Our EAA chapter had a 40' hangar door that split in the middle and folded sideways (each half). The ends were hinged and the center had a single roller that ran in a track above. The bottom was not attached in any way and just hung. It was held closed and open with large steel pins that dropped...

Northwest flyers might want to look at this AOPA article that announces the establishment of new Prohibited area over the Bangor sub base in Washington state. Currently it's a TFR... http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/050525wa.html What do you all think of this? Antonio

With OSH 2005 fast approaching, the blood is quickening, and there's a new spring in my step. The Big One is almost here! However, as we do every year, we're starting to look at Atlas -- our 1974 Pathfinder -- with a jaundiced eye, looking for deficiencies that need filling, either in his...

This from the Aero-News Propwash email letter: ************ The whole-airplane parachute company, Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., has now saved 179 pilot and passenger lives. The latest dramatic save happened when New Yorker Ilan Reich deployed the BRS System last Thursday, June 30th, while he...

Background... newly minted PPL, looking to ease navigation via GPS. I actually find it cool to navigate via maps, compass and timepiece, but I realize there is a lot more capability out there. I'll be renting for awhile, so portability is important. I've done the standard research (including...

This morning, while working out together, my 15 year old son asked (out of the clear blue sky) if he can take a friend flying next week. Absentmindedly, I reply "Sure -- what's the guys name?" -- to which my son replied "Anna..." Yikes! His first date with a girl, and he wants to take her flying...

So we were watching "Seconds From Disaster" on NGC last night, which happened to be on AA 77. When they mentioned that seconds after gaining control of the aircraft the hijackers turned off the transponder (along with a brief explanation of what the transponder does), my wife simply says: "That's...

I rent a Warrior from a local FBO and usually set the RPMs to 2400 in cruise. It gets about 110kts at 2400. But that seems too slow. Heck I've been getting 110kts from one of their C152s. Rereading the POH I see that the cruise RPM settings can be 2500 or 2600. So I'm curious. Where do others...

Are they are creating a new certificate? http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=378657&docketid=23449 And I thought multiengine would be expensive... Jim

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/ap_on_re_us/chicago_truck_scandal Maybe they'll finally arrest King Daley for willful and criminal destruction of public property? Supposedly, he's "hurt, embarrassed and disappointed" that there is actual corruption in Chicago! Imagine that? Ha! I hope...

Here a couple of alarming stories about the pilots who went down at HPN last weekend: First: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS02 /504260335/1018&template=printart Pertinent quote:

Sorry, I got my information wrong when I stated that a three bladed prop advanced 15 inches during each revolution at 200 mph. I now have the article in front of me and the exact quote is as follows: "At 200 mph and 2,800 rpm, the blades on my three-plade prop follow three distinct helical paths...

http://www.age85.org/ProjectDescription.htm They're testing it on a 201 right now.

So, what do you think the next X prize will bring? First privately funded re-usable spacecraft to orbit the earth? To the moon? Looks like this is gearing up to be the next big economy 'boom'

Unless you think its all a joke, the recent TSA requirement for CFI's to register with them, and do their own bookkeeping. making a database at your expense, all in the name of national security, take another look at what is happening. H.R.10 and S.2774 for a National Identity Card are right behind...

My Top Two votes: 1. Up the Mississippi River valley from Savannah, IL north to LaCrosse, WI. With this sudden, early cold snap, the colors in the Midwest have abruptly changed, and I imagine the flight past the bluffs that mark the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers will be even...

The news lately has mentioned that the FCC is meeting to discuss relaxing the ban on using cell phones in airplanes. Most of the news coverage focuses on the implications for airline passengers. They said that the FAA would also have to change rules before airline passengers could use cell...

These cowards deserve DEATH. Nothing less. They will be judged someday...this is good news. :o) If you would like to know why I posted this and the details...feel free to email me. Believe me, I have my reasons for such strong(and purely justified) thoughts. For the rest of you 'good' pilots out...

I finally got some time to put this one up on our site. See it at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/orlando_Cessna_crash_1-2005.mpg It's a HUGE file, sent to us by a fellow newsgroupie who used his TIVO set-up to capture the video, enlarge it, and run it in slow-motion. (If you're...

There's a TFR today over DC for the State of the Union address. I don't understand why when there's been a massive one in place for the past 4 years.