As we did last year, AeroFile is celebrating the Holiday Season (and my Birthday) with a sale of sorts. From December 1 to December 24, 2003, when you order copy of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" we will pay your shipping. What a great Holiday gift. We still have some...

I recently discovered a beuatiful little treasure in the form of a National Geographic from Sept 65, the majority of which is a huge article on the US Air Force at the time. The opening article was written by Gen LeMay who had just retired. It was SAC's glory days, there were 800,000 people in...

Selection of my best Cargo Aircraft Pictures by Night under http://decker.antoine.free.fr/MyFavourite/ELLX-myfavourite.htm

I'm toying with the idea of a trip to Australia for a few weeks. What's involved in renting a plane there with a US pilot's license? Is it possible?

Aircoupe Alon A2 with C90 engine with two props, one 48" pitch and the other 52". It doesn't make the static runup RPM minimums with either one, for instance the 48" prop should be 2225 to 2325 rpm, I averaged out to 2162 rpm. Likewise the 52" prop falls short 100 rpm or more. Three years ago...

Here is a bit of aviation history. 67 years ago, on 16 December 1936 in Finland, Helsinki Airport at Malmi was first opened to traffic. Helsinki-Malmi Airport is possibly the best-preserved still active international airport left in the world from the pre-WWII era. The milieu of this...

I will be flying (IFR if necessary) to ALM from the west (Socorro) on a weekend. Does anyone know what routing to expect to avoid the many restricted areas of the White Sands Missile Range and Holloman AFB? N. Schwartz http://www.nsapc.com

https://www.prosper.com/public/groups/group_home.aspx?group_short_nam... We are a prosper group looking to loan money to the aiviation community. Buy a plane , upgrade your or money for training. No collateral. Please log...

Hi all, I am not sure where to ask this question. Can anybody explain what is Tactical Navigation, IFR navigation (Instrument flight rules) and SAR navigation? Desperately waiting for your replies:-( Thanks in Advance

For the Canadian homebuilders or future builders in southern Ontario, the Europa kit plane factory folks will be attending the Aviation Expo http://www.canadianaviationexpo.com/html-frame.html (Canada's largest aviation show) this weekend on June 18th at the Oshawa Airport, with a tri-gear demo...

Hi www.flyboyauction.com is inviting all pilots, real world and virtual to join our site. We have a vast array of everything related to aviation from Pilot store to an auction site. You are invited to list any unwanted new or used items and of course buy any items you wish. We have a banner...

Some familiar, some not so http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/ground-crew.htm and the first ever air accident report http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/icarus-accident.htm !

Can anyone help me with information on flying clubs in the Miami or Ft Lauderdale, FL, area, please? I am also interested in aicraft for rent, such as Piper Archer, Piper Arrow, Cessna 182, Bonanza and/or Saratoga (i.e. IFR capable, single engine, land). Thank you, Cameron P.S. you can email me...

A look down at Heathrow. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=heathrow&sll=40.645521,-73.778182&sspn=0.005788,0.00957&ie=UTF8&ll=51.474515,-0.435736&spn=0.001228,0.003412&t=h&z=19&iwloc=addr or a TinyURL version, I hope.... http://tinyurl.com/8reo8f BrianW

I'm interested in purchasing a package weather instrumentation system possibly with some other environmental sensory data packages ... any suggestions? It is for a small airport with moderate traffic. I am looking for manufacturer suggestions who are reliable with good accurate repeatable...

I am looking into jumpstarting my career (full ATPL now) by going to China to work for China Airlines for a couple of years. Does anybody have any experience(s) with this kind of stunt (other parts of Asia or India might also be of consideration) it would be greatly appreciated if you would...

Hi, we have written a open source flight log softwa FluPP (http://flupp.sf.net). At the moment it is written in Delphi and only available in German. We plan to rebuilt FluPP2 from scratch. This time we use C# for better compatibility to Linux and Hand helds and there will be the...

Would like to hear from anyone who has a good set of Tomahawk gear axles and brakes Calipers for sale. Thanks in advance Spar

Has anyone participated in the AOPA Mentorship program? I've looked into it, and I'd like to participate. None of the local guys have replied to my email inquiry (yet). What, in your experience, has it added to you or anyone you know? Thanks! Gary

The graphic (website) version of this newsletter can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/newsletter385.htm Quote of the Week: "Planes would be just flying a couple thousand feet over the hospital, windows would vibrate, doctors will be operating, patients will have a lot of noise"...