I don't get it: Burt Rutan designed and built the GlobalFlyer and Branson financed it - why is Fosset getting all the attention and why was he the pilot? Is he really that great of a pilot? It seems that his real fame is as "adventurer". Maybe what he brought to the project was his name and...

Yesterday, as we were once again flying blindly toward unknown weather, Mary and I lamented the fact that we'll never have radar on board our Pathfinder. Too expensive to contemplate. Ditto with the "live uplink" stuff that's just coming on the market. So, I thought, why not adapt a marine radar...

See http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3 This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my...

I am in the market for a 135 operation. I am finding out that going through the FAA would take about a year and I don't have the time to wait that long. If anybody has one for sale or knows someone that is thinking about selling it, let me know. Thanks Aaron

The Cherokee Pilots Association is once again putting together (what I think is) the year's best fly-in! Here is the announcement: Cherokee Flyin & Convention 2005 Announcement Cherokee Flyin 2005 Tan-Tar-A Resort Osage Beach Mo. August 19-21, 2005 I am pleased to announce that the Cherokee...

As some of you know, six weeks ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, and was prescribed medication. Although the medicine the doc gave me WAS on the FAA's list of "approved" drugs, the mere act of taking such a drug would set into motion all sorts of things regarding obtaining future...

ever seen an ultralight seaplane? http://www.saf.net/seadays/ (PICT9733.jpg) thought you might like it. regards, Friedrich

Apparently when you are the only provider of GPS data for the Garmin GNS430, as Jeppesen is in the US, you can afford to have **** poor after-business hours customer service. Jeppesen does not offer telephone sales or customer support on weekends. OK, fair enough since Jeppesen does have a web...

Scroll to the bottom: http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-09013412.apds.m0804.bc-ct--stolmar09,0,1383006.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire Drunken pilot gets one year, is eligible for release Associated Press

On an aircraft with separate "battery" and "alternator" switches, should you turn on BAT and leave ALT off during engine start, or should you turn them both on prior to start? A little bit of the "why" on this would be nice also...

On 8/25/2018 1:45 PM, Larry Dighera wrote: So, if the batteries are an issue, let's improve the electric motor's power and efficiency while we're waiting for battery improvements Sorry, but there really isn't much to be gained there. Motors already can be well over 90% efficient, and they...

My son is 15. He'll be turning 16 in August, and starting his Junior year of high school. He's been flying since he can remember, and has many hours in the right seat. (He's got over 1500 hours as a passenger with Mary and me.) His first dozen or so hours behind the yoke were "IFR" -- because he...

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0711forestterror11.html "I thought about it a lot after 9/11," said Don Riddle, the law enforcement officer for the Manti-LaSal National Forest in Utah. "How hard would it be for someone to get in a small plane and fly over a forest dropping fusees (flares)...

My #2 VOR is the older analog King head feed by a KX-170B. It likes to get out of adjustment. The local radio shop has told me I should get the screw driver and adjust it myself off the VOT. If you remove the set screw that holds the knob on, there is an adjustment screw behind it. However, the...

Okay, here's an odd situation. 30-something pilot, been flying a few years, have had a couple of class III medical examinations; no problems. On a recent visit home, pilot's family remind him that as infant he had a heart murmur. There were checkups for a few years, but no restrictions, meds,...

Wow. Did I actually see some positive mainstream GA press? I thought it was going to be a piece on how sportpilot planes were going to fall out of the sky... Watch Mollers stock take off again. Might break $0.25 this time. Jim

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...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-issues-package-drone-certification-nprm/ FAA Issues Package Drone Certification Notice (Corrected) Russ Niles February 9, 20205 The FAA is proposing to issue type certificates for individual unmanned aircraft designs heavier than 55 pounds that will be used...

Heard on London Airways today, NorthWest 43 called up at 'nine thousand feet climbing to one five thousand feet' the controller ever the diplomat asked 'northwest 43 can you confirm you are climbing to Flight level 150?' 'Affirm came the reply' mind you he was in some cruddy old DC-10 so he was...

What's eveyrones opinion regarding the lack of spin traning for students in the US? I see that there was a thread about this from an instructor viewpoint a while back, but not necessarilly from the student viewpoint. Personally, there was only two lessons that I didn't look forward to - Spin...