Third Coast Aviation (TCA) is happy to announce that we are currently looking for a full time Certified Flight Instructor. If you know of any one, please pass the word that TCA is offering a wonderful opportunity for Certified Flight instructors who join our organization. We are offering $24,000...

There's no denying that engine failure is twice as likely with a twin engine aircraft. ======================================================================= June 30, 2017 Both occupants of a twin Cessna survived a crash on the 405 freeway shortly after departure from John Wayne Airport. The...

can one open landing gear door by cranking the emergency lever without jacking the aircraft just to do some repair on the door .

AOPA, GA groups oppose ATC privatization What would Regain have done if ATC personnel had not been government employees? Privatization of essential services has always worked out well; just look at the privatization of electricity in...

http://newatlas.com/airbus-urban-air-mobility-roadmap-electric-aircraft/50113/ Airbus' Urban Air Mobility Roadmap leads to an electric future Mike Hanlon June 20, 2017 The electric attraction in Paris this year from Airbus was the Vahana, an electric VTOL single ... The electric attraction...

http://newatlas.com/f-35-lightning-aerial-demonstration-paris-air-show/50138/ Watch the F-35 in its first public aerobatic demonstration Darren Quick June 20, 2017 The F-35 takes to the skies over Paris in its first public aerial demonstration The F-35 takes to the skies over Paris in its...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/10/lawmakers-scramble-to-privatize-air-traffic-control-system-raise-debt-ceilinghtml Lawmakers scramble to privatize air traffic control system, raise debt ceiling Chad Pergram By Chad Pergram Published June 10, 2017 Showdown brewing between WH, GOP over...

While the FAA has shown once again, after its pathetic effort in the Megis field battle, that it has no backbone, the judicial system intervenes in the KSMO fight in the name of safety and justice. ...

Just a Reminder it can Happen to High Time Pilot, She was Lost Between Acra, Ghana And Namabia! Was Searching through My E-mail Came across Her Resume, Was fun to be stranded in Goosebay with her! Curriculum Vita

Piper Cherokee / Warrior / or Archer. Looking for one measurement for the control column. With trim set at neutral while flying any power setting: Distance from control panel to back side of control yoke. I have full control yoke travel measurements. ( from instrument panel to back side of control...

Is it time for venerated pilot Harrison Ford to ground himself for less than adequate judgment skills to act as Pilot In Command? The runway is the one with the big "20L" painted on its near-end. This ignominious incident is worse than Senator Inhoff's landing on a taxiway because there was a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJQnu72Nec Find us on http://www.facebook.com/flightorg. On the 9th April, 2017, a man was forcibly removed from United Airlines Flight 3411 in Chicago, set for Louisville. While we'd normally say that until we have all the information, we have no information...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Hydrogen-VTOL-In-The-Works-228867-1.html Hydrogen VTOL In The Works By Mary Grady | April 17, 2017 Metro Skyways said on Monday they plan to develop a four-passenger, hydrogen-powered, autonomous VTOL flying car, the CityHawk. The vehicle will initially use...

First the great aviation museum at KSNA run by the late Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman disappears, then the magnificent Supermarine air museum at Santa Monica KSMO is closed, now the vast collection of vintage aircraft at Chino KCNO is threatened. Aviation history is in the cross hairs of...

Looking for a control yoke measurement. Backside of control yoke to instrument panel when TRIM SET AT NEUTRAL at any power setting and at any weight . https://www.facebook.com/groups/628896667180635/?ref=bookmarks vangyver

FAA 20-Year Forecast Predicts Gradual Decline In Light GA http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3624-full.html Fleet size and hours flown are expected to decrease roughly 0.8% annually over the next 20 years, says the FAA in its annual Aerospace Forecast. The Aerospace Forecast predicts that...

Omg I don't know if this will work but My Uncle Harry (BUD) Dirgo, Omaha Nebr. Passed away March 12th.2017 It says in his obit he was a member of the Quiet Birdmen. He was 92 years old and had been retired for years. I just thought I would try to notify someone in the Quiet Birdmen which seems...

....and if so,, what is he doing these days to keep busy. hi all, I just tuned in the History Channel and there he was, for brief moment. Amazing, that in the 30 years I've followed his stunt flying with Rockwell, he hasn't aged one bit--he looked 80ish in the 1970's and he

Wake Turbulence Writes Off Challenger Bizjet http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3617-full.html The Aviation Herald is reporting that the European Aviation Safety Agency is about to issue a safety information bulletin about high altitude wake turbulence after a Challenger 604 business jet was...

A Spirit Airlines pilot and his wife were found dead in their home by their four children this week in what officials believe may have been an accidental overdose. Brian Halye, 36, and his wife Courtney Halye, 34, were found unresponsive Thursday in their Centerville, Ohio home after two of...