Has anyone experienced significant "loss of signal" hiccups with their new 396?? Since getting ours a few months ago, we have had several...some lasting 15-20 minutes. System shutdowns/start ups may or may not re-initialize it. THe antenna is unobstructed and in plain view of the sky. An older...

A few years ago when people were discussing the possibility of electric-powered flight, you'd get hacked on pretty hard for suggesting such a thing would be practical or possible in our lifetime. Obviously if you knew anything about physics or electrical engineering, why, you'd know it was totally...

FAA doesn't bother with suspension - goes straight for the revocation: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/28plane.html Pretty harsh for pilots who don't appear to have had any other blemish on their lengthy records. Revocation would seem to be appropriate for actions that are deliberately...

and now for soemthing completely different: the ICON A5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpNBNg4JzeQ about 140AMUs and boy, this is a cockpit from this century, not like most of the other crap on the market.

"The Saudi Sycophants" Not since the Vanderbilt's and Carnegie's and their opulent robber baron era of the 1800's have "We the People" been controlled by "We the Few". The oil SCAM being perpetrated on the American people by the Bush Administration is the greatest crime we have known in nearly...

What is the reasoning behind the full stop landing? thanks, John

A small plane crashed into Lake Pleasant, just outside of Phoenix, at approx 8pm Friday, while the pilot was reportedly talking on his cellphone and flying 10 feet above the water. According to thr FAA, the pilot was talking on a cellphone to a friend in a boat below and asked the friend to...

Do you own/rent/borrow a portable oxygen system? Which brand? Likes/dislikes regarding the particular brand? System features? Size/capacity? Typical altitude flown when in use? Comments please. Thanks!

If I'm crusing along at 100 KIAS in a 172 in clear air and I roll left while maintaining neutral rudder, what will happen if I don't neutralize the ailerons? I'm picturing the plane rolling on to its back while losing altitude and either completing the roll (doubtful) or stalling into a dive...

It's airplane-buying time again. It's been almost 3 years!! http://www.powerball.com/ $340 million dollar prize. Drawing on Wednesday evening. http://www.powerball.com/content/pressreleases/Powerball20021226-0.shtm 12-25-2002 (Christmas Day) Last time around the (aviation) winning numbers...

The original poster got it right with his use of the phrase "Runway ID", because it is, in fact, an ID based on a number, as opposed to some type of number. What is the magnetic heading of Runway 5? If someone is named "Fred", do you refer to them as "Zero Fred"? The point is, we are dealing...

You get rid of one, and another pops up! http://www.ainonline.com/issues/08_05/08_05_senate_03.html

When I used to fly Cessna 152's and 172's, I'd always just say "Cessna 12345...". Now that I fly Piper Warriors, I began using "Piper 12345...", but then I realized no one else says just "Piper", they say "Seneca 12345", or "Twin Comanche 12345...", so I began using the callsign "Warrior 12345..."...

If you Ladies and Gentlemen want to know what is happening in this part of the world regarding Amelia Earhart, then please look at: www.electranewbritain.com/ This website describes evidence that the Electra is on New britain Island in Papua New Guinea. Regards,

Good article in the recent issue of AIR & SPACE. A USN pilot got the idea for a circular runway after experiencing an engine failure and landing on a country road. He proposed the Navy test the idea. He was killed in an accident, but someone carried the ball got the testing approved. The tests were...

British Airways has admitted flying dozens of "ghost flights" across the Atlantic, with only pilots and cargo aboard (and no passengers), because it doesn't have the crews to staff the flights with...

The local news is reporting that a local CFI (with over 30,000 hours of instruction giving since the early 1960's) ran out of gas just short of the airport after picking up a P210 and flying back from Texas to California. Boy, if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. It will be interesting...

Apparently, the insurance co of the pilot who lost his amphibious float plane on landing (see "Stupid Pilot Tricks" and Followup a couple of weeks ago) and parked it in a hangar with a Comanche already inside, is trying to get out of paying anything since the pilot was on drugs. Not...

I did my BFR last month in a PA28-181. It is an airplane new to the flying club I belong to and although I have more than 60 hours in type, the owner requires anyone who desires to rent it, have an instructor checkout. Prior to the flight I calculated a weight and balance and appropriate speeds...

I wonder how often real pilots open this list server, hoping that it might once again be on topic? It's not worth checking more often than weekly, and that interval is growing longer. Well played, spammers.