Boing747 over-runs Landing-strip. I believe this happened in China. The wet runway and the probably over-speeded 747 produced this dramatic crash: http://www.jumpingpixels.com/boing747.html

I've been renting Cessnas for ages but always avoided using the "cigarette lighter" power outlets, especially on planes with 24-volt electrical systems. This is getting to be a bigger and bigger problem as I accumulate more toys, so my specific question.. (Sorry if it seems hopelessly naive) Is...

Well, I made it to the Pincnkeyville rec.aviation.* get-together this year. Once again, Mary's cooking was excellent, lasagne to die for, lashings of good BBQ etc. I think the weather gods must have blinked too - we actually had great weather all weekend, and the flight up from Houston was probably...

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Does anyone know what sorts of discounts are offered to CAP members on aircraft parts, compared to say buying from Sporty's or Chief? Any other info on CAP would be most welcome. I'm weighing up the pros and cons of joining (and I'll need a new fuel bladder in a few months, shameless...

I think the wheels are more for just rolling it into the hanger. You'd tear those floats all to hell landing with a crosswind slip. http://barnstormers.com/listing_images.php?id=498051&ZOOM=90ae5482f6c3b7387e2b33cbcf6f7108 --- Mark IV

I saw the Rockwell Commander sitting out there today and one of our instructors was wiping off the wing. Come to find out it's available but as my instructor pointed out, "Right now it would just be a fun waste of your time and money. Everything would seem like a blur to you and you won't remember...

Now that we have lost LORAN and are scheduled to lose most other ground based navigation aids, I wonder what the thoughts are now that the unthinkable happened this past week. Two large communications? satellites collided at very high speed creating a debris cloud about 200 X 300 miles and...

I fly a 1974 very nice PA28-180 Archer owned by an aeroclub; they gave me the AFM (airplane flight manual), but we cannot find the performance sheets (take-off, climb, cruise, landing graphs). The engine: Lycoming O-360-A4A; carb. IO-3878. On the web I found only those about PA28-181, but it's...

Is there any FBO in the Bay Area that rents out Piper J3 cubs for dual ? Attitude Aviation at Livermore used to have one till very recently but its gone.. nothing showed up on google either. I am trying to go for a tailwheel endorsement and the cub looks like a fascinating airplane for that purpose.

Does anyone know if it is possible to access the raw data that is used for the winds aloft plots on aviationweather.gov? At first I assumed it was an interpolation of the classical FD text data. But then I realized that the graphical plots have a finer time increment than the FD text data. It is...

Warning! Danger! Shameless Self-Promotion! After four years of preparation and two years of work, the "Oshkosh Suite" -- our 17th aviation theme suite -- is finally complete! With 24 consecutive Oshkosh Fly-Ins under our belts, we *knew* from the moment we bought the hotel in '02 that we...

More and more of my friends are interested in going flying with me. I guess word is getting around. I have a DC 10-60 for myself. Shortly after I got my license I got another pair for passenger use. I preferred not to spend so much but after trying on so many others, I didn't want to subject my...

As previously posted, my wife and I are flying to WI next week. I plan on renting a plane and doing some local flying once we are there. My question is, I have a Icom A-5 that I would like to take with me should I need back-up communications during my local flying. Have any of you taken a hand-held...

Looking for rental Arrow ( $80 - $100 per hour) somewhere in the greater Houston (TX) area. Mark The Netherlands

"A mainstay of the attack pieces against Charlie Sheen have been that he is not credible enough to speak on the topic of 9/11. These charges are ridiculed by the fact that Sheen is an expert on 9/11 who spends hours a day meticulously researching the topic" Sheen is an expert? Meticulously...

Very spectacular footage from the Russian Air Show Catastrophe in July of 2002. Stunning to say the least. Greetings from Hans http://www.jumpingpixels.com/russianjetcrash.html

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/state/062405_APstate_vintageplane.html What is interesting is I wonder if this plane had met compliance with the recent emergency AD that effectively grounded ALL AT6's until a fairly comprehensive removal, inspection and reinstallation of most if not all of the...

Hello, My wife and I are spending five nights in Seattle between July 4th and July 8th (leaving Saturday, July 9th). Since we're driving in on the fourth, we basically have the 5th through the 8th as full days to explore. We have to spend one day on the Olympic Penninsula (fond memories for my...

I would be interested in anyone's thoughts / opinions in this ng; long and considered, or short and pithy. I'm 47, in the UK, and was made redundant from an ICT Manager's position 20 months ago. My dilemma is this. I'm thinking of starting up my own home-visit computer repair / training / advice...