My new (to me!) Comanche has an odd EGT instrument. Across the top, in blue, it is marked in "% Range" with 60, 70, 80, 90, * and below that it's marked in white "Ex Temp x100 deg F" with -3, -2, -1 and *. There's a tiny thumbwheel which can adjust it, though it doesn't have a lot of...

In case you haven't heard about it yet, a B-1B is going to attempt to break/set fifty-two aviation records over the weekend of 25/26 October. The flights are going to be in conjunction with the open house at Edwards AFB in SoCal. For more information, check out the open house links...

I came across a photoguide to aircraft in the UK, it's not well advertised so you may not have seen it. http://www.ukskies.co.uk. It's got hundreds of aircraft types so it's worth a look. Does anyone know of any other good sites?

I experienced radio interference several months ago when talking to Razorback Approach (in the Ft. Smith, AR area) on 120.9 MHz. I contacted the local Dallas FAA and indeed there was a problem. This led to meeting the FAA engineer. The FAA engineer provided me a website set up for educating and...

I have permission from AMACOM Books to distribute an excerpt from "The Wright Way: 7 Problem-Solving Principles from the Wright Brothers," a new book by Mark Eppler. Published to coincide with the Centennial of Flight (December 17), "The Wright Way" celebrates the contributions of Orville and...

Hey Tom, Remember N6183J, that Cherokee we took up to Cherry Ridge, PA? Alas, she is no more. Just a fuselage sitting in the shop with the firewall forward torn away, the right wing carry through destroyed, and a lot of damage to the underside where the engine ended up. It's being stripped for...

My wife and I have written up the story of our recent trip in our Mooney from Boise, ID to Boston, MA and back. We can't wait to do another trip like that again. Hope you enjoy the write up. http://pfactor.com/trips/boston Phil

JerryK wrote in message ... You have to wonder if this difference has caused a few accidents or at least some missed approaches. I can easily imagine someone executing the approach on foggy night and missing because the lights were not in...

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... "Tarver Engineering" wrote in : "Ed Majden" wrote in message ... ...

Tragic accident north of Clearwater (FL) Airpark thurs. 8/21 evening. Twin Navajo apparently on approach to rwy 16 crashed and burned in a residential area, killing two (father and son) and seriously injuring 1. They were returning from N. FL according to newspaper. Weather was rain storm,...

Minor problem on my 2 com radios. If I have both (com 1 and com 2) on I have a squelch noise. If I place my hand on either radio the noise disappears. Most times I use Com 1 for transmitting and com 2 for ATIS listening. Any ideas? Hank N1441P

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Anyone flown into the Shakespeare Festival? What is the ground transportation like? Can you walk to everything at the feastival? Does the FBO have ground transportation available? -Robert I've driven to the Ashland airport... It's about two - three miles from downtown Ashland. This should...

On 9 Aug 2003 16:13:18 -0700, (Roger C) wrote: The partner in my aircraft just returned from the oshkosh show and is interested in getting one of the uplink weather systems for our aircraft. I just checked out the wsi system he is recommending at their website. I see...

Hey Jim, look he http://www.latimes.com/ I just registered and was able to go to this link. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bios10aug10,1,7917121.story?coll=la-home-headlines -- Dan D. PS - Just got done building your base station antenna, easy as pie...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/948352.asp?0cl=cR Interesting article about a father/daughter team that fly for Southwest

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

There's an online store with the title Ace's Pilot Shop. Has anyone dealt with them? Would you recommend them? Thanks! all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at http://www.danford.net/index.htm Vietnam | Flying Tigers | Pacific War | Brewster...

Wow -- you'll have the best campsite in the North 40, arriving *that* early! :) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Scott" wrote in message

There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing, because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked." Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down. "Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded...