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I love summer on campus. by
Kyler Laird
The best part is watching students.
http://lairds.us/Kyler/photos/disk0026/img_2097.jpg/image_viewer
(If I knew a way to prevent this from becoming a high-wing/low-wing
thread I would do it.)
--kyler
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: automatic route selection by
Kyler Laird
I've been asked to help write some code to assist in flight planning
by choosing routes. I have just enough Computer Science and IFR
background to make me dangerous. I said that I'd donate my effort
if it results in Free code the community can use. So we're making
this a community...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: new chart product from the FAA by
Kyler Laird
It's been months since I got a good set of sectional raster DVDs
from the FAA. For a couple cycles a Miami image was missing
georeferencing data. That was fixed but then the current set I
received had a bad (East) disk. So I called to see if I could
get another.
They didn't have any extra disks...
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Control Vision's patent by
Kyler Laird
I hate software patents. They *really* burn me when they're on things that
I've already discussed and planned to do. Here's one.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/323-full.html#188748
Any GPS can tell you where you are but Control Vision's Anywhere
Map system tells you where you...
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single-engine turboprop emergency landing in Indiana by
Kyler Laird
I just saw a clip on the local news about a single-engine turboprop
that landed on a Highway 933 in Roselawn yesterday after having
engine problems. It looks like it might be a PC-12. It's N922RG.
It was going from South Bend Regional, IN to White Plains, NY with
five people on board. They were...
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spammed by (way of) the FAA by
Kyler Laird
I submitted a form for some information from the FAA awhile back.
As I recall, I received a response only by telephone.
Today I received some spam ("Cialis - No prescription needed!") to
the address I gave in that form. Tough to tell exactly what
happened but I'm curious if anyone else has...
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surviving a broken wing by
Kyler Laird
I just got this in an investor update from Borealis.
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Missing pilot and plane
We are delighted to report that the plane and the pilot were found.
Dave is fine; the plane crashed and is probably a total loss as a
wing broke off, possibly from wind sheer. Dave was flying...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: I've added your approach plates. by
Kyler Laird
Thanks to Dennis Megary at MyAirplane.com, I've added the vector
(PDF) approach plates to my collection.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/approaches/
There's a lot that I plan to do with these, but for now I have a
terribly simple kludge for finding them...
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Why are gyrocopters so small? by
Kyler Laird
I see that the Fairey Rotodyne had a max. gross weight of over
32,000 pounds. The only gyro in which I have time was close to
2% of that weight. It's been years since I've been to a PRA
fly-in, but I only recall seeing *little* (two-person max.)
aircraft - much lighter than the 5200 pound...
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source for edges of FAA sectional maps? by
Kyler Laird
Anyone know where to get the boundaries for sectionals? (I want to be
able to determine which sectionals contain a given point.)
Thank you.
--kyler
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: how I convert sectional maps to map chunks by
Kyler Laird
For the past few weeks, I've been obsessed with manipulating the newly-
available (from the FAA) raster sectional images. This is all new to
me so I've just been banging out code trying to get something
reasonable. The code is *horrible* and I don't recommend it as
anything beyond an example of...
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Bose comes through for my Christmas too! (was "Present from Bose!") by
Kyler Laird
I've posted lots of messages about how much my wife and I appreciate
our Bose headsets, followed by several about how my wife's headset
became unusable after an upgrade (and a couple of attempts to fix it).
Now I get to go back to praising Bose.
I just got off the phone with Joe Tesini of Bose...
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TFR shapefile? by
Kyler Laird
It looks like the BLM has a shapefile for all of the TFRs but they only
share it with "BLM members who are logged in".
http://airspace.blm.gov/mapping/blm/tutorial.html
Anyone know of another source for this information? (I'd also like to
hear why they're restricting access to this.)
Thank...
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US/Cuban flights by
Kyler Laird
I think about flying to Cuba every so often. This week, while registering
for class, I noticed a flyer about a Maymester course in...
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How do I get MSL out of National Elevation Dataset? by
Kyler Laird
I received some helpful e-mail that pointed out that the NED
elevations *are* orthometric (NAVD88). That's good to know and
certainly simplifies my life, but it doesn't explain some of the big
(over 400') differences I have observed. Back to the data...
First I eliminated facilities in Hawaii...
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FAA doesn't know FBOs. by
Kyler Laird
In another thread, I asked if the FAA keeps track of FBOs. I
decided to submit that question to the FAA. I received a timely
and complete response.
You asked if FAA maintains a list of fixed base operators for each airport.
The FAA does not. You need to contact the individual airports for...
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PIREP: 2I3 (Rough River State Park, Falls of Rough, KY) by
Kyler Laird
Right after I got my AMEL (and before I was flying our Aztec), I
rented a Seneca and took my family to 2I3.
http://lairds.org/Kyler/photos/disk0005/img19.jpg/image_viewer
As I recall, we got there at the tail end of lunch but still ate
something and then headed right home. It wasn't a big...
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Does WiFi affect your choice of FBO? by
[email protected]
I'm interested in knowing how important the availability of WiFi
access to the Internet is when pilots choose an FBO. Is it enough of
a benefit to really affect your choice, or is it just one more thing
that is nice to have.
If it affects your choice, is it enough to make you select one FBO
over...
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