Could this be the future? Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/ The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm English language information is...

What's the highest altitude that you ever saw a bird swoop past your plane? The other day I was flying at 5000' MSL, over land that was mostly about 1000' (so 4000' AGL) and saw a flock of birds, hawks of some sort I think, one of which came close enough to make me quite nervous (although from...

And for some reason he's picked me for the honor of training him. But I'm a little confused on one thing. He claims to have a commercial-multi, limited to centerline thrust, and an ATP multi, unrestricted, with 737 and 757/767 type ratings. I wasn't aware that you could have both those...

Listening to http://audio.liveatc.net:8012/kjfk_app_final , I hear a lot of instructions from the tower to follow other traffic, but the pilots don't always know what aircraft they're following. It sounds like the tower expects them to be able to recognize an airplane (type, airline, etc.) from two...

We had an incident a few days ago at my home airport with a couple in a Cessna 182 that never showed up after a local flight. It still hasn't been determined whether the flight ran into difficulty or where they went. The story was on the news last night and as we're watching the TV coverage, my...

After hearing all the speculation on the news today regarding the aircraft that hit the building in NY, I was watching the press conference Mayor Bloomburg was doing around 5:30pm. Some female reporter asked if the Flight Data Recorder had been found yet? (I'm not bashing female...

Missed me, eh? Just got permission from my friends to publish this video of them (stupid idiots!) buzing a highway just outside of Moscow, Russia in a PZL Wilga-35 along with their wives(!) on the backseat :) http://hectop.livejournal.com/281702.html Yours truly HECTOP PP-ASEL-IA

The previous post on this topic got me wondering. Just how different would the two engines need to be? I'm no expert, but it seems to me cam shaft(s), magnetos, and prop are the parts that would be different from one side to the other. I almost forgot, reverse the polarity on the starter...

The only solution to this numbskull is ignoring him... I beg you all, please do, this newsgroup is pointless if the sort of discussions he creates continue to exist.

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I love reading and posting in this group, but we need some of this time to time...Now THIS is a great aviation video: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/PBY_fishing.wmv Not only is it hilarious, it's the best video of a PBY Catalina I've seen, too! Many thanks to John O. for...

Hello everyone, I'm sure you probably read at least 50 "newbie" messages a week and I apologize in advance for this one. But as the subject reads, I'm a new pilot in training. I've only been flying for about a month now, but I only fly once a week, so really, I've only been up four times now. ...

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4038264 I found this link in alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation. I thought you guys should see this. After seeing this clip, I wonder why the pilot would begin a takeoff rollout with all the vehicles on the side of road. The risk factor would cut down...

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....

Last week I announced a rec.aviation contest to "Name Our New Aviation Theme Suite" at our aviation themed hotel, the Alexis Park Inn & Suites, in Iowa City, IA, with the winner earning a free night in "their" suite. To my amazement, we received over 100 suggested names! After a great deal of...

I haven't flown in a long while and I'm avoiding the "Pilot withdrawl..." thread. I've got to get my medical class III done before Feb 15, that's when I'm turning 40 so it will last for 3 years. Now, I've been reading about all of these recent crashes. Man! I'm not sure if I'm upto going back up...

Arrived at around 2200 last night IFR at our local field, and heard a pilot doing position reports on the CTAF. I spotted the traffic (night touch and goes), and also announced. As I established on final, she announced a full stop, and then proceeded to land and taxi the whole length of the mile...

Does anyone know of a good way to locate airports that are 200 miles or more from a given airport? I realize a large planning chart with a circle drawn would be easy, but I don't have one of those handy. I need to plan a 200 mile cross country for my commercial day/night long cross country and...

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In real life, do most pilots equipped with autopilots use them to fly holds (i.e., by using the HDG function of the autopilot, and possibly altitude holds or autothrottle if available), or do they fly the plane by hand through the holds? When you are tested on your ability to fly holds, do you...