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Travolta - did he ever ditch an aircraft? by
TheShootingSports
Hi all,
I had once heard that John Travolta once ditched an aircraft. I have never heard this, but to settle a "discussion" could someone tell me if he did in fact successfully ditch an aircraft ever in his years of flying?
Supposedly, he was all alone when this occurred.
Your help is...
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A real life pilot's first sim experience by
Tony
The deal is this: I wanted to fly a loop in my M20J for a long time,
but it's hard to get around the 30 degree pitch limitation
certifications and do a loop. isn't it?
MSFS2004 offers an M20M Bravo! And Comp USA is selling that program
for less than $20.
So the four disks came in a couple of days...
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Accident statistics by
Marc Adler
Does anyone have any good sources for statistics on flying accidents.
Specifically, I'd like to know 1) what % of accidents are fatal to all
occupants, 2) what % of accidents are fatal to some but not all
occupants, and how these stats compare to similar stats for automobile
accidents.
As you have...
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Verifying flap retraction by
Roger Long
One of the more experienced pilots in our club scared himself climbing out
of a touch and go during which he didn't notice that the flaps had frozen at
20 degrees on our 172.
I've been investigating the flap system on Cessna's and am impressed how
easily a bit of fluff or corrosion in just one...
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Why are there no small turboprops? by
Thomas J. Paladino Jr.
I have always wondered why there are no small GA turboprops. It seems like
most of the major problems & maintenance issues associated with GA aircraft
are related to the piston motor, and as far as I can tell, turboprops are
much more reliable, fuel efficient, smoother running and easier to...
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private planes lower housing prices by
[email protected]
Home prices in most of the San Francisco Bay area
have reached new high's, except in one city, but
there is a catch.
The city of Newark has many people moving out, and many
nice homes for sale after months of being on the market.
Why, you may ask?
It is because of the constant drone of private...
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November 5th 05 07:42 AM
by Blanche 
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Engine failure by
Jase Vanover
I had a situation yesterday at the end of my local "just because" flight
(you know, one of those where you really have no place to go but the weather
is favourable and you just want to go flying).
Was flying a rental 172. Took off like a rocket (lightly loaded solo...
cold air about freezing),...
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October 30th 05 05:43 PM
by Private
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The First Thousand Hours by
Jay Honeck
Life is full of little transitions and milestones. Back in 1995, when I got
my ticket, I privately vowed that I would fly 1000 hours in the next ten
years.
At the time, this seemed wildly optimistic. I had a house, two little kids
underfoot, a wife who had just gone to working part-time in order...
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Size does matter by
HECTOP
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/573107/M/
HECTOP
PP-ASEL-IA
http://www.maxho.com
maxho_at_maxho.com
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an exercise for sim pilots -- a 1 G roll by
Tony
About a year ago there was a spirited discussion about maintaining a 1
G 'straight into the seat' force while doing a roll (let's define a
roll as rotating the airplane, somehow, 360 degrees around its axis
with respect to the horizon). As I rmember the analysis, if you have
enough control...
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Living on the airport -- comments? by
Jay Honeck
We find ourselves with the rare opportunity to purchase a home with a
property line just 60 feet from the centerline of a 2400 foot runway.
It's a beautiful home, with almost 2 acres of land. It's got everything we
could want in a home, except for a hangar. (The hangar that comes with it
fits an...
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This should settle it! by
Oz Lander[_2_]
http://overtheairwaves.com/
I refer to the first article on this page.
--
Oz Lander.
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong.
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace? by
Dallas
This question was brought up in another group and never answered.
Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft
carrier group in the distance. Is there an airspace classification around
it? What's to keep you from buzzing it at 1,000 feet (other than a couple
of Phalanx...
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July 25th 08 12:15 AM
by Dave S
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Strange But (Un)True? by
Quaalude
Hani Hanjour, the pilot of Flight 77, was so incompetent he could not
fly a Cessna in August, but in September managed to fly a 767 at
excessive speed into a spiraling, 270-degree descent and a level impact
of the first floor of the Pentagon, on the only side that was virtually
empty and had been...
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