In reading the following account of a pilot's TFR bust near Washington, it struck me as concerning that briefings cannot be obtained under the Freedom of Information Act now that FSS has been privatized. Has anyone else run into this issue? http://www.x-plane.com/adventures/tfr.html Reading...

Greetings Gentlemen, I am looking for a copy of FAR Part 61.109(A) (Aeronautical Experience) that was current in June 1970 when I got my private pilot ticket. I don't need all of 61.109, just part A which is Private Single Engine Land. FAA.gov has some Historical FARs but not part 61. I called...

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A colleague at work and personal friend's dad is a recently retired ATCO officer whom has worked at EGLL / LHR for about 30 years. The chap has done much for me and for many others, so I wanted to send a thank-you gift that tied in to aviation and perhaps ATC operation. I know what kind of gifts...

There was a thread recently where this was briefly discussed, though I can't seem to quite find it now. On AOPA's web site, they talk a bit about how the feds do try to levy stiff penalties on people whom intentionally misrepresents facts on the medical, if they're caught. (And they indicate that...

While on the topic of ADIZ violations, just noticed from AOPA's web site that the infamous ADIZ bust last year led to an interview with the two pilots involved once dust had settled down. Must've been hard for them to do that interview, especially with such a highly watched organization like AOPA,...

Neat -- the AOPA web site indicates that a) Phil Boyer has been at the helm for 15 years as of two days ago, and b) new fix names in his honor for the June publication of updated terminal procedure charts. RNAV (GPS) RWY 5 approach for FDK will have new names for fixes: PHILB, DEFND, and GEEAY....

A good friend is grieving the sudden loss of another friend from a plane crash about a week ago. Neither the pilot nor the sole passenger survived. With very little information to go on with... I'm wondering what could have had been the possible factors into such an accident. I am sure the NTSB...

Anyone our there an expert that is will to help a new user? thanks dan

I used to fly out of BUR, and when they closed Pilots Co-op (became Burbank Aviators), that was the virtual end of rentals at BUR. I moved over to VNY and rent out of Blue Skies - of course, there are a lot of rental facilities at VNY. Shame though, since BUR is a great airport to fly in and out...

Anybody got a link to a site that gives production histories for U. S. light aircraft? I'm looking for # produced by model and year. Thanks, -- Dan C-172RG at BFM

Departing OSH Wednesday morning, the departure wait for light GA peons got pretty long. I was interested to hear the ever-more-urgent pleas from a Cirrus flight of four to speed things up because their engines were over-heating as they sat idling in line. Didn't hear anything like that from...

I'm talking about where the prop stops when I shut down the engine. What would cause a 2-blade, constant speed prop on a Lyc. O-360 to suddenly begin stopping in a different position than it had every time for the last 3 years? My prop has always stopped parallel to the pavement until last night,...

Yesterday was one of those sopping wet, unstable Gulf Coast spring days and I needed to get an Angel Flight couple from Mobile to Jennings, LA (3R7, west of Lafayette) in the afternoon. By the time we were ready to leave BFM at noon, the NEXRAD on our route looked like a cheap Hawaiian luau shirt...

Not a big deal; IFR to DAL, VFR back to BFM, no sweat, but I want to give another plug to Regal Aviation at Love Field. Once again, they treated me like I had driven up in a Gulfstream instead of a somewhat scroungy looking Cutlass RG. Rent car delivered right to the airplane, free bottled water...

An aircraft departing a class D airport next to class C airspace requests VFR flight following and is assigned a squawk code. The aircraft is cleared for takeoff and instructed to fly runway heading at or below 1,700. A few moments after takeoff, the pilot is instructed to contact Approach but is...

....was Van's new, four-place RV-10. They had a cockpit mockup outside the tent for the tirekickers to sit in. The roominess is truly impressive, especially the rear seats which hold two six-footers in comfort. Van is projecting an 1100 lb. useful load for the airplane if you build it...

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