On Mar 3, 6:17*am, "Morgans" wrote: You might as well give it up with this person, too. *It is more likely that you will have a real 747 qualified pilot on board, than you would likely find a simmer with the kind of "practiced" on the 747. *This one will never ...

Hey, sorry to be kind of crashing this group since I'm not a pilot. I bet y'all can help me though. My current house in the Warm Beach area of Stanwood, Wa 98292 gets buzzed by small planes all the time - I seem to be on some sort of regular "route" for planes from Seattle to the San...

I was in an airplane crash in February. Not piloting. I am a student pilot and I'm trying to get over what happened. Anything from people who have been in my situation is greatly needed. I need to know if what i'm going through right now is normal, need some one to talk to who understands.

Somebody just busted the presidential TFR near Seattle (F-16s escorted the offender back to Crest Airpark (S36). If you don't watch TV, always check the NOTAMS / TFRs before ya fly! Bela P. Havasreti

CFIs, will you please, PLEASE stop teaching students this stuff?!!! 8^) On 122.75: Making 30+ second long position reports, 4500 feet over some non-descript / podunk town. More annoying when the broadcaster does so in broken english. Even more annoying when the broadcaster does so every 5...

Hi all! Does anybody out there know the 14 yr old boy or his parents from Rainsville Ala who managed to get a small plane up into the air last night? I would really like to interview him or his parents. Please help if you can. Thanks for everything. Linda

Hello, As a senior in high school, i was able to get my private pilot's license on dec 31, 2003. i love flying(what pilot doesn't, right?) but i'm looking for a cheaper way to build hours then renting. i was just playing with an idea, and i wanted your responses. Would an airplane owner ever...

Hi guys, A friend an I were stuck in traffic next to Santa Monica airport. I looked over and saw the gate leading into the airport, and I joked to my friend that if we had a transceiver, we could drive up to the runup, then call SMO ground and request transition across the runway to the lower...

Howdy! I've seen a couple of other fly-in notices here, so I thought I'd mention ours. We're having a fly-in on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th from 10AM to 6PM both days. We'll have a flymart and camping, so if you're looking for an excuse to XC or would just like to drop in and see the...

I was talking with a friend the other day, and he posed an interesting question to me. I use flight following occasionally. It's a great service, and as a VFR pilot I appreciate the (workload permitting) traffic advisories. We were discussing this when my friend asked 'So, what do you do if...

The folks at CSI:Miami never let things like 'fact checking' or 'realism' get in the way of the story. Even though the show has reprehensible science, their dogged consistency is almost worthy of grudging admiration. Most shows (no matter how badly they might try to stay completely ridiculous)...

Hi guys, I was doing closed traffic at an unnamed airport with a 'No touch & goes at night' rule. On downwind, I made the following call (because I am aware of the rule) "XXX ground, Cherokee 1234 Sierra on downwind, request full stop." The tower responds back "Touch and goes are prohibited at...

Hi there, I'm in the process of moving to Eugene, OR and I was wondering if anyone knew of any flying clubs there. The main GA airport seems to be EUG, the Mahlon Sweet field, but I haven't figured out if there are any other GA airports w/ rentals and/or clubs nearby. I called Friendly Air...

Howdy, Just started taking flying lessons (6 hours ground and 7 hours in the air) and I've been reading up on everything like accessories, techniques, etc plus lurking here for a week. During this time, I noticed the difference between military andcivilian headsets, and if I understand correctly,...

In article , Snowbird wrote: We have Lightspeed headsets. We use Foggles for simulated instrument training. Jeppshades work with Lightspeed headsets and there's nothing to interrupt the ear seal. If you figure out a...

I might have cause to fly from the Portland, OR area down to San Diego at the end of the month. Any suggestions on places to stop, stretch my legs and get a bite to eat in the middle? The straight-line halfway point is around Reno, NV, but that would involve cutting across some mountain ranges...

For a non-turbocharged piston airplane, does cruise altitude really matter? I made a complicated spreadsheet which produces a fairly simple answer: Unless you climb way above your critical altitude, trip time and fuel burn don't vary much at all. Over a 500nm trip, it only takes about 4% longer...

Tommorow the Blue Angels will be practicing near Hillsboro, OR in the afternoon at the same time a Presidential TFR is active in an overlapping area. You think they'll shoot down the Blues? Looks like I picked a hell of a day to try to fly from Hillsboro to Seattle! -- Ben Jackson

What do you look for beyond a normal preflight when you're about to go on a long trip? For example, if you were flying from the west coast to Oshkosh you wouldn't want to be within 10 hours of an oil change or a 50/100-hour inspection. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/

The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction. In a Cessna 172D I...