It's airplane-buying time again. It's been almost 3 years!! http://www.powerball.com/ $340 million dollar prize. Drawing on Wednesday evening. http://www.powerball.com/content/pressreleases/Powerball20021226-0.shtm 12-25-2002 (Christmas Day) Last time around the (aviation) winning numbers...

How did you go through all your training without ever stopping at a controlled airport? Let's hear about that engine failure. "A Lieberman" wrote in message ... On my 200th hour, I had my best feel good landing. Been interesting to look back...

At sea level, the change in atmospheric pressure with altitude is close to 1"Hg/1000'. Logically, this would mean that the air pressure would drop to zero somewhere not much above 30000'. It doesn't, because as the density drops the variation with altitude also changes. Which brings to mind the...

After an additional 5.5 hours practicing forward slips to a landing and soft field landings, I got my ticket today. I will admit it is exciting to finally get your ticket checking to see if it's truly mine, yep, has my name on it. Now that the "pressure" is off, I plan to just fly and...

Family’s faith stronger after plane crash Worthington couple, kids walk away after aircraft goes down in North Carolina fog Monday, January 01, 2007 Jodi Andes THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Laurenze Ducatte, second from left, and Caitlin, 11, front, were unharmed when the family’s plane crashed in North...

The age-old 60-year retirement rule is in the process of being revisited. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/13/business/transcol14.php http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=494085

So, Dell has exploding laptops. Reminds me of the old days in Hollywood when every computer in a Universal picture eventually exploded. Geeks smirkingly called them the Explodatron 2000. Now instead of the Explodatron 2000 we have Dell! Four million laptops apparently just a time bomb (literally)...

What did you notice most during your very first experience travelling in any type of airplane, as passenger or pilot? And if you are a pilot, what did you notice most during your very first experience actually flying an airplane (if it was not also your very first experience with flight)? --...

Okay, this guy can't be all bad. He's ridden a motorcycle to Milwaukee, *and* he's flown into OSH? He was interviewed yesterday in currently-frozen OSH, saying that he was working hard to arrange for his campaign to be there during the fly-in. I may not like his politics, but at least he's got...

Is there a way to ACCURATELY measure the available fuel in the tanks of a general single-engine piston aircraft??? I know there are fuel flow computers available (such as JPI?). But these typically need to be "set" with a starting fuel quantity, and then it accurately measures the fuel flow rate...

GROUND-EFFECT VEHICLE PRODUCTION LAUNCHED Moller International has completed tooling for its M200G volantor, a small, "Jetson-like" two-passenger vehicle designed to take-off and land vertically. The M200G is saucer-shaped, about the size of a small automobile, and is intended for operation...

I am helping to plane a memorial service for a pilot who has died (of natural causes). To that end, I am looking for ways to personalize a service for that of one who loved flying. We'll be doing a video memorial tribute. The poem High Flight will be used. I've collected some poems about pilots...

My brother is a CFI, training Apache Long Bow pilots and would like to transition to GA after he retires. Was wondering if anyone knows of any books which will help prepare a career military helicopter pilot for the world of civilian, fixed wing aviation? Specifically, anything that covers...

"A flight instructor and a student died Tuesday after their single-engine Cessna struck a bird and crashed near Frisco, officials said. Which local paper? It isn't in the preliminary reports... http://www2.faa.gov/avr/aai/A_0708_Y.txt

Yikes, it's been a week since I headed down to Palm Springs for a one day, one (planned) overnight stay for the '06 AOPA Expo. The plan was to head down early Friday, meet JayB from AZ, spend the day attending a few seminars, and looking at/talking about airplanes. It also turns out that Palm...

Well, our upcoming trip to Dulles has been expanded. Weather permitting, we'll be leaving this coming Wednesday, heading up to Door County, WI, spending the night there, and proceeding up to Mackinac Island on Thursday for brunch. From there we ill be heading direct to the Washington, D.C. area,...

On Sunday we spent all day outside, getting the pool ready at the inn. It is shaded by giant river birch trees, which -- at this time of year -- are shedding lots of little flakes of pollen (?). I'm apparently violently allergic to this tree pollen. My eyes swelled shut, and stayed that way for...

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For those who want to jump straight to the pictures: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2008_-_red_bull_races_in_detroit.htm We intended to fly to YIP (Ypsilanti, MI) last Friday, to meet this group's own Jim & Tami Burns (& Family) for a fun weekend at the races. Unfortunately, Mother Nature brought...

Ongoing discussion regarding different techniques. Do we do it with a touchy feely softly spoken and oh my gosh thats just fine..... Or do we do it with a harsh what in hell was that all about? Who did you learn the most from and what was the drill? Of course there is a different perspective from a...