Recent posts have reminded me of a few quotes that others might enjoy :) "It's not the things you don't know that you a fool. It's the things you know that ain't so" "It is better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." I thought of listing a few...

I just discovered that the ADDs weather site (US) is looking for comments on their proposed new user interface for winds and temperatures aloft. If you have a moment, take the new interface for a test drive and provide them with your feedback (mail link is at top of...

I am contemplating a trip to Mexico. How safe is an aircraft parked at a Mexican airport (say Guymas)? Can I leave my 396, headsets, etc. inside the plane? I am wondering if they are more at risk sitting in the plane, or in the hotel room.... --Dan

Has anyone alse tried to use GPS in this area? Mine showed current location pretty accurate (within 1/4 mile) but indicated track wallowed +/- 20 degrees from actual. What sort of degradation tests are being run that wil affect GPS this way? No outages encountered, just misleading track...

On Friday, January 3, 1997 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Jean Penninckx wrote: I intend to fly a Cessna 210 from Europe to South Africa. I want to install approximately 90 gallons extra tank. Can somebody advise me on a simple, effective, easily removable system? Thanks a lot!Jean I delivered a 210 to South...

It won't be long now http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTravel/story?id=5332492&page=1

This debacle represents more documentary proof that Blakey and her cronies have utterly destroyed another component of the world’s largest, safest air traffic control system. The promised savings will never materialize. The bill for privatizing this thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger...

This is off topic but something that I think pilots can appreciate. I am working on a web site that will require the entry of latitude longitude coordinates. As you probably know there area lot of different ways to format latitude and longitude. I have done my best to make my code work no...

Saw parts of this movie late Saturday night on the Sci-Fi channel (while flipping back and forth from the USC-Fresno State game). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299988/ The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) There's a scene where the pilot-wife (steals) a dirty old, polished aluminum(?), Cessna...

INTEL BILL CON JOB More at: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/12/7/94502.shtml 9/11 Report Urges Drivers License Reform Contrary to the claims of many in Congress who say the issue of drivers license reform is an immigration issue that has nothing to do with the 9/11...

NEVER NEVER NEVER click on a ZIP file link (or any other link) unless you know what it is... (Especially posted to a USENET group) wrote: Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Wedensday evening. As evidence they took several photos, some of which i...

As most of you know, the "Rogue's Gallery" is a picture website created solely for the use of Rec.Aviation pilots. Here we can all post pictures of our beautiful aircraft, so that the rest of us can drool all over them! :-) Here are the February...

AOPA has an article online right now regarding an FAA study to possibly privatize the operation of the FSS system. (http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-4-164x.html) AOPA says, as usual, that they will fight the privatization of the FSS system as vigorously as possible. I fear that some...

I just bought the Hood Lamb and had to send them back. They simply would not clamp to my David Clark H10-13.4 which have a narrower than usual band. To their credit, they acknowledge this problem with DC's and suggest friction tape to increase the girth of the band. Didn't work...to rinky-dink...

I am so lost. I am trying to better understand avionics. Specifically, communication electronics vs. navigation radio vs. navigation products. More specifically, these are Rockwell Collins' core franchises and I am trying to understand what firstly Communication avionics for a commercial...

Rickenbacker wins 3-way race to host legendary fighters P-51 Mustangs played a vital role escorting bombers in World War II Saturday, April 08, 2006 Tim Doulin THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Rickenbacker Airport is to host a historic gathering of P-51 fighter planes and pilots next year. Rickenbacker beat...

Wellll.... Sh-- happens... :( After 15 months of faithful service from our AM 1000, it crapped... never heard a satellite again. The receiver apparently died completely.... Returned on a Tuesday to Lowrance, arrived Friday. They

Here is a photo I took of Lt. Kevin Davis at Oshkosh last year after he had given a ride to Harrison Ford (in back seat). Kevin perished in his F-18 in the recent Blue Angels accident. He looked like a very nice guy when I saw him last year, what a sad...

Many of you are now following the exploits of our friends in Rockland County, New York as they fight the Failed Aviation Administration over some cockamamie plan to reroute aircraft in and around New York City. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the combatant citizens, you can read about...

FAA has generated a revised policy to permit the use of SINGLE anti-depressant drug prescriptions for pilots. Suicidal ideation, multi-drugs, etc., are disqualifying. This ought to be of particular interest to some users of this group?? Brian W