Just noticed something, guys. Bertie used to use that @aa.aa as the return email address. If you look at information on google groups you'll find that address has been banned for "violating terms of agreement" earlier this month so it would appear Bertie has changed email/signon...

This one did not break my airplane, but. . . Landing in a cross wind at an uncontrolled airport -- it might have been Urbana IL, not sure. Anyhow, there was a large barn not too far from the centerline on the upwind side of the runway. I pretty much had most of the rudder in, maybe 5 feet agl,...

On Jul 8, 2:42*pm, VOR-DME wrote: In article , says... The Greeks clearly altered the position of the jetbridge in retaliation for Jenifer Lopez's concert in Turkish Cypress. Since this is a...

You've all by now seen the news articles. If not, look at http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/07/09/solar-impulses-maiden-flight-successful-solar-powered-plane-completes-first-journey-26-hours-after-starting/ Its four engines, each about 10 HP, were spinning pretty big props, the article says 3.5...

It may be selective memory on my part, but it seems these airplanes have been over represented among GA accidents lately. The story of this crash can be found here (and elsewhere) http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/8740196/article-Plane-crashes-in-Chapel-Hill?instance=homefirstleft

One of my friends suggested this, you might enjoy trying it too. We have all seen films of tufts of yarn taped to a wing to show airflow. If you fly a low winged airplane, try doing it yourself: a third of the way out your left wing tape 6 inch long pieces of yarn about every handspan from leading...

A couple of days ago the NTSB found the 320 series to have too sensitive a rudder, it can be torn off with peddle pressures. What's especially of interest is the problem seems to persist even when crews are given special training about the problem. There are some details...

So you're walking out to your A380 for your first flight as captain. If we were able to look in your log book let's assume we'd see a good number of hours in other Airbus airplanes, but what would be really interesting is to see what it took to become captain in a new type. How many sim hours,...

I wonder how often real pilots open this list server, hoping that it might once again be on topic? It's not worth checking more often than weekly, and that interval is growing longer. Well played, spammers.

Mxsmanic View profile Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2010/06/boeing-halts-787-test... No surprise...

Now here's a short airplane ride I think many of us would pay good money to take. http://vholdr.com/video/lap-around-boat

Who would have thought Maxi in its (pronoun intended) various embodiments and Bertie's exchanges would have been enough to keep Mx away? Of course the overall quality has diminished, which has to be the goal of the 'I have to type the last word' nutcases, but still this is an unexpected benefit. It...

No, not the national election, but rather by those whose inane postings have driven this newsgroup to its low level of participation, with the fewee postings last month than in the past decade. It's interesting that the crap providers seem have have mostly gone into the background because their...

On Feb 17, 3:03*am, VOR-DME wrote: In article , says... On Feb 17, 1:43*am, VOR-DME wrote: In article ...

Los Angeles Times March 4, 2009 Poor Maintenance, Errors Caused Crash Marine investigation finds that squadron bosses gave a pilot incorrect instruction in a crash that killed 4. By Tony Perry

but once again it's become a playground for juveniles, with meaningful aviation content getting close to zero. Oh well. I opt to kill file the group. I'll chat with real pilots on moderated forums.

New visitors, or older group members, might enjoy clicking on http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.piloting/about and then click on a month in 2006 or 2007, to look back on a time when this group actually had some aviation content. Such content still exists on the 'net, just not here. Now...

On Apr 3, 3:18*pm, za kAT wrote: On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:56:28 -0400, Mark wrote: Everyone is thinking the phone repairman planted a keylogger is kinda paranoid. Everyone knows it's the pizza guy you have to look out for. Some of those pepperoni...

I just looked over the last dozen pages of my logbook -- the only flight listed as local was an unusual attitude recovery flight with me under the hood and a buddy as a safety pilot. Every other one was from one place to another so as to be able to do something at the 'other' place (business, visit...

Check list challenge: 'Verify Emergency in RAP.' Response: 'Done. The group has been hijacked and is correctly squawking 7500" There's not much hope of recovery, the infection has caused brain death, it's been in a persistent vegetative state. The bad guys won. RAP, RIP.