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"Peter" wrote in message ... Hi All, Does the owner of an N registered aircraft have the right to keep all the maintenance records? Presently, records are kept by maintenance organisations and these are not...

Hi does anyone have information,more than I have with regards to diesel plane groups ,message boards, any group any language any country And this plane http://tinyurl.com/x70c or in French http://delvion.free.fr/

Hi all If you have been following Mars exploration for a while, you may remember the proposal to fly a miniature airplane on Marsin 2003 to commemorate the centenary of the Wright bros' first flight. See for example http://quest.nasa.gov/aero/planetary/MarsAir.html I am looking for some higher...

Airbus has announced the first delvery of the A380 has been further set back to Oct or November of 2006,with the possibility of a further delay until early 2007. Stories circulating in the industry are reporting significant problems, Weight, landing gear,bilkheads. Delivery delays are going to...

Did all P-51s have intercoolers(aftercoolers) and where did the cooling air enter the cowling and where was it exhausted? Thanks.

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Why is it, in all the pictures I've ever seen of any version of the 737, that Boeing STILL doesn't cover up the main wheels? Maybe the latest model (-800?) does...if so, I stand corrected. ZW

Recently I saw a Garmin G1000's (very cool) Mode S radar display, superimposed over the moving map display. They call it: "Mode-S transponders with Traffic Information Service (TIS)" We were in a class "B" area, and seeing all the traffic in the area superimposed over the sectional map was really...

Just published some more pics from Davis Monthan. If you want to have a look pls see http://greenmarble.blogspot.com leave a comment suggestion if you'ld like Rich

In a quick news email that was released the other night by Crain's Chicago Business, it stated that you called the secret meeting of the CTA Board in where they underhandedly raised their pensions in a closed meeting, Illegal. The Chicago Sun-Times stated that Mr. Frank Kruesi, CTA President...

Where can I find information about Displacement Gyros? I do have several avionics books,but in non of the books is the term Displacement Gyro. I know that it must be something like a DG or VG , and it measures a Displacement. What is it used for? -- Otmar Bender email:...

One of the design features of the Cessna 150 that I admired most is the stall warning. It is a small aperture in the lower curve of the leading edge guarded by a wire screen (those pesky flies!) The cavity connects to a tube leading to the wing root in the cabin. There, covering the other end...

In a commercial airline, I realize that the cabin is pressureizd, but I know that it is not kept at a sea level pressure. What effective "altitude" is the passenger cabin kept at? Is it the same for all air liners? The reason I am asking is that I have to use a CPAP machine to breath while I...

Good Morning, perhaps somebody can help my here. I´m looking for the ATC sound-file of the 1982 British Airways All Engine Flame Out Incident . Especially the Mayday call. I could use that very good for a small, non commercial presentation in my classroom.

The boss is building me a 185 to haul jumpers with this summer and we need a jump/inflight door. Any leads to a door are appreciated. -- Dale L. Falk There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing around with...

Hello, I'm buying a box hangar 60x80 about 15 years old. It's wood frame with metal siding and asphalt roof. Ceiling is also metal. Walls and ceiling are insulated, but the 55 foot wide bi-fold door is not. There is some air leakage around the door that I plan to fix. Rumor around the...

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I've obtained a recently declassified MOD file, which contains a reference to the use of a Devon aircraft, VP 979, in 'ahem' meteorological research. Does anyone have any information of the whereabouts of this aircraft, post 1964? There is a possibility that it was operated by RAE at some time....

The National Air Tour ( http://www.nationalairtour.org ) in their WWI and WWII vintage aircraft did a symbolic fly-by past Meigs Field today on Chicago's Lakefront. If you're interested in checking out some photo's, visit http://www.DemolitionDick.com and click on the Headline for that story. It...