It would seem to me, that the City of Santa Monica committed malfeasance in office by permitting residential development adjacent to the airport many years ago. Perhaps the City should face charges and be held accountable for their actions, if justice is to be served. If the City of Santa...

June 25 is Dudley's birthday. May he have many more! -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor

A while ago I asked for nominations for great books about flying. Since then I've discovered an Amazon feature that allows for interactive lists, so I created one on this subject: http://unspun.amazon.com/Best-Books-about-Flying/list/show/4611 You can vote up or down, and you can add items....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWC2XJYgcJU&search=airplane%20pilot Overweight? Out of CG? Stalled? Too slow? What do you all think? Monk

I went to see it yesterday. I thought it was actually pretty good, and thought DeCaprio pulled off a believable Hughes. The flying sequences seemed a little hokey, and the crash scenes were typical Hollywood crap, but for 3 hours, it goes by quickly.

Sorry, I haven't sent this out for far too long...but for those who don't know, we've got a "picture page" of rec.aviation users (and their aircraft) he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm To see a new update, go here to see some new pix of Ken Reed's AWESOME '91 Mooney...

My uncle was killed in aircraft accident in WWII, 1940 something. Is it possible to get the accident report on the crash? I know very little about the crash. He was flying out of Denver for a feeder airline. He was not flying he was the stew. He was a pilot working his was up. They crash into...

Right now there is a pretty intense lake-enhanced band of snow going on to the north of my home airport. Twenty four to thirty six inches (0.6 to 1 meter) of snow is expected in that narrow region over the next day. The forecasters included lightning and thunder in their discussion of this...

I posted earlier in response to a message from Jay Honeck telling him to come by our booth at Oshkosh and say high, not meaning to make a public announcement about a new product we are introducing at Oshkosh, but it was quickly noticed by others and I was told I was being coy. I just didn't want to...

Brian.. welcome to soaring, you can also track soaring events on rec.aviation.soaring news group. www.ssa.org BT "Brian Sponcil" wrote in message ...

http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/story-overview/future-of-e-aircraft.html The future of e-aircraft Electricity is in the air E-Fan In the 18th century, the British theologian John Wesley described the electricity that astonished his contemporaries as “the soul of the universe”. Three centuries...

Like Piper and the Matrix, Garmin has stripped-out the expensive items in the 496 and offering the 495 without weather and the automotive package at $1,595 as opposed to the $2,395. I don't want to underestimate Garmin's ability to price their products appropriately but I don't think this is a...

Hi, I am in the planning stage for a trip from Kenosha (SE Wisconsin) to San Diego to visit my brother this summer. This will be my firsrt time in the mountains, and I was looking for some help picking the route. So far I have picked up the WACs for the general area for planning, and I was thinking...

The Cherokee Pilots Association is once again putting together (what I think is) the year's best fly-in! Here is the announcement: Cherokee Flyin & Convention 2005 Announcement Cherokee Flyin 2005 Tan-Tar-A Resort Osage Beach Mo. August 19-21, 2005 I am pleased to announce that the Cherokee...

What would you do in the following situtation: You are approaching a non towered field, communicate right and all that stuff, your on final, suddenly a cessna pulls up and starts it's take off roll. Also lets bring the same situation to a towered airport where the controller tells you to go...

Hawker Beech has been sold to a Chinese aviation company. My guess is that, in ten years, there won't be anything American about Beech except the name, if even that is retained.

....for you guys trying to quit smoking. Jim

Who determines where you can or cannot land one?

Thanx to Cal Pilot website for article on Oceanside Airport. Very interesting take on FAA grants, from Oceanside Pub Works Director. Bears some investigating.... From the article: " Public Works Director Peter Weiss sees a potential loophole in that policy. Weiss said the federal agency can't...

As some of you know, six weeks ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, and was prescribed medication. Although the medicine the doc gave me WAS on the FAA's list of "approved" drugs, the mere act of taking such a drug would set into motion all sorts of things regarding obtaining future...