I'm not really a music person. I'd just as soon listen to talk radio, sports, or whatever on the car radio as listen to music. That said, I just purchased an el-cheapo MP3 player to use when flying, jogging, cycling, etc. ($65 delivered, via EBAY) It plugs into my PS intercom system with a simple...

As an update, you may recall I had to send my A5 back to Icom for repair (the battery would not recharge). They have since returned it to me and said the only thing wrong was the battery was bad and they gave me a new one. The new battery was charged when it came back. I have since discharged...

A colleague today was describing a movie from "10-15 years ago", which included a guy in the belly turret of a WWII bomber whose landing gear had been shot off. His harness is also stuck. Being an artist, he draws a drawing of the landing gear, and the the plane lands on the "animated" landing...

It's hard to believe the number is so low... As of the end of 2006, there were 597,109 active pilots, according to the AOPA Jan. 12, 07 newsletter which cites the FAA's estimates. This number has been declining slowly over the long term, down from a high of over 827,000 pilots in 1980. The numbers...

The local paper has an article about the local community college that wants to cut the pay of its flight instructors: http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/04/10/b1.cr.lccpilots.0410.p1.php?section=cityregion Among other tidbits, I was surprised to see this: "Flight technology is popular, with...

Although I never really liked the MBNA web page for the AOPA credit card, I somehow managed to put up with it while convincing myself that it was worth it for the added discount that I got on certain aviation purchases... Well, I was attempting to log onto the Bank of America site last night in...

I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the...

The 16th Annual Moonlight Ball is coming in April 2007. This is a major fund raiser for the museum. Our goal is to raise enough money for an additional hangar to protect the aircraft that are currently stored outside. Feel free to share this message with anyone you think might...

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I was looking at purchasing a Topo Atlas from airchart.com It says its based on WAC charts and they don't have alot of airport frequencies listed. When traveling with these atlases, how do you find frequencies if you have to deviate around weather or something else? Do you also have to carry...

INFO: Taking a 2 hour trip with two on board in 172S. We are 280 lb each.(560) Fuel 53 gal at (318lbs) a little luggage 50 to 75 pounds. 2002 172S Empty Weight (1720) after figuring W&B total weight is 2673 or 123 lbs over 2550 max takeoff and landing weight. Upon arrival I will be at or near...

Click on this. When the video starts, click on the screen at it will go full screen. You'll notice their version of the FAA does not seem to have the same restrictions on air show performances as does the domestic version. Be sure your seat belt is...

A friend of mine and I (from the San Francisco Bay area) are planning a cross country trip in Sept '04 spanning the Labor Day weekend. We plan to take 9-10 days, weather permitting, going all the way to New York/Boston and back in a single engine Cessna 182. We are looking for a 3rd pilot...

On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 6:16:33 PM UTC-5, wrote: Geoff Rove wrote: On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 11:16:28 PM UTC-5, wrote: Geoff Rove wrote: On Saturday, September 26, 2020...

Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation News Service March 3, 2004 Bad Weather Hampers Search for Missing Aircraft BREMERTON - Washington Air Search and Rescue and Civil Air Patrol volunteers continue in the search today for a missing 1948 Cessna 170 aircraft,

I was speaking with a couple of Global Hawk pilots at Beale this weekend and got some interesting information. The information was presented to me as public (non-classified). The first thing that surprised me is that contrary to whatI had heard previously the aircraft has no traffic avoidance...

Hi Here's an update to my last posting of items I have forsale from the "going out of business" sale of a local FBO. Also I've added a few extra item which I just picked up from them, again all items are NEW in the box with original manufacture warranty/registration cards. All prices INCLUDE...

Has anyone seen the notice on the NGA website that the USFIF (raw aviation waypoint data for the US) will be discontinued in October of 2007? They tried to kill DAFIF as a whole last year but eventually succumbed to pressure from the industry to allow US territorial data to remain available. ...

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Hello Newsgroup Pilot's I'm looking to get type rated in a buiseness jet such as CJ Citation Lear or Hawker because of the requirement to be "Jet Typed" for succsessful processing of a pilot application at several airlines or crew leasing agencys. Some have the requirement to be typed in a jet...