I needed a break this morning so I whipped up a trivial little script to create a sectional image from GPS data. https://aviationtoolbox.org/Members/kyler/tools/trip_plot It just barely works but it takes NMEA $GPRMC sentences and generates a JPEG. I noticed that there are people who like to...

Getting ready for some flights today I noticed this. Kansas City Center (Olathe KS) : August NOTAM #19 issued by Gps Notam OA GPS unreliable within a 350 nautical miles radius of TRUTH or CONSEQUENCES VORTAC (TCS) at FL400, decreasing in area with decrease with altitude to 300 nautical miles...

As I was considering renting a car today I noticed that Enterprise has a section for general aviation. http://www.enterprise.com/GA "from your wings to our wheels" Last time I rented an Enterprise car it was from a place just down the road from N10. (They picked us up at the airport.) ...

I've been asked to help write some code to assist in flight planning by choosing routes. I have just enough Computer Science and IFR background to make me dangerous. I said that I'd donate my effort if it results in Free code the community can use. So we're making this a community...

It's been months since I got a good set of sectional raster DVDs from the FAA. For a couple cycles a Miami image was missing georeferencing data. That was fixed but then the current set I received had a bad (East) disk. So I called to see if I could get another. They didn't have any extra disks...

I hate software patents. They *really* burn me when they're on things that I've already discussed and planned to do. Here's one. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/323-full.html#188748 Any GPS can tell you where you are but Control Vision's Anywhere Map system tells you where you...

I just saw a clip on the local news about a single-engine turboprop that landed on a Highway 933 in Roselawn yesterday after having engine problems. It looks like it might be a PC-12. It's N922RG. It was going from South Bend Regional, IN to White Plains, NY with five people on board. They were...

I fell behind in maintaining my copies of FAA data last year. http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/ As a new year's resolution, I decided to get going again. I misplaced the December ATA-100 data but I now have the January version in place. http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/ATA-100/ The raster...

My wife completed her Ph.D. in May and now has a part-time faculty position at Purdue. This semester she's teaching the Aviation...

....how about some cookies for dessert? http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0804CarCookies04-ON.html --kyler

This struck me as something that could make loading the plane a little easier. http://ricardobeverlyhills.com/scale.html Then I thought about it for another second. No, my fish scale is a whole lot more versatile. It's not like I'm going to find a self-weighing 5 gallon dogfood bag so I'll always...

I just got this in an investor update from Borealis. ************************* Missing pilot and plane We are delighted to report that the plane and the pilot were found. Dave is fine; the plane crashed and is probably a total loss as a wing broke off, possibly from wind sheer. Dave was flying...

I'd bet that the 73A markings are so someone (oil industry with rigs in the gulf, for instance) can identify their aircraft at long range - "Is that one of our helicopters landing on the oil rig?" The 73A may be part of an N number, or may not have anything to do with the N number at...

Hello I am looking for a used TRANSPONDER KT76. Kosmas Kimionis

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I am interested in the CESSNA U-206H with camera hatch modification. Please ask the owner to get in touch with me.

I have a Garmin 340 that just quit working on me, I tested it in another aircraft and it works fine and there is power and all the radios operate normally, any suggestions?

Hi everyone, This is my new video of a trip with a friend who made his time building in the USA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncVb3HHqQW0 I hope you'll enjoy these awesome landscapes! :)

Hi everyone There it is a new video from my instrument rating training with the Diamond Da42 I hope you'll enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5mMumd4ho Thanks for watching!