There are some who maintain that the mythical 9/11 hijackers, although proven to be too incompetent to fly a little Cessna 172, had acquired the impressive skills that enabled them to fly airliners by training in flight simulators. ..... In order to perform this bit of electronic navigation,...

Does somebody have experience with Naples Air Center, especially with their JAR ATPL Distance Learning Program? Would very much appreciate info. Gregory

Since 000 is not a real direction... (North is 360) ..., is there some significant history why easterly/westerly cruising altitudes were chosen on the basis of: 000-179 --- 180-359 as opposed to the more intuitive: 001-180 --- 181-360 ???

As a physician I was curious if Fossett and his team had any concerns about "the economy class syndrome", ie-deep venous thrombosis...? I suppose they could have given him a shot of Lovenox or some other low molecular weight heparin. Or not. Ryan Wubben Madison, WI

Just want to wish you folks who are going the best of luck and our wishes that a good time be had by all. Dudley and Bea Henriques

Were they the wide cord butcher props? Perhaps they spin slower? Mine are electrically heated but only the inboard third or so. (seneca) Peter wrote: The other day I was talking to a commercial pilot of a big twin passenger turboprop. He has been iced up a few times and recently was down...

A moment of silence of this 11th day of the 11th month when the guns went silent on the western front. A truce in the arguing over getting thrown out of FBO's...

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Looks like an old airplane wing frame in the DG_60cm kml file: 38.289163 N -118.499552 W

Senator Bob Graham reacted sharply. He called it "the most important thing about 9/11 to surface in the last seven or eight years." The Saudis; long time allies of the Bush family. The onion peels itself. http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1193346.ece

This is worth a chuckle http://www.redsaway.co.uk/images/Lincs-Echo-speeding-story.jpg

I was thinking of buying a plane to fly regularly between SMO (Santa Monica) and MYF (Montgomery Airport, near San Diego), for instance a Diamond DA20-A1, which can go about 104 knots. However, the flight path includes both Pendleton and LAX (perhaps others), which presumably could cause delays....

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Clinton Says She Can Control Her Husband January 30, 2008 8:19 PM ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Senator Hillary Clinton, in an interview with ABC News' Cynthia McFadden for ABC News' Nightline, was asked about President Clinton’s controversial comments about race and Senator Obama in the...

What are the possible reasons for the following statement on the Airmen Certificate Information web site?: "For information on this airman's certificate you must contact the Airmen Certification Branch."

National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday featured a story about the current brewhaha about funding the ATC system. You can listen to that segement at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7480080 By and large, it was a fair and balanced report, and represented viewpoints...

I guess the state of New Mexico believes it has jurisdiction over overflying aircraft serving alcohol . http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_re_us/ us_airways_liquor_order "ALBUQUERQUE - The bar is closed on US Airways' New Mexico flights. The state ordered the airline to stop serving...

I found this article interesting http://www.ainonline.com/issues/08_05/08_05_tax_80.html

Are there any Peterborough area pilots here? My wife wants to go to Ottawa for the weekend (Canadian Aviation Museum here I come :-) I thought that Peterborough would make a good lunch & leg stretching stop. It is almost exactly half way from Port Elgin. Is there a restaurant at the airport? If so...

If you had bought $1000 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1000. With Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left. If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Miller Lite (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the...