If you are an independent plane owner or like to fly in smaller plane's, what might be a good idea is to get your hands on R.H. Tuttle Jr.'s new epic Novel, "The Masconi's", to read after you have taken your plane for a nice flight! Only inteligent people like to broaden their horizons by taking...

I am out of currency on my IFR flying and wanted to go to an intensive 1 or 2 day IFR IPC course. Probably one that uses a simulator extensively. I fly a Piper Turbo Saratoga. I've heard is a good school in Vegas and thought the pilot said it was flight safety but I called Flight Safety today...

Anyone know what is going in with San Jose Radar TIS ? As usual, Norcal approach knows nothing about it. It was dead all day today, and I have not flown for a while, so who knows. Thanks in advance.

I don't know how many are aware of the current push to implement Broadband Power Line (BPL) high speed internet connections, but is has some interesting ramifications. Perhaps Jim has looked into this. BPL as I understand it caused a good deal of interference from a bit above the AM broadcast...

Went up to touch some clouds today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHC-s9cl8cE Using the same technique in creating my last video, put the camera on the glareshield and pretty much set it and forgot it. While I was VMC, I did capture some "forward" scenery. Great day for flying, tops were...

I have a recently installed Garmin GPS430. But I also have a Lowrance (handheld) 1000 GPS to use. The Lowrance is MUCH better at situational awareness than the panelmount. Please understand--I have no complaints about the 430; it is a great unit. However, the Lowrance 1000 is a very, very nice...

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/954-full.html#196146 "An air traffic controller didn’t tell Scott Crossfield he was headed for a storm, but then Crossfield didn’t ask, either." The avweb article links to this Washington Post...

Is it OK for the FAA or Airlines to pass over white males for black females so the diversity numbers look better? Just curious how airline and private pilots felt about safety positions being filled by unsafe and/or unqualified (Other than White Male) employees?

I would like to make my 1960 Cessna 172A IFR. Currently, I have only venturi vacuum. My A & P stated that as there is no STC for a vacuum pump intall, I need a form 337 field approval...I think it is form 337, I could be wrong on that. Does anyone have information relating to STC's and field...

Hadn't seen one of these before, but it's an ILS procedure that requires GPS for the Initials, Intermediates, non-precision FAF, and missed approach. Of course if you don't have ILS, no problem, just fly the RNAV (GPS). http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0610/00471IZR23R.PDF JPH

What's going on with this year's risk-of-collision stats? (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/stats/air/2004_may/a05-2004e.pdf) Although most stats remain lower or on a par with past-year averages, the "risk-of-collision" statistics are up 20 percent or more. .... and especially that jump in...

from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/ "One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or...

I was flying to PWK on an IFR plan in VFR weather. ATC vecotered me to final for the ILS 16, clear to land rwy 16. I double check the wind and its out of 270 at 20kts. I ask for the visual to rwy 24. Denied, unless i wish to cancel IFR and proceed VFR. I asked why, and they said something...

Our club just got a 530 for one of our planes, and so before I fly it I'm spending a lot of time with Garmin's simulator. So one of the flights I do a lot is here (KROC) to Ottawa (CYOW) and back. When I fly from Ottawa, I always get the OTTAWA ONE departure, which means I put ASHTN and REEDO in...

An excellent reminder that there really are good reasons to do a thorough preflight and to make sure the controls are free. This happened just north of Winnipeg, and the aircraft was the first version with PT-6-67 Turboprops. The Canadian DOT concluded that the control locks were still locked when...

The Second Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is now available from AeroFile. This edition is completely reworked and updated over the 1995 edition, and now features designations from six countries including Canada, United States, Japan, Russia, Germany and Sweden. In all,...

Hey there is a new web site for aviation enthusiasts check it out. http://www.aviation-enthusiast.com/

Hey Everyone - My classmates won't stop talking about this aviation movie One Six Right...has anyone seen it or heard of it? It's supposed to be amazing but I don't know where to look... Thanx! Jen

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I got mine last week. I'm very disappointed. Although there is a lot of valuable material in it and the graphics are very, very nice, it is possibly the worst organized book I have ever seen. Both in the writing and in the layout & typography. For example, three levels of unnumbered headings...