This is shocking to me on so many levels - extrajudicial execution on tape with Americans involved. Drug smuggling is a problem and all, but this isn't like a police car chase where...

There have been many discussions about the best way to lean, the best way to operate your aircraft engine for good longevity, and more. Lycoming has an EXCELLENT article about engine operations, it's very long but full of good information. I learned a lot about proper leaning, cold weather...

I previously posted this as a reply on the original thread, but that thread is getting so old I thought a bunch of interested folks might miss it, so I thought I'd repost it as a new thread. I've taken the time to correct and clarify some of the things I wrote in the original version. Jay and...

I think I remembered incorrectly, looking at my photo it appears there were only four "Dash 60s" (AM32A-60) used, all on the left side of the aircraft. I'm thinking that the four "Dash 60" bleed air hoses were coupled onto a manifold, and one larger hose went from the manifold to the...

My wife and I spent about an hour sitting in the grass under the approach to 09 at Oshkosh at midday watching and listening to the arrivals. All you folks who have yet to fly down, be careful, the crazies are out there. When we first got out of our car at the Friar Tuck's parking lot and I turned...

9/18/2006 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused a B-1 Lancer to crash while landing on the runway at a forward-deployed location May 8, 2006, according to an aircraft accident investigation report released here Sept. 18. The co-pilot suffered a minor back injury and the other...

My wife and I drove down from our home in Appleton to Oshkosh today (Sunday the 23rd) for a few hours to watch arrivals. We saw the first Cessna 172 land and we were at AeroShell Square to see them pull it onto the display ramp. Way cool! On my scanner we heard some guy in a Cessna 180...

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Thanks to everyone for the good advice pertaining to the Piper Warrior in the flying club I just joined, that has a four place intercom with only the front seats wired. When the owner gets back from Florida I'll ask him to please consider wiring the back seats. I've printed out the...

We just joined a flying club with a 1976 Piper Warrior. The airplane has a two-place intercom. I own four headsets and plan to occasionally take friends up in the back seats. Is there such a thing as an adapter I could plug into one of the existing headset jacks that I could then plug...

I regret to say Bobby Younkin flying his biplane Samson and Jimmy Franklin in his jet-powered WACO were killed in a mid-air at an airshow at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Here's further...

Hey Jay! We found an Ercoupe mounted on the roof of a gas station in Wautoma, Wisconsin. I thought of you and your hotel immediately, of course. Maybe you could do something similar. I'll post photos I took of it on alt.binaries.pictures.aviation. Scott Wilson

I thought you folks might get a kick out of the reaction of the fellow who will be staying with us during EAA. Here's some of what he's written (with his permission): ************************************************************ HOLY COW!!!!!! i don't believe it. i've been dreaming about going...

We had someone from Kansas City who was going to stay with us during the EAA Airventure, but changed his mind about coming. So now my wife and I are happy to offer our spare bedroom in our house in northern Appleton, Wisconsin, about 35 minutes from EAA in Oshkosh. It isn't much, just a futon...

Jay Honeck wrote: (Although the T-birds flew short a plane -- I suppose one of the pilots was under the weather?) Here's the reason, found on EAA's website of all places: The Thunderbirds announced in June that they would fly a five-airplane formation until a newly assigned right wing pilot...