Here's a mystery that I just cannot answer: To fly to Las Vegas from Chicago costs $99.00. (For example.) To fly to Cedar Rapids from Chicago costs $300. Naturally, at that price practically no one flies on that plane into Cedar Rapids. Question: WHY do the airlines that fly into Cedar Rapids...

Pick One : 1 - Avgas goes to $10 2 - User Fees 3 - Mxsmanic gets a AOPA membership (get a free hat), a pilots book (not a simulated one), and finally, a "drive" in an actual airplane with an instructor.......

I saw it too. I'm hoping that it is a more level headed report than the teasing trailer suggests. Oh, maybe I'll just not watch. "David H" wrote in message ... I just saw a "teaser" piece during the CBS Evening News promoting their ...

Having experienced and successfully survived my first complete electrical failure, hence no radios (at night mind you), I am looking for suggestions as to which hand-held transcievers I might looking into buying. All suggestions are welcome... Thanks in advance.

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/boeing-engineer-says-corporate-culture-change-behind-max-issues/ Boeing Engineer Says Corporate Culture Change Behind MAX Issues Russ Niles July 6, 20190 A spokesman for the union that represents some of the workers who build Boeing airplanes claims the...

The two pilots who flew their Cessna 150 into the Washington ADIZ have issued a statement explaining what happened. It's at: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/405-full.html#189826 Just in case anyone is interested.... Corky Scott

My early years of flying were spent in the Midwest where as long as you were over 2000 MSL, there were very few obstacles to hit and no terrain. Now that I have moved out West (Phoenix) I am increasingly paranoid about hitting terrain at night. Choosing a cruise altitude is easy (well above...

My brother is a CFI, training Apache Long Bow pilots and would like to transition to GA after he retires. Was wondering if anyone knows of any books which will help prepare a career military helicopter pilot for the world of civilian, fixed wing aviation? Specifically, anything that covers...

Everyone has seen those "Laser Levels" advertised on TV. I own one, and (although it's relatively useless) it's very cool. Wouldn't it be slick to have a gyro-stabilized thin red line projected onto your panel, graphically displaying the actual horizon? Talk about situational awareness in the...

From today's EAA E-Newsletter: http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/pr/040909_weiner.html Jay Beckman Student Pilot - KCHD 46.5 Hrs ... Nowhere to go but up!

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I've flown with the Bose X in my pal's Navajo (he has two up front and two Sennheisers in back) and love it. The thing weighs nothing and the sound quality is fantastic (esp with the CD player piped in). My bitch is they're twice as much as the next cheapest ANR headset and by now I'd figured the...

To all the "real" pilots reading this newsgroup....... It's very obvious that Mxsmanic is not serious about learning to fly real airplanes. The questions asked by him are very basic questions that could be found by reading and educating himself in the "right way". Instead it appears he is lazy...

FAA just announced effective immediately, the East River corridor will be closed to fixed wing aircraft: http://tinyurl.com/yg9lc5 Not the best shots, but here are a couple of pictures from that side of Manhattan taken during my one and only flight up the East River back in January...

I know there are regs against cellphone usage in aircraft. I was wondering... has anyone ever known someone to get busted? If so... what happened to them? Mike

Hello All.... This may sound silly, but I would like to hear some opinions on a matter presented to me this evening. I recently got my ticket. I started 5 years ago, and due to certain circumstances, I had to take 4 1/2 years off, then I picked up and did 10 more hours of training to prep for...

Here in Indianapolis I have seen Mogas go down from $3.20 a gallon to $2.50 and it appears that it will keep on dropping. On the other hand at my home base I just filled up for a trip and still are paying $4.50 a gallon. Has anyone noticed if Avgas is coming down too? Maybe it has to do with...

What did you notice most during your very first experience travelling in any type of airplane, as passenger or pilot? And if you are a pilot, what did you notice most during your very first experience actually flying an airplane (if it was not also your very first experience with flight)? --...

Avgas was $3.99 from Riverside air service in Riverside Ca. I decided to only fill to the tabs. I filled up in Havasu it was $2.69 there. A month ago I was able to buy it for $2.09 in Havasu. Prices are going up.

Air Force Tests Robot Pilot By Russ Niles - August 18, 20193 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/dQxacTMu7XU The Air Force has flown a Cessna 206 with a robotic pilot it says can essentially turn an aircraft into a drone and then get turned back into a manned aircraft. The ROBOpilot flew a two hour...