The FAA is expecting to publish its final rule covering Light Sport Aircraft, Sport Pilots, and the training and repair requirements sometime this year. I'm wondering what impact this rule will have on traffic pattern operations at non-towered airports. Most non-towered airports have a single...

I tried to go to the museum at the Dulles airport today. Boy, they do a good job of hidding that little gem. D.C. easily has the worst roads for visitors in any city in any country I've ever visited. It is very hard to find things... 1) Many roads have formal names as well as common names. The map...

This morning I received a letter from Transport Canada informing me I am being fined $250 for not filing a flight plan. I had flown from Minot, ND to Regina, Canada on July 30, 2005. I had meticulously planned the flight using the AOPA webpage on the subject (got all the radio station permits,...

What things do you consider it essential to always have on board for every flight? Not just things required by law, but things that you personally believe in having on the aircraft before you leave the ground. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

I am from the UK and I'm visiting the US for my summer vacation this year and plan to do some flying from a flying school in Naples Florida. I have a UK and US license and all I want is a bi-annual/check ride and then rent a plane for a couple of trips around the general area, maybe even venture...

So after getting my instrument rating in my COZY last April, I'm starting to think about getting my commercial rating. I realize that per FAR 61.129 (a)(3)(ii) I need to have 10 hours in a complex aircraft (flaps, retracts, CS prop), which my COZY doesn't have, so I'll have to take that 10 hours...

We're hoping to depart for Fredericksburg, Texas (T82) next Sunday, to pay a visit to the Hangar Hotel -- the only other aviation themed hotel in the country (that we know of). Fredericksburg itself sounds very neat, and we'll spend a day or two there, but the kids want WARM weather -- and so do...

"DaveC" wrote in message ... Cell phone usage is restricted on all domestic commercial flights by the FAA, so the flight attendant keeps telling me. The regulation against using electronic devices that have not...

Is there an FAR or other document (Advisory Circular etc.) that addresses whether a licensed pilot must be at the controls ofthe aircraft being started when it is hand propped? I know the FAA may hit the pilot with careless and reckless if it gets away, but is it legal to tie the tail down and...

Your may be interested to know that, in a special BBC Wiltshire webcast from the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, John Cochrane, the deputy chief test pilot on Concorde will answer online questions about his time with the supersonic airliner, on Friday 18th July 2003 between 1600 and...

A few more details on my Arrow buying adventure this weekend. Sorry, no pictures posted yet but I did send a couple to Jay H. for an appropriate update (as in "Jay, could you do me a favor and replace the picture of the rental C-172 with pictures of much nicer airplane"). Saturday: Flew...

Can anyone give me a good logical reason to spend so much money to fly airplanes or helicopters for private use? After more than 50 years I'll be damned if I can come up with one. But I still do and probably will. WHY????? Ol S&B

I'm seeing a lot of people leaving usenet quite publicly, in favor of a moderated forum, because the signal to noise ratio on the group has become so poor. This is of course their right and decision. I don't intend to follow them, and that of course is mine. I will, however, point out some major...

"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message ... "mike regish" wrote in message news:e%Vib.558417$Oz4.511309@rwcrnsc54... Where'd you hear this? I'd like to learn more. mike regish I heard it...

I recently got my PPL and find that most people are scared sh*tless to go up. One friend came along and was just blown away and had a ton of fun. Just about everyone else is "oh my god, I am so scared of airplanes." This weekend I was going to go with my CFI to celebrate my passing my checkride...

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Here are a few suggestions for the future Garmin GPS-596... - flat panel package, one-inch thick (max, including battery) - replaceable Li-ion battery pack; optional AA battery pack - a five-inch diagonal screen (as on the 530) - landscape or portrait viewing select - XM weather and radio - higher...

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-apr1608-mexico_planejacking.6d0cc87f.html Flying to Mexico can't be worth the risk...

Why is this on topic for this forum? Face it, even if the next terrorist action is carried out with trained hamsters marching down 42 ND street with little explosive backpacks, shutting down general aviation will be a centerpiece of the response. Those of us in aviation have followed the security...

https://newatlas.com/electric-aircraft-test-flight-australia/52846/ Battery-powered electric plane quietly takes to Australian skies for the first time AIRCRAFT Rich Haridy January 7th, 2018