I just finished working on an excel spreadsheet that automatically fills in wind correction angles and ground speed estimates. I don't know if somebody already did this. I couldn't find it anywhere so I did it for myself and decided to share it (since it worked like a charm for me). If somebody...

Is it just me, or does AmeriFlight seem to lose an awful lot of airplanes? I know 1999 was a bad year, but they appear to lose at least one plane every year. http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-11-30/local/333810.shtml -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA

Hi All! Can anyone direct me to an on-line supplier of new/used plastic interior parts, wing tips, fairings etc for our "new to us" C-172? TY! Dave

The current issue of AOPA Pilot has a fascinating article about the two pilots (one certificated, one student) who penetrated the Washington ADIZ last spring, and brought the wrath of the government down upon us all. What struck me was the entirely casual way in which it all happened. Troy Martin...

I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have been so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's appointment (with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in the same day and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I showed up. Long...

So I went for a lovely flight yesterday, from Bedford (KBED) down to Nantucket (KACK) for dinner. We flew down there in the last hour or so of daylight with a smooth ride and great views, and then returned at night with an even smoother ride and great night-time views, including a few circles over...

Below is what was published today on the moderated piloting group, "Pilots of America". As you may recall, this is the piloting group that Dudley Henriques, myself, and a host of others have switched to, now that the cross-posting trolls have emasculated this once-hallowed group. Over on P of...

The B-17 bomber owned by the Experimental Aircraft Assn. was damaged yesterday at Van Nuys airport when its main gear collaped. From the videos on TV, you could see its tail wheel firmly on the ground, when the main gear retracted, and the aircraft dropped onto the runway. The crew must had had...

Question: Is there a conversion to two yokes for the old Bonanza throw-over control yoke configuration? (Just curious....nothing contemplated as yet.) Thx in advance. VL

Uh oh: http://makeashorterlink.com/?I50915D5D The news is reporting that they've launched FOUR missiles now -- possibly one that can reach the U.S. mainland... I wonder what our Air Force guys in South Korea are doing right now... :-(

Any other Bonanza pilots have thoughts on Approach Speeds? Eckelbar posits 105 knots. I've tried it and it works, but is a handful to reconfigure and slow down in time for a more reasonable 75 KIAS final approach speed. Dick Collins recommends flying approaches fast ("the runways are usually...

Story on Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_us/obit_van_meter I'm aware of three people I've known in my life that attempted suicide, and sadly one was successful. None of them were attempting to escape physical pain or fiscal trauma. Sometimes the worst enemy a person has is...

In a small GA aircraft, in which phases of flight will you normally use mostly trim to adjust pitch, and in which phases will you normally mostly use the yoke?

Thanks for all the helpful information about traveling into and out of Canada. AOPA was very informative. I did not know about needing a radio license...that was a surprise, but I digress. In the US we have www.airnav.com to assist in getting important airport information online. But this does...

"It uses solar energy to drive electrolytic converters to produce gaseous hydrogen for use in the cold fuel cells" Hey, I've heard that approach to electric motive power someplace before. :-) Like Jim said in another message thread, hydrogen research was done extensively decades ago. But the...

Looks like airplane treadmill problem, regularly a spark for flame wars on R.A.P., has made it into the mainstream. http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/ Let the arguing begin! - Ray

To my Fellow Americans: Happy Independence Day! Just think, if we hadn't won the war for independence from Great Britain, some 230 years ago, we all wouldn't be speaking Spanish today... :-) Seriously, where else can a man hop in his own airplane, load it up with car gas, and take his family...

I had an airplane that I had to sacrifice for graduate school 4 years ago. Now finish and looking to get back in the game, I find local avgas prices in my area range from over $6 to over $7!!! (Up from $2.30). I know the price of gas has gone up but man, those increases have been amplified in...

I just happened to see a sticker on a fuel pump today that stated "may contain up to 10% ethanol" while I was filling my car this morning. Upon further investigation with my fuel retailer, the local fuel jobber, and the fuel distributor here in Spokane, Washington that there is a federal...

What the hell.....why do we work at teaching stalls and recoveries? It has gone to stall recognition and avoidance which is good. Does it teach the proper things? How much of a new students time is spent flying in slow flight at the low end of the performance envelope? Isn't that where all the...