For about 25% of the cost of a new Skylane or Cirrus you can have a 1942 C-47 that saw combat in WWII. Of course, the maintenance and fuel prices might be a little steep - not to mention finding a hanger big enough to hold the plane. Still, wouldn't it be cool to land at some out of the way...

On several flights at night, I found my Garmin GPSMAP 295's display didn't dim enough to suite me, so I finally decided to try to fix the problem. I went to a local professional photographer's store and bought a packet of neutral density filter material for a few bucks. It had 0.3, 0.6 and...

http://www.divingservices.net/aircraft.jpg http://www.divingservices.net/9bcess2.jpg Anyone have the story behind this? Strange that a plane designed to float, sank! The Monk

Simple question, when refuelling should brakes be on or off (for a light plane)? I've been told both answers with logical reasons for both. What should I do??? Cheers

Had some relatives in from Alaska last week. Al, a commercial fisherman on Kodiak Island, shares ownership of a 150HP Super Cub on floats with one of his sons. They use the airplane occasionally to spot fish when the boat is working close enough to land to make it worth while. In advance of the...

I've described the problems we've had with my wife's cherished Bose X headset since having it...

wrote: One girl has been raped. Two from what I read from a first responder, this was inside the Superdome... The dead showed up on teevee today but they were there before that from what was said as well...

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http://techxplore.com/news/2015-05-hycopter-energy-hydrogen-air.html Hycopter stores energy in form of hydrogen, not air by Nancy Owano Hycopter stores energy in form of hydrogen, not air Singapore-based Horizon Unmanned Systems (HUS) this month introduced the hycopter, which they said is...

Being Awake And Staying Awake - versus - Being Told "You Need Sleep!" 7 September 2006 {HRI note 20060907} ' Again,* if others told you this, then I would not have to, and I could go sailing...

-blink- look what crashed in (sort of) my neighborhood: http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/gaitnew204745_32470.shtml any landing you can walk away from is a good landing..... --j_a

I'm starting the process of shopping for an airplane. I'm thinking of buying one in 2 to 3 months. I want a cross country plane that can carry 2 people and baggage/camping gear, and sometimes 4 people with light baggage. As a computer geek I'm very enamoured with the new glass cockpits, and I'm...

I was shopping at a Wal-Mart on December 17, 2004, when I noticed outside a helicopter flying just over the tops of the parked vehicles in front of the store. It was flying towards me, about 20 feet above the ground and climbing. I got a photograph of it when it was about 50 to 70 feet in the air....

Day 1, All major airframe, cable and Engine inspections complete. Reported On That In Post #1 Day 2, Fixed Discrepancies on Day 1 We Did an In-depth Control System's Inspection, After Resetting Trim Indicator that was way off. Very In-Depth Fuel System Inspection, and reinstalled all inspection...

My grandson, on the cusp of not taking Santa seriously, asked me about him. He knows a little about aviation slang so I told him that IFR means I fly reindeer and that it's a special thing the FAA allows at low levels only one night a year, and that at low level it's not a threat to other airplanes...

Will laser goggles soon become part of a pilot's flight bag? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2178470-the-us-army-is-making-a-laser-powered-drone-that-can-fly-indefinitely/ The US Army is making a laser-powered drone that can fly indefinitely Image: A drone being controlled in the...

I was about to shoot the approach into MYF when they closed the field this morning. When I did get to land there was a very broken C-182 on the side of Runway 23. Any word on what happened? Paul

Saw this over at LiveATC.net forums. Thought it may be of interest. I thought the controller was very professional and avoided an over the air arguement nicely. http://www.liveatc.net/forum/files/kbos_8-24-05_near_miss_156.mp3 Marco Leon

I am thinking of purchasing a hand held radio (tranceiver). Can anyone recommend one ? I am a student pilot. Please reply to this newsgroup and not via email.