I was watching the PBS documentary they were showing this week about AF1, and as they had shown the progression from the planes used back in Franklin Roosevelt's tenure as President, to the B707 from Kennedy to Reagan, to the current AF1 (at least that they showed in the documentary, since Bush Jr....

Local radio announced today, Raytheon selling Beechcraft Goldman-Sachs/ONEX group for about 3 billion dollars.

A newspaper reporter discovered that 41 commercial airline pilots in Minnesota have had their car drivers' licenses revoked due to drunken driving, yet they are still flying jumbo jets. - from the Transportation section of www.odd-info.com

More metal fatigue. Our military might as well be a chapter of the Antique Aircraft Association in Blakesburg, Iowa... ********************************************************************************************************* Washington, USA - "Structural fatigue" (WAPA) - The US Navy decided to...

So we FINALLY finished the new "Piper Cub Suite" yesterday (some of that artwork has been in our dining room for over three years!) at our aviation theme suite hotel, and we're embarking on our last two aviation theme suites, the "Apollo Suite" and the "Oshkosh Suite" -- both which have been in the...

As I sit on the ground, on a day off, not flying due to (yet more) ice, I thought I'd share these interesting results with the group... Pilots are always surprised when I tell them that Mary and I have traveled the country extensively by light plane for 12 years, all VFR. While it's true that we...

Suppose you're in your small aircraft and you want to climb from 4000 to 6000, or descend from 6000 to 4000. What method do you use? I can think of several, but I don't know which is best/recommended. For example, to climb from 4000 to 6000, I can just ease the yoke back and climb. When I get...

allowing guns in cockpits http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27647

I am confused by this practice commercial nav question. ( at least I am confused by the answer in the book which was b. but I think both a and c are correct), but I appreciate some other opinions. Day 1 Altimeter reads elevation of 1390 feet with 1013 HPa set on subscale ( thats...

While discussing flight safety in a different thread, the idea popped into my head that rental planes are probably more dangerous to fly than owner-flown aircraft. In my case, some of the rental birds I used to fly were down-right scary, and I know that they were often abused and ignored. This...

I just came from my flying club's office where I scheduled a plane for tomorrow (Sunday). Both of the club's 182 are down for inspections and maintenance after hard landings. Two weeks ago, the club's Katana went down for the same reason. Three airplanes in two weeks!!! What are flight instructors...

As I write this at 4:50 pm pacific time, there is a Jet Blue A320 circling with a nose gear problem. It's rotated 90 degrees. The news is carrying live video of the plane, but details aren't fixed. It may be landing at Long Beach or LAX. It was bound for JFK from Burbank so it has several hours...

The POH for a number of small piston aircraft warn that high power and prop settings should not be used for extended periods. What counts as an extended period, and what happens to the engine if these recommended (or mandatory) limits are exceeded?

This weekend as the FAA was at the FBO giving a seminar on runway incursions and explaining how the number of runway incursions per million GA operations increases while the number of operations declines, we had two of them. Coincidental to the seminar, the B-17 Sentimental Journey...

Sammy writes: Not in the seat next to them they wouldn't. He doesn't have to be in the seat next to them. The fact that it hasn't happened in all these years of aviation makes it more than just a little unlikely. It's definitely so unlikely it's silly.

Is it normal to constantly fiddle with the throttle on an approach in a small plane? I find myself frequently making small adjustments on most approaches (unless I'm coming absolutely arrow-straight into the runway and there's no wind). From videos I've seen, this happens in real aircraft, too,...

Here we go again.... Tonight the CBS Evening "News" ran a story about the apparently drunk pilot idiot who busted Philadelphia's airspace, buzzed a variety of things and apparently was able to land his Cherokee despite be hammered. The CBS twist on the story? "We told you about the dangers...

What regulations determine the absolute lowest altitude you can fly above the ground in the U.S.? I understand that the area just above the ground is usually Class G outside airports, and it only goes up to 700 or 1200 feet most of the time ... which implies that you can actually fly at 500 feet...

If all GA midair collisions were eliminated, ~99% of GA aircraft fatalities would still happen. From Nall Report analysis of U.S. NTSB records: Total fixed wing GA fatalities: 2002: 518 2003: 555 2004: 510 2005: 491

I've been reading these threads about extreme accelerated courses that get you passed the written and through the check ride on these groups now for six years. I've been involved in flight instruction for over fifty years. I've seen a lot of pilots in that time; taught literally hundreds, and ,...