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've just bought a TomTom GPS for my car with preloaded road maps of the US and Canada. My question: Will it work in my 172 at 3,000 to 5,000 feet, showing the roads below, etc?

The wife and I are contemplating a trip up to Mackinac Island, Michigan the last weekend in August. Have any of you been there (flown or otherwise)? If so any recommendations for lodging , eats, etc... I looks like it will be a really neat flight up there and it is kinda like stepping back in...

Another in the long line of stories and articles about our Federal Guvment corruption and waste and fraud. Reminds me of the FAA and Southwest being little love birds and all cozy People we need to slice and dice the Government out of everything THEY ARE the problem. Washington DC is a...

Okay, so this year my son wants to do a flying father/son trip. (Every summer I take each kid, just the two of us, somewhere. It's usually a motorcycle camping trip, but my son tends to alternate between riding and flying. Two years ago we flew into Gaston's Fly-In Resort down in Arkansas, and had...

Hello, Not a Pilot, but always interested in the engineering aspects. This question came up, and I realize that I am not sure of a correct answer. Regarding the compass heading that shows in the glass displays: How is it derived ? GPS ?

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Santa's wife has decided that she would prefer that I fly with oxygen even below 12.5K and especially at night. So I've been given a tank et al. I was shocked today when I had it filled at Merucry Air. It is a 415 L size D tank. Because the pressure in their filling tanks were a bit low, they...

pardon my ignorance... Is a rolls-royce O-200 the same as a continental O-200? I mean specifically same overhaul times, same parts, same maintence, etc? I'm interested in a homebuilt with one but don't want to get into some orphan engine. Thanks, Ryan in Madison

I have a couple of questions regarding the 2000C: 1. What are the mounting options? I have never liked yoke mounts. 2. Will it work with a non-Lowrance amplified external antenna (I have a permanent unit on top of the fuselage that has worked flawlessly with my Garmin). Thanks in advance for any...

I'm a full member of the British Aerobatic Assocation and was just wondering whether there were any other aerobats out there? Daniel

An Air Canada DC-8 crashed in 1970 because spoilers were deployed before landing, which "by the book" is a definite no-no (cf. Air Canada 621 disaster). How come the first officer (with over 5500 hrs with that type of aircraft) made such a decision to deploy spoilers while still in the air? What...

KIYK, Inyokern, California Geophysics Operations Section China Lake(521410D) Persistent heat over the desert southwest will continue to prevail over our region into Thursday as a strong and broad upper level ridge centered over southern Nevada remains nearly stationary. Light to...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-06-Fri-2005/news/26454926.html Passenger crash-lands plane after pilot suffers heart attack By J.M. KALIL REVIEW-JOURNAL A man whose only flight instruction was glider lessons 25 years ago guided a private plane to an emergency crash landing at...

He is not a pilot - yet argues with the most experienced of them. He does not participate in any threads other than the ones he initiates, which should serve as ample proof of his disingenuous nature. He throws out threads to provoke regulars here, admitting he "knows nothing" then argues and...

Does anybody know of any wind-tunnel tests for analysis of tie-down behaviour? I tried a google search without much success. Having seen the Charley pictures from Orlando Executive and Punta Gorda, I'm wondering if we are doing the right thing. The standard for tricycle gear GA planes seems to...

I reside about 6 miles off the departure end of MSP runway 12, so I'm used to hearing a lot of jet traffic. I've only lived here for 6 months but I quickly adjusted to the noise. It's acutally not that bad, excepting the venerable DC-9. Today, though, what looked like an F-18 flew over. Wow. I...

I have been trying to purchase a Narco CP-136 audio panel for almost two years. Mine works just fine, but is cosmetically flawed, and I need a new faceplate. Unfortunately, Narco no long sells faceplates for this unit, so I am stuck in the used market, which means Ebay. For at least the last...

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably...