KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday. I wonder what the Boeing service manual says about this? :-) -- Jay Honeck

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0d5fd653-6d41-461b-9885-fd0ca17e627c OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's AirVenture. The FAA says the accident with the two P-51 Mustangs...

I'm not a pilot, just your typical passenger. I don't fly United often, so I just discovered that they put the ATC on the inflight audio. I was totally fascinated and want to learn some more. Is there a website that has some basic ATC protocols? Not some huge reference manual, just the common...

Like AM radio, magnetic headings are still with us, even though navigation in general has advanced by leaps and bounds. When will true headings be used? The magnetic poles are in continuous motion; the rotational poles are stable. Eventually, the magnetic poles will move so far that every...

This story just gets more and more bizarre... based on the evidence I've seen reported so far, it certainly sounds to me like the Brazilian air traffic control system itself is solely to blame for this accident. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/08/brazil.pilots.ap/index.html -- Guy

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/february/07/piper-wins-record-order-for-152-training-aircraft Piper wins record order for 152 training aircraft Order announced at Singapore Airshow February 7, 2018 By David Tulis Piper Aircraft Inc. scored a big win with firm orders for 152...

Are these the same ATC personnel with whom we entrust our lives in IMC? Very tacky. And apparently there's a history of this malfeasance at the Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON. If found guilty, what's it going to take to get these criminals terminated from any and all government service?

I note in the simulation of the Baron in MSFS (Dreamfleet's simulation), there's a button on the left side of the pilot, part of several rows of buttons, marked "Ejection seat." I don't know if this is a joke on the part of the developers, or something that really exists in the aircraft. In the...

Where in the regulations can I find the requirements for operations over water in light GA aircraft? I seem to recall there are restrictions and equipment requirements, but I can't find them. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Plop-plop, fizz-fizz... :-) In a previous thread I outlined the new (vastly more convenient) "alka-seltzer method" of testing your mogas for both ethanol and water -- but (for those who missed it) here it is again: 1. Tap a few ounces of suspect gas into a cup 2. Drop 1/4 of an alka-seltzer...

For those of you who exist in the clarified, rarified world of upper- echelon corporate life, or hang out with pilots all day, it's hard to remember the wide range of human behaviors that exist. I, too, once existed there, and clearly remember walking the halls of the Fortune 500 company, finding...

I have just returned from seeing this movie. One word - OUTSTANDING! Go see it. -- Regards, Ross C-172F 180 hp KSWI

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/interview-zeroavia-val-miftakhov-hydrogen-aviation ZeroAvia's Val Miftakhov makes a compelling case for hydrogen aviation By Loz Blain June 15, 2020 One of the two ZeroAvia prototype six-seater Piper Malibu...

sorry for the naive question, but what is all this fuss about Mxsmanic? may be am I missing something obvious, I must confess that I haven't read all his posts, but I am a bit surprised by the rather hostile reactions that he received; I mean, ok, he doesn't fly 'for real', and sometimes...

0. Install Google Earth freeware on your PC: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/Google-Earth.shtml 1. Download the map update recently taken of the search area this week http://s3.amazonaws.com/fossett/geoeye-color.kml 2. Start Google Earth and Load the new GeoEye maps into Google...

Well written and thought provoking IMHO http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html

Current contribution is shown below. Increased AVGAS tax rates or user fees are a given! http://www.house.gov/transportation/aviation/05-04-05/05-04-05memo.html

WOW! I had no idea this thread would be so productive! Here is the list, compiled from all of your posts. As you can see, some are more complete than others. If anyone can add some of the missing information, please do so! For example, some people didn't post what STATE their suggested museum...

In the year 2055, you will be arrested and prosecuted for operating an internal combustion engine in the United States of America. (Chimerica) ---- "Lion is actually an abbreviation for lithium ion." CARS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEK-bKF0aHg

I Mean Logbook!!! Cheers Hi All, Is there some software that will record your piolts log elcetronically, Free or shareware. Ideally it will compute leg lenghts (as crow flies from ICAO airport codes)