http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/23/national/a121517D16.DTL&sn=018&sc=478 AA Revokes License of D.C. 'Alert' Pilot - Monday, May 23, 2005 (05-23) 12:15 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has revoked the license of the pilot in charge of the small plane that strayed to...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/drone-operator-faces-federal-charges-in-police-helicopter-collision/ Drone Operator Faces Federal Charges In Police Helicopter Collision Russ Niles November 21,...

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ Todays "Astronomy Picture Of The Day" - it changes daily so this moonscape is only on today Friday 12/14. Man, what a panorama! And it's not OT, as Frank Sinatra crooned, "Fly me to the moon".... Cheers'n beers.. )

I received my private last September, and have rented a Cessna 172 from the same place I completed my training at ever since. Recently, I've been looking for a new place to rent because the 172's at my current FBO are old and always down because something broke yet again. I went to a different...

Is it safe/wise to fly a Cessna 172R from Telluride to Aspen? If so, what conditions or restrictions (if any) should be observed?

has anyone used the Teterboro New Jersey Transit train station after landing at TEB airport? If you go to any of the FBOs along the West side of runway 1-19, the train station is just a mile or so further to the West along Rt. 17 and Williams Ave. The trip time is approx. 30 minutes into the city...

H2 Powered Drone: 3.5 Hour Flight Time VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lzvsctwbL2c https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2020/tu-delft/tu-delft-maritime-hydrogen-drone-flies-longer-and-greener/ TU Delft maritime hydrogen drone flies longer and greener NEWS - 10 NOVEMBER 2020 - COMMUNICATION A drone that can fly...

I got a demo flight in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit this morning. We departed IFR from Tacoma Narrows and flew west for some maneuvers. This plane was the second one out of the factory with the G-1000. I had a difficult time maintaining my altitude; the altitude...

Is anyone else getting SSL security errors when trying to access the FAA Web site's Pilotweb pages? I tried to look up TFRs today and got an error message saying the certificate issuer was unknown. One URL that does this is: https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/center.html

Holy cow. A friend of mine (a like minded person who wants GA to be professionalized and regulated -- no its not regulated now) just referred me to this excellent piece of journalism. A bit dated, to be sure, but still relevant. (Ironic that this was being written at the same time GA schools...

So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and the weather is fairly crappy. By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...

Just got off the phone with NWPilot, calling me from a wake (at Hooters) for a fellow ferry pilot who went down today in the North Atlantic, 50 miles short of Keflavik, Iceland. Here's the story, from...

How does MS flight simulator simulate the symptoms of hypoxia?

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/kelekona-blended-wing-evtol-bus/ Kelekona proposes colossal 40-seater mass transport eVTOL aircraft By Loz Blain May 27, 2021 New York City startup Kelekona is proposing a mass transport-sized eVTOL air bus service capable of carrying 40 people long...

Total stream-of-consciousness post here... Anbody learn to fly in a high performance complex aircraft? Bonanza, Saratoga, 182RG and the like? I know it's possible, just wonder how much longer it'd take for a student to master something with significant power and prop & gear controls. (I did all my...

I am a long term lurker and have a question regarding landing tailwheel airplanes in a crosswind. I have about 250 hours in a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. The other day during a very routine crosswind landing I started heading for the weeds faster than I new what to do. I had a fairly gentle cross...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can explain exactly how a prop governor works for a constant speed prop system? All I know is that the engine Oil pushes a piston in the prop hub that twists the prop to the appropriate angle. Thanks, Felix

How many US tax dollars were lost as a result of this mishap? The article at the bottom of this message suggests that the cost to US tax payers was ~$27.5 million per aircraft. Of course, that doesn't include the cost of accident investigation, damage repair,...

Does the average weight calculation for passengers on commercial flights include an allowance for their carry-on luggage? The reason I ask is that, if the carry-on weight is shifted to the hold, calculations that use an assumed average weight for passengers and their carry-ons in conjunction with...