When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably...

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...

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Rotax is on track to certify and begin deliveries of its 915 iS engine in 2017, the company said. “We’ve got pretty good experience with these engines,� said Marc Becker, head of aviation engines for Rotax, whose four-cylinder models have logged more than 50 million flight hours. “We think...

The Los Angeles Times has an article about pilots who fly bank checks around the country each night. With the modernization of check processing, these flights will be needed less in the future. "AirNet's 128 planes, many of them speedy Learjets, are small enough and nimble enough to pack and...

I dont post too often but just got done installing a noise reduction kit on my david clark 10-13.4 that I received as an early christmas present. I was wondering if anyone has tried this kit. It was ordered it from a place in Amarillo, Texas. I tested it on the ground an all my soldiering must...

There have been some disjointed threads on the topic, the most recent of which I started. I got interested in this because my flying club board felt that our flight rules should cover the basics of this issue. A couple days ago, AOPA sent me a great book which is a compilation of articles by...

Okay, I just watched the story that seems to have everyone up in arms, and I have to say, it was as ill-conceived and poorly thought out as many people feared. A couple of quick points: I actually found it somewhat humorous when the story mentioned the Florida kid who stole an airplane and crashed...

I was shopping at a Wal-Mart on December 17, 2004, when I noticed outside a helicopter flying just over the tops of the parked vehicles in front of the store. It was flying towards me, about 20 feet above the ground and climbing. I got a photograph of it when it was about 50 to 70 feet in the air....

Wow. Did I actually see some positive mainstream GA press? I thought it was going to be a piece on how sportpilot planes were going to fall out of the sky... Watch Mollers stock take off again. Might break $0.25 this time. Jim

Ok,this is probably an obvious question to many of you, but I'll ask anyway. I usually fly in C172s and C182s with the Lycoming oil cooled engines that many of you are probably familiar with. I still see planes with the large radial engines (for instance, like what you would see on a Dehavilland...

Being Awake And Staying Awake - versus - Being Told "You Need Sleep!" 7 September 2006 {HRI note 20060907} ' Again,* if others told you this, then I would not have to, and I could go sailing...

I am in the market for a 135 operation. I am finding out that going through the FAA would take about a year and I don't have the time to wait that long. If anybody has one for sale or knows someone that is thinking about selling it, let me know. Thanks Aaron

Hello, I'm about to buy a bike and am interested in a "foldable" bike. I do not own a plane, just use a rental ( Cessna 172 SP ). Has anyone thought about getting one of these to fit on the backseat of 172 ? The one I found here : http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/th-367-r.html is about 45 pounds...

pardon my ignorance... Is a rolls-royce O-200 the same as a continental O-200? I mean specifically same overhaul times, same parts, same maintence, etc? I'm interested in a homebuilt with one but don't want to get into some orphan engine. Thanks, Ryan in Madison

What's with the SR22 crashes? Another one went down Arizona yesterday.

I always thought taking a wings seminar was a simple way to get your BFR out of the way. After a little Internet research it seems they require three hours of dual flight instruction to qualify as a BFR. Is that correct? It would be much easier and cheaper to just do the BFR.. I don't see...

The wife and I are contemplating a trip up to Mackinac Island, Michigan the last weekend in August. Have any of you been there (flown or otherwise)? If so any recommendations for lodging , eats, etc... I looks like it will be a really neat flight up there and it is kinda like stepping back in...

Earlier this evening I was watching the program "Discoveries This Week" on the Science Channel. The first segment was about the visual laser warning system being put in the ADIZ. All the reported errors about the lasers I'm addressing in alt.lasers. However, I wanted to mention here that some...

I've been trying to find some info on this thing for quite a while now. I've been to Raytheon's site and found specs for the normal Baron only. If some of you do own the P version, could you please tell me what engines do they have? Are they the regular IO-550s or are they turbocharged? And what...