Flyers, I finally had it with hangar rent increases and moved to a tie-down. So now I have a Ramsey ATV2500 wireless remote winch for sale on ebay.com. It is great for pulling a plane into the hangar. I used it for 1 1/2 years and it really saved my back. Here's the...

I'm just starting an appropriately-named thread for this topic, as it seems like something worthy of discussion. The specter of full automation replacing pilots entirely continues to loom ever larger in commercial and military aviation. The old arguments against it are beginning to ring quite...

Last week I was in Greenland, at Narsarsuaq, formerly the USAAF and USAF airfield Bluie West One. It's a fabulous place, but one aspect of the Narsarsuaq airfield really astonished me. There is a tower, six days a week during normal daylight hours, but the tower only gives advice; the pilot is...

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil2.html Fun little applet from NASA that lets you experiment with different airfoil shapes and other variables.

I live in Washington state, home of McCord airforce base. They have C-17's there, and the local news station just stated what seems to me to be an unbelievable fact. They reported that th C-17 can descend 20,000 feet in 1 minute. Now I'm a general aviation pilot, and 2,000 feet per minute is a fast...

I have been looking for some resources on the Internet (including AOPA's member section) for some basics on airframe construction. In my studying to become a pilot, I have come across references to spars, bulkheads, and other A&P terminology that I don't have an understanding for. Can anyone point...

AIRLINE – The Aviation Business Simulation www.airlinesimulation.com Have you ever dreamed of running your own airline? Convinced you could build a super airline if only you had control over aircraft types, seating configuration, advertising, service levels, pricing and maintenance? Here is your...

Hi anyone know where i can get a book or online detail of all the flight abbreviations eg ILS, PFD, CAT 111, THREASHHOLD , FPM at sink rate, glide slope, and so on thank you in advance regards Frank

This is from a friend that retired at 55 from CALA........... ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Memories Four things I remember most from my "airline" career: July 22, 1986 Start-valve open light after takeoff. Right engine shutdown. Air-turn-back. CSP, WY Frontier Air Lines

Awhile back, someone posted a link to a site where you can enter the location, time and date and get a map showing where airliners are at that time. Anyone have the address of such a website? Or just one showing the routes from city to city. (I have to take a trip and want to pick the best side...

http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/ So we used our own webpage today, trying to find something new to do with the kids. My first plan had been to fly to Rantoul, IL (the old Chanute Air Force Base), which has an outstanding aviation museum on the field -- but my kids whined so much about having...

I know these are probably old, but I still think they are funny... Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solution recorded by maintenance engineers. P = The problem logged by the pilot. S = The solution and action taken by the...

as of 8:30 EDT commercial jet is circling over major US city with the front landing gear in the SIDEWAYS position fully extended. Talk about a PROBLEM!!!

Probably posted here a dozen times but it's a first for me. ;) -- Jim Fisher A guy sitting at an airport bar in Los Angeles noticed a beautiful young woman sitting next to him. He thought to himself, "Wow, she's so gorgeous she must be a flight attendant. But which airline does she work...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_passing_gas "NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said. " -Robert

Just in case you were wondering who GA's main enemy is: ATA POINTS FINGER AT BUSINESS AVIATION (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/bizav/900-full.html#195541) The Air Transport Association (ATA), the airline lobby group that is currently pushing for aviation user fees, has taken another shot...

Apologies if someone else has already posted this: http://us.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/04/16/ticket.taxes.ap/index.html Somebody really hates GA. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

I Want to Become An Airline pilot. but i cant figure out what the requirements are. Do i need a college degree? do i have to come from the military? how much is the pay? I am completely ignorant when it comes to this. i cant seem to find a site.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/20/pilot.dies.ap/index.html So much for first-class medicals. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Hi all, I seem to remember a few years back there was a program run by one of the airlines where for a fee of around $1500 or so you would go and train for a weekend on a Boeing 737 and at the end you would actually get to fly one for half an hour or so. Does anyone know if that program still...