On Sun, 01 May 2005 20:00:07 GMT, "Ed" wrote in :: -1G is nothing more than hanging in your belts during level inverted flight. Isn't also the maximum negative G limit of a C-150 operating in the Normal category? If so, the only...

Hello, I put together a quick Excel spreadsheet that calculates total weight and total moment for a Cessna 172. However, to check the CG, I still have to take these calculated values and place them onto the diagram called "Center of Gravity Moment Envelope". Does anyone know if this lookup can be...

Anyone else have expereince with the C172E (1964)? No matter what I did I could not get that bird to spin to the right. Left spins take some work, and power helps (of course). But right it just wallows and then steep spirals.

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1840777 (link at top of page)

This is the audio tape of a Fed Ex Caravan pilot who tangled with some severe icing conditions. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2007-1-26_N1278L-Mayday.mp3 (It's a good-sized .mp3 file, so be patient while it downloads...) This was given to me by our local FAA safety guy, to...

Lots of posters here have fun bashing MX, but I have to say that one of the more enjoyable experiences I've had lately was sitting in the family room, in front of the PC. I am working on my instrument ticket. Ove the years I have collected the CH yoke and footpedals. I have downloaded a flight...

YAWS (Yet another Weather Site) is accessible from WAP phones: http://activitae.com/wap PDA/Smartphones: http://activitae.com/pda Read about it: http://activitae.com/yaws At the risk of appearing to spam, kindly allow me to re-publicise this free site, bereft of both adverts and pop-ups, to help...

Here's a project for those who are complaining about aircraft noise to support: EU BACKS FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT BID The European Union has given Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, and its 11 partners about $6 million to install fuel cells and electric motors in a variety of...

Like many people here have said, your are either part of the problem, or part of the solution. If you guy insist on welcoming the asshole, he will always be around. A vote for Bertie is a vote for filth, confusion, cross posting, forging, lying, making fun of someone's deceased relatives, etc. Let...

Is airline passenger abuse on the rise as a result of passenger reaction to airline delays? http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/14/bc-taser.html?ref=rss Man dies after Taser shock by police at Vancouver airport Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2007 | 5:04 PM ET A man in...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/ap_on_re_us/chicago_truck_scandal Maybe they'll finally arrest King Daley for willful and criminal destruction of public property? Supposedly, he's "hurt, embarrassed and disappointed" that there is actual corruption in Chicago! Imagine that? Ha! I hope...

I'm looking for the artwork to make Fudpucker World Airlines (Pulaski TN, Serving The World Since It Was Square) business cards. I've googled two sites, one on infininet from ~cuban8 and another one on an ohio net ~cuban8 and both of them seem dead. infinet gives me a "server not found" and...

Is it possible to purchase a one-time update to the 430 database using the Skybound adapter? I don't fly enough IFR to require a current database year round and I'd like to just update it during certain times during the year. When I check their webpage all I can find is a one time mail in option...

The Mooney 201 has a ram air port, a half a foot under the prop spinner. The POH tells us it can be opened at altitude for a very modest increase in MP and we find maybe a half inch increase in pressure. The idea of the thing is, if the port is looking right at the air being thrust toward it by the...

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Some post-accident photos (no gore, thankfully) showing the RV and TBM Avenger were posted on a forum on Doug Reeves' RV website: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=9638 Really gives some perspective on the visibility, or lack thereof, that both pilots must have experienced.

Big Bertha Thing uniform Cosmic Ray Series Possible Real World System Constructs. http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/uniform.html Access page to 714K ZIP file Astrophysics net ring Access site Newsgroup Reviews including alt.support.attn-deficit Animated wire-frame Polyhedron display, complete...

For me, it's the King Air. Other opinions?

A question for the physics-minded among us, or for anyone who just has the answer. I have heard the Airacobra was underpowered and that got me to thinking; Does having an engine at the middle of the fuselage (in any plane for that matter, like the XP-58) and connected by a long shaft contribute to...

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