NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has amended its NASA Research Announcement to solicit additional research proposals.See the details at http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/806.htm

According to wikipedia, "In the event of an emergency deorbit that would bring the Orbiter down in an area not within range of a designated emergency landing site, the Orbiter is theoretically capable of landing on any paved runway that is at least 10,000 feet long, which includes the majority...

Hi All, when Alcock and Brown took off from St. John's, Newfoundland in 1919 for the first non-stop transatlantic flight they used my great-grandfathers farm field (Agustus Lester) in St. John's. He picked up a piece of the original vimy from the field and it has been in our family ever since. I'm...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/nyregion/08pilot.html Can you say early retirement...? R. Hubbell

A while back I posted a question regarding how to approach studying for the private certificate. Thanks to all who responded. I've been methodically planning out my long term and short term vision of how to go about my training. Now that I have been digging into the web and my Sporty's "What You...

Good morning, all...and some quick observations before I hit the sheets for a long winter's snooze...having arrived home an hour ago from two weeks of across-the-country driving: 1. 7000 miles autodriving ain't one TENTH as much fun as flying. 2. 7000 miles autodriving is TEN times as much more...

The A-4 Skyhawk was an attack aircraft designed to operate from US Navy aircraft carriers. Some of the A-4 Skyhawk variants served with Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. Warplanes.com offers the A-4 Skyhawk model aircraft flown by the Blue Angels. The model aircraft was made...

The recovery phase continues to move very slowly. The CVR has yet to be located. www.kamaircoverup.blogspot.com

Nice old Cessna 170: http://images.traderonline.com/img/2/dealer/3028490/60018712_3.jpg But.... What caught my eye was the creative support for the roof rafters. I think there's a cable running the span length. It's probably plenty strong enough but it looks a little unconventional. I got a kick...

A friend sent this website url; great pictures of Alaskan bush flying. However the pix are all on a very long single page so you'll need broadband and patience. http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/shootings/ -- The government is us; we are the government, you and I. Theodore Roosevelt

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:56:42 +0000, Peter wrote: The other day I was talking to a commercial pilot of a big twin passenger turboprop. He has been iced up a few times and recently was down to 200fpm climbing flat out through FL150; looking out of the window he saw a bit...

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the documentary based on Richard Bach's book "Nothing By Chance"? It was produced by Hugh Downs in 1974. Thanks Edwin

If you like aerobatics you have got to check this out. These guys are awesome. Let me know what you think. http://www.redbullairrace.com

Has anyone seen that AeroScooter? http://www.airscooter.com/ Kind of an interesting idea. So - they oversimplify the web site. "No license is required to fly . . . because it weighs less than 300 pounds . . ." But, it seems as though there are a few other restrictions than that! It looks kind of...

I needed a break this morning so I whipped up a trivial little script to create a sectional image from GPS data. https://aviationtoolbox.org/Members/kyler/tools/trip_plot It just barely works but it takes NMEA $GPRMC sentences and generates a JPEG. I noticed that there are people who like to...

The new An-2 cd is released by Airserbia! Including: over 450 photos, closeups, scale drawings, over 50 colour profiles, original documentation, books, modeling resources, model galleries, movies, cutaways, etc. For more info, visit www.airserbia.com/publikacije/an-2/index.htm

Hello all, My brothers and I have this dream of finding some rural spot on which we can put adjoining homes and then build a grass strip behind. I'm trying to find out what are some factors to be considered with such a project. Is this likely to be a pricey endeavor? Is there typically lots of...

Hi, I own a 1967 Cherokee 235B and am in need of a prop cable. Does anyone know where I might be able to find a PMA'd new one, or a salvage company that may have one? I've tried Aircraft Spruce, and McFarlands and neither have a PMA'd cable for early Pipers as well as a couple salvage company's...

It seems 100/130 is is still available in some places: http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=KR64553&sch=NGTA

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4527854845 let me know if you have any questions. Thanks Mark