Anyone ever make the trip in a 172? What route did you take? I'm going south but thought I'd ask for others experiences. Matt

I'm a flight instructor (out of work I might add) who is looking for some fellow pilots to share the cost of renting aircraft or who may have an aircraft of thier own to use for the soul purpose of staying current and keeping skills sharp. Anyone interested email me at . I...

"Allen" wrote in message ... The whole deal was weird; there were a lot of mistakes made. No s&%$t! Read Victor Hansen's pieces on the SNAFUs in WWII for some _real_ screw-up's!

"Blueskies" wrote in message ... "Reality_Check©" wrote in message ... Pilot's Gun Goes Off On Flight From Denver U.S. Airways Pilot Part...

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I'm filling out the 8710 for my upcoming commercial flight test and am not sure what to put into three of the fields. I'll ask my CFI next time we meet, but I thought I might get a quicker answer here. For Solo, Cross Country Solo and Cross Country PIC, I'm not sure exactly what they want. I...

A question for Stephen, Newps or other folks knowledgeable in the finer points of ATC. A friend of mine flew into Reading, PA last week with another pilot. Since Reading is a class D airport with no TRSA, but with radar approach control, they elected to simply call tower directly 6 or so...

Is anyone aware of a source for changes in airport identifiers? I flew into Hilton Head twice years ago and the first time I listed the ID as 49J and the second time as HXD. The first flight was in 1994 and the second in 1996. I did a decode on 49J and it shows as a non-existent identifier. ...

Does anyone know of a site that shows the common types and locations of airplane antennas? It seems like this would exist somewhere, but I've yet to find the right combination of keywords to find anything with Google. Matt

Does anyone know of a source for historical FARs that include part 61? I think it was Jim Macklin that posted this link, but I have thus far been unable to find part 61 in the historical list. http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/faa_regulations/ I did learn that the change in logging of...

Maybe a little OT for this group, but does anyone know what happened to the Kane Aero Company? I was brushing up with my E6-B in prep for the commercial checkride and I have an old Kane Aero MK-6B that I got with my private pilot kit back in 1977. I got to wondering what happened to this...

You just have to love the FAA. My address recently changed from a rural route address to a road address to comply with our new county 911 system. I have an official letter saying that my new address is Cross RD. I entered that into the FAA online address change form and it changed it to...

I'm hoping to make my long VFR cross-country for my commercial license this afternoon and evening (to get both day and night into one flight). I'm tentatively planning to fly into CAK which is class bravo airspace. As I was planning the flight today, I realized that I haven't flown VFR into...

I decided to stop by my local airport today (N38) as I hadn't been by in a while. While I was there, a Cirrus SR20 pulled up to the pumps. Never having seen one in person, I walked over and asked the pilot if he minded me walking around and taking a closer look. He said, "how about going for a...

Does anyone know of a good way to locate airports that are 200 miles or more from a given airport? I realize a large planning chart with a circle drawn would be easy, but I don't have one of those handy. I need to plan a 200 mile cross country for my commercial day/night long cross country and...

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:29:29 -0500, Dan wrote: On 10/13/2011 1:17 PM, Matt Wiser wrote: On Oct 13, 9:57 am, wrote: On 10/13/2011 11:36 AM, 150flivver wrote:

TRUTH wrote: In reality, a clueless non-pilot would encounter almost insurmountable difficulties in attempting to navigate and fly a 200,000-lb airliner into a building located on the ground, 7 miles below and hundreds of miles away and out of sight, and in an unknown direction, while...

Today I learned a lesson about practicing IFR flight. I was practicing with another member of our flying club who is a private pilot, but not instrument rated, coming back from Rogers, AR to Fort Smith after a pancake breakfast fly-in. Fort Smith was landing 7. My safety pilot wanted to fly just...

OK, I know this doesn't make a bit of difference, but I was always that kid that kept asking why and occasionally a strange question pops into my head and I thought I'd throw it out for the flying gurus to take a stab at if I can explain my question. The AI works on the principle that a spinning...

I'm trying to build x-country time for my instrument rating and I am looking for suggestions of interesting airports/places to visit. I'm based at Ft. Smith, AR and wondering if anyone has any particular suggestions. Looking for things in 250, maybe 300 NM if it's really interesting, things I can...