What is the diameter of the helium balloon needed to life 200 pounds total load? Thanks.

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I have had this lying around for some time, I thought it might resonate with the village idiot. FRANCE The following advice for American travellers going to France was compiled from information provided by the US State Department, the CIA, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Food and Drug...

Hmm, yes, imagine a world where an idiot can post stupid answers to an open dicussion forum..... Ding ding, we've found a winner Dan, come on down and accept the stupid asshole award of the year. "Dan Camper" wrote in message...

The FAA is marching toward sole dependence on GPS. However, the FAA engineers and controllers are screaming from the mountaintops PLEASE do not single thread North American airspace navigation on satellite only. Yes GPS is awesome. Yes GPS has and will change our lives. But the signal is small...

A USMC sniper was real good at his job. This sniper had a method. He would yell out some insult at the enemy and when someone stood up to reply, BANG!!! - one less terrorist! After every mission the company commander would ask "How many terrorists have you shot today?" However, on this...

Study: High Risk of Catastrophic Runway Collisions in U.S. Airports WASHINGTON — There is "a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States" because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional...

any views on the panther headphones bose seems good...does it have inputs for cell/mp3 player. i plan to use it primarily in a jet cockpit environment.

can one log PIC if another person is flying. what if you're an instructor. same for twins - if i have a ME instructor rating, can i log PIC time in an airplane that i do not have formal training in - but is similar cat/class - piston twin etc. thanks

pls confirm the following to becoming a gold-seal instructor. ground-instructor - is GI and advanced GI two different things or same. have 8/10 signoffs in previous 24 months. of course, you have also to be an CFI.

Now let's take 91.175. The USA mandates the use of a published IAP. The UK does not. 91.1 says p91 does not apply outside the USA. Does this mean one can fly an unpublished IAP in the UK? I don't see anything in 91.1 saying that it does not apply outside the US. It says that it does...

Now let's take 91.175. The USA mandates the use of a published IAP. The UK does not. 91.1 says p91 does not apply outside the USA. Does this mean one can fly an unpublished IAP in the UK? I don't see anything in 91.1 saying that it does not apply outside the US. It says that it...

After decades of national policy prohibiting use of hand-held VOR and GPS on FAA check rides, FAA Flight Standards Headquarters in Washington DC (AFS-800) finally reversed itself and is now allowing the use of hand-held VOR and GPS on Private, Commercial and Instrument FAA check rides. So, if your...

To All: Removal of the FAA AFS-800 Part 61 and 141 FAQ web site Last month the FAA cancelled the AFS-800 Part 61 and Part 141 FAQ's. Evidently the reason was because the FAA Public Relations folks, the creator of the FAA's main "How do I become a Pilot?" FAQ web page convinced the...

Do any of you know if it's possible to rent a light airplane, or just go up with a CFI, in Jamaica? If so, where? I'm going there at the end of the month and it would be fun to do some flying. Barry

Anyone out there using the Garmin 96c handheld GPS? I have discovered a glitch that may be a significant firmware problem on the 96c (and maybe the 96). When projecting a waypoint on a bearing from between 165 to 181 degrees FROM any existing waypoint in the 96c's internal aviation datatbase on...

We took a newer 182 turbo to a 7000' elevation airport yesterday and the engine quit at the end of the landing roll. I'm sure the mixture was way too rich. It restarted without incident, glad we were on the ground! We had the mixture set about 100 deg rich of peak TIT for cruise at 9500. How...

Mark Twain Said: No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the congress is in session. Ben Franklin said: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

I was getting ready to go today and noticed that there were two new TFR's for me to avoid. One of them closed a regional airport, and the other a few miles away to the northwest. I saw the words "Secret Service" and figured #1 or #2 was gonna be in town. I did a news search and found out that the...

Does anyone here have experience in all three of these type a/c? I would like to know which of the 3 would handle cross winds best and which has a safer overall operational record. So far, I've read that the gyro is better with crosswinds (ref Dr. Taggart) than even some factory fixed wings. I...