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"Aluminum Overcast" damaged by gear collapse by
James Robinson
The B-17 bomber owned by the Experimental Aircraft Assn. was damaged
yesterday at Van Nuys airport when its main gear collaped.
From the videos on TV, you could see its tail wheel firmly on the
ground, when the main gear retracted, and the aircraft dropped onto the
runway. The crew must had had...
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teterboro airport --> New Jersey Transit train into NYC? by
Dave
has anyone used the Teterboro New Jersey Transit train station after
landing at TEB airport? If you go to any of the FBOs along the West
side of runway 1-19, the train station is just a mile or so further to
the West along Rt. 17 and Williams Ave. The trip time is approx. 30
minutes into the city...
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Awesome moonscape by
ManhattanMan
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
Todays "Astronomy Picture Of The Day" - it changes daily so this moonscape
is only on today Friday 12/14.
Man, what a panorama!
And it's not OT, as Frank Sinatra crooned, "Fly me to the moon"....
Cheers'n beers.. )
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How does a Prop Governor work? by
Felix
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can explain exactly how a prop governor
works for a constant speed prop system? All I know is that the engine
Oil pushes a piston in the prop hub that twists the prop to the
appropriate angle.
Thanks,
Felix
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Simulators by
birdog[_2_]
A bit of neophite comment on simulators.
Some years ago I bought a Microsoft simulator, played with it a while and
relegated it to a young friend. I'll say this - I wish I had this when I
first started chasing instruments for certification. The first major hurdle,
at least in my case, was...
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Primary training in a Hi Perf complex acft by
Kingfish
Total stream-of-consciousness post here...
Anbody learn to fly in a high performance complex aircraft? Bonanza,
Saratoga, 182RG and the like? I know it's possible, just wonder how
much longer it'd take for a student to master something with
significant power and prop & gear controls. (I did all my...
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MSNBC Reporting on GA Security Threat by
Scott Schluer
http://msnbc.com/news/993760.asp?0cv=CB10
Seems to be a little more well written and objective than most articles on
this subject. They mentioned AOPA's Airport Watch program among other
things. They also have a picture of that C-172 hanging from that building in
Florida (it was Florida, right)?...
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Errors accessing FAA's Pilotweb by
Mxsmanic
Is anyone else getting SSL security errors when trying to access the FAA Web
site's Pilotweb pages? I tried to look up TFRs today and got an error message
saying the certificate issuer was unknown. One URL that does this is:
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/center.html
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Get a ferry permit, or just fly it? by
Paul Tomblin
If you've got a small problem with your plane, do you bother with a ferry
permit, or do you just fly it if you think it's safe?
Hypothetical: Say your (shared) plane has gotten some damage, say for
instance a wingtip strobe/nav light assembly got scraped off against a
hangar while it was being...
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How to land on a grass airstrip by
drclive
Can anybody point out a good bibliography or article that describes the
differences in landing on a grass airstrip for the first time, tips and
advices? Thanks
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Altimeter Question by
terry
I am confused by this practice commercial nav question. ( at least I
am confused by the answer in the book which was b. but I think both a
and c are correct), but I appreciate some other opinions.
Day 1 Altimeter reads elevation of 1390 feet with 1013 HPa set on
subscale
( thats...
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by Stefan
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Ferry Pilot Down by
Jay Honeck[_2_]
Just got off the phone with NWPilot, calling me from a wake (at Hooters) for
a fellow ferry pilot who went down today in the North Atlantic, 50 miles
short of Keflavik, Iceland.
Here's the story, from...
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Wow - heard on the air... (long) by
Nathan Young
Today I flew RST (Rochester, MN) to 3CK (Chicago-Lake in the Hills).
As I neared Chicago I was listening to 120.55, which is ORD approach
for the North side. This was around 6pm, which is a pretty busy time
for approach, lots of arrivals and departures in the ORD area.
During the 15 minutes...
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Procedure for calculating weight and balance by
Mxsmanic
The manual for my aircraft gives figures for MOM and ARM at various
stations, but it doesn't actually explain how to use these to
calculate weight and balance. I want to place the load so that the
aircraft neither pitches down nor pitches up. Can someone provide me
with a pointer to an...
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KCHD to KMYF by
RT12
Plan to be in the Phoenix area towards the middle of May, enroute to KMYF.
What route would you recommend from the Phoenix area to KMYF ?
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January 30th 07 06:26 AM
by Morgans
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A tower-induced go-round by
Jay Honeck
Today we experienced a new first, when the tower controller at
Jefferson City, Missouri decided to cut a Cessa 172 in front of me on
a short right base, *after* clearing me to land on Rwy 30.
Incredulous, I slowed as much as possible, and watched as the 172 (who
was several hundred feet above us)...
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Run-in with Chicago Center by
Jay Honeck
So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I
saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and
the weather is fairly crappy.
By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to
KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...
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