I local flying club advertised a Wings safety seminar for which they would charge $30. This was done in an message to a distribution list for local area pilots. Interestingly, if one went to the FAASafety.gov web pages and noticed this seminar, there was no mention of a charge, and one could sign...

Subject: NDB & VOR Newsgroups: NetGate:rec.aviation.piloting To: "Steve.T" On 07 Mar 2005, you wrote in rec.aviation.piloting: And just how easy is it to lose GPS functionality? How easy is it to lose RAIM? In a time of war, we will lose RAIM. But an NDB or a...

EMTAE wrote in : Based on PERSONAL experience ONLY list your top five favorite airlines Me 1. KLM(FREE Booze and hot towels in coach) 2. Air Tran (For the money the best deal) 3. Delta(Good airline but their stuff is always...

Hi Dudley, I found that you have time in the T38 Talon. Is it as sweet to fly as it looks? Back in 85 at Oshkosh they had the civilian owned T38 on the ramp that I later saw in a Pepsi commercial (Top Gun inspired) and in the movie Dragnet. After getting back to camp I was telling a buddy of...

I am looking for a Cleveland Drum Break Wheels that are on Aeronca Champs and Luscombes. These wheels are for mechanical breaks. The break drum is built on to the wheel. If you have some in good condition email if you are interested in selling them.. Trying to get my plane flying. Marwynne

Let me know. Jeff-JFK crew sked 1979-1987

The Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner is a super-efficient airplane with new passenger-pleasing features. It will bring the economics of large jet transports to the middle of the market, using 20 percent less fuel than any other airplane of its size. Customers will enjoy forty- to sixty-percent more cargo...

I need a little information about Aviation Physiology more than information which you can find in the PPM. If you have refrence about this subject please send a Email to me or wright a topic,And if you have any Web site address please tell me which can be find about that.Thank you Best Wishes ...

....merry christmas everybody!!!!!!!!!! Anyone from Hayward? Massimo

Hi everyone. I have about 100 hours in 150's and 172's. I am thinking about getting an instrument rating and buying my own plane within the next few years. Should I go for the instrument rating first? I was thinking this might help me build some more time, and the instrument rating would...

Hello everyone. Two months ago I flew VFR into Memphis. This was my first time landing at the primary airport of a Class B. From about 30 miles out, the approach controller was providing vectors and altitudes to maintain. I was told to expect runway 27. About seven miles southeast of the...

Hi everyone. I was reading about Petersen's STC to use mogas in the O-235. Apparently the STC for the O-235 only allows premium (91 octane) to be used. I would still be reluctant to use premium since it is a "step down" in octane for the O-235. I would not have a problem if I was flying an...

Hi everyone. I'm in the process of obtaining renters insurance. The two companies that I'm currently looking at are Avemco and AOPA for insurance. I was wondering if anyone has any positive or negative comments or recommendations about either of the two fore mentioned companies. Please let me...

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message ... "Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... No matter how you try to spin it, and how many excuses...

Thanksgiving By Vin Suprynowicz And so, as beefy gladiators chase a pigskin down the field in Miami or Detroit, we settle into our living rooms, loosen our belts, wave off a second helping of pie, and remind the little ones this is the day we echo the thanks of the Pilgrims, who gathered in the...

http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4469 /excerpt These concerns overshoot the runway by a mile. The 9/11 hijackers used commercial airliners, regardless of claims that they could easily have used charter planes, because the superior security techniques used by...

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13794675.htm The remains of an airman who was lost in November 1942 were finally identified today. 22 Year old Leo Mustonen of Brainerd Minnesota, an airman who's body laid undisturbed for 63 years in a California snowpack, deep in the High...

"Yea though I fly through the Valley of Death I shall fear no evil, for I am at 80,000 feet and climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------------- "You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach...

"B A R R Y" wrote in message ... If you ACTUALLY own one... Would you buy it again? Already have. My bird came with one, and I've bought two more.

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