Here are some conversations that airline passengers normally will never hear. The following are accounts of actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers around the world. Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We ... have...

A year ago I started an airport support group called "Friends of Iowa City Airport" to help save our threatened airport. It has now grown to over 170 members, and sending memos, updates and emails to such a large group has become unwieldy. For a variety of reasons I would like to stick with a...

When I used to fly Cessna 152's and 172's, I'd always just say "Cessna 12345...". Now that I fly Piper Warriors, I began using "Piper 12345...", but then I realized no one else says just "Piper", they say "Seneca 12345", or "Twin Comanche 12345...", so I began using the callsign "Warrior 12345..."...

A few years ago when people were discussing the possibility of electric-powered flight, you'd get hacked on pretty hard for suggesting such a thing would be practical or possible in our lifetime. Obviously if you knew anything about physics or electrical engineering, why, you'd know it was totally...

I have been toying around with the idea of buying a Colt or a Tri-Pacer (having just foolishly sold my Ercoupe) and ran across an ad for a Colt with a child seat STC. I did a google search, a deja/google group search (on rec.aviation) and looked at the Short wing Piper web site and found nothing...

What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the group. Thanks

Introduction - Powerplant Choices RV aircraft are designed to use Lycoming aircraft engines. The RV-4 and RV-6/6A use 150/160 hp 0-320 or 180 hp 0-360 engines. The RV-7/7A and RV-8/8A can accommodate O-320, O-360 or angle valve IO-360 (200 hp) engines. The RV-9/9A is suitable for Lycoming...

This accident was posted on the newsgroups right after it happened. Now published on the NTSB website, which gives us more info than the 6pm news. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family left behind, but with that said.....How can you throw everything you learned in Flight Training about...

Hi folks - I'm new to the group - I have my ppl checkride in a couple of weeks, and when I have it done I'll probably do mostly short sightseeing and medium cross-country flights. I'd love some advice on what headset to buy. Everybody always says "it's a personal thing" but that obviously doesn't...

https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/29/alakai-technologies-unveils-skai-a-hydrogen-powered-air-taxi/ Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based Alaka’i Technologies, which was founded in 2006, might not have high-profile backers or a coffer full of capital, but that’s not to imply the air mobility startup hasn’t...

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the ground? It's it just a matter of knowing your particular aircraft, or are there tricks that can help to determine this? I know you can look off the tip of your wing to see if you're abeam something (such as a runway), but how...

I've got a question about the glass panel displays in the C182 (or any other aircraft for that matter). I was reading this month's edition of AOPA Pilot magazine and the cover story is the C182T and the new glass panel displays Cessna decided to incorporate and it got me thinking. My question is:...

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I thought I understood everything that could be on a sectional, but before a trip to New York City airspace, I studied the sectional and terminal area charts a little extra carefully. Just southwest of Newark (EWR) (and also other places) there is a notation such as 70/+12 in blue for the floor...

As gas -- and corn -- prices creep ever higher, everyone in my great State of Iowa is all ablush with talk of riches pouring in, thanks to ethanol production. They can barely contain their glee at this remarkable turn of economic fortune. (Remember, just a few years ago farmers here had one foot...

I do not understand why so many of you real time pilots take such a negative look at simmers. I have always loved aviation. For me, because of physical limitations and age, I will never be able to fly a real airplane alone. I understand that it will never compare to rt experiences, and I also...

Our new hangar lease includes a specific ban on bicycles, of all things. (And cars, and anything else in the hangars not directly related to aviation.) Is this legal? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

Officials have decided that the Hillsboro Air Show will NOT be cancelled due to the Hawker Hunter accident last summer. I am of course glad to hear this. The airshow has been going on for well over a decade, with Intel as one of its primary sponsors. Intel built a factory under the downwind...

Here's a silly question: Is there any way to convert a t-hangar's manually opening bi-fold door to a motorized one? I just rented a t-hangar that uses a circular chain hanging off a large pulley near the top of the hangar to control the door. The chain must be pulled thirty to forty times to...

http://www.avweb.com/press-releases/308.html "Sun Flyer" Solar-Electric Training Airplane Enters Next Development Phase September 22, 2014 DENVER, Colorado - Sept. 22, 2014 - Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC) has entered the next phase of development for its high tech solar-electric...