A continuation rate of 0.26%--not very encouraging. An interesting article: http://www.flyingmag.com/blogs/flying-lessons/why-dont-more-young-eagles-become-pilots

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...

Please excuse me for cross posting. There are two separate discussions going on about the Lowrance Airmap 1000. Mike, I just bought an Airmap 1000. I placed a pirep over on rec. aviation.piloting last night. I've never flown with a 195 or 196. It sounds like they are very nice, but cost more...

Wake Turbulence Writes Off Challenger Bizjet http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3617-full.html The Aviation Herald is reporting that the European Aviation Safety Agency is about to issue a safety information bulletin about high altitude wake turbulence after a Challenger 604 business jet was...

I was returning to LOM today and after one plane had landed but not yet cleared the runway, a pilot at the approach end announced "position and hold". He taxied into position and waited for the previous aircraft to clear the runway. He then made a normal departure. I was taught at uncontrolled...

Okay, before ANYONE says anything about how irresponsible it is for a pilot to be (*gasp!*) drinking beer, the qualifying rules a 1. Fly in to a nearby airport -- preferably within walking distance. 2. Stay the night somewhere. 3. THEN drink beer. Okay, that said, here are a few family events...

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...

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...

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...

What's the general viewpoint here? A non-towered airport near us has two runways, shaped like an "L". Totally flat, no obstructions to vision-- airplane at the departure end for one can see airplanes at the other. Left traffic both, so the downwind for the short runway crosses the longer runway...

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...

Ex-Game Show Host, Wife Die in Plane Crash SANTA MONICA, Calif. Mar 13, 2006 (AP)- A former TV game show host and his wife were killed Monday morning when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, authorities said. Rescue crews were searching for a third person also aboard the plane. The...

For just over two years, I've had a great FBO. The operative word here is "had". Suddenly, they've fallen off the face of the earth. :-( It's sounding like they've closed shop. A real shame as they used to be a great FBO and always treated their students and renters extremely well. For the...

A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have never been able to...

Piper Cherokee / Warrior / or Archer. Looking for one measurement for the control column. With trim set at neutral while flying any power setting: Distance from control panel to back side of control yoke. I have full control yoke travel measurements. ( from instrument panel to back side of control...

How do you feel about sharing the skies with this little, wingless UAV? HONEYWELL UNMANNED MICRO AIR VEHICLE OK'D FOR AIRSPACE OPERATIONS (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1056-full.html#197198) Honeywell's unmanned Micro Air Vehicle...

I always thought taking a wings seminar was a simple way to get your BFR out of the way. After a little Internet research it seems they require three hours of dual flight instruction to qualify as a BFR. Is that correct? It would be much easier and cheaper to just do the BFR.. I don't see...

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Drone-Integration-To-Move-Forward-229832-1.html Drone Integration To Move Forward By Mary Grady | October 25, 2017 The integration of drones into the National Airspace System will accelerate with a pilot program directed by the FAA, the Transportation...

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...

I usually will pass on posts like this one, but I'm left with this horrible feeling that somehow, an absolute idiot who is stupid enough to actually believe something like this might have somehow squeezed through the system somewhere and be flying an airplane in the same sky and endangering people...