Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get...

The fact that this hotel was built entirely with taxpayer's money, by the City of Coralville, might surprise you. You know, after reading your post an hour or so ago, I have gotten more and more ****ed-off. Since when does a government have the right to tinker in direct competition...

Been lurking and not posting but think this will be of interest to all. Wheee. Look at the numbers :o) Big John ********************************************************** FLYING THE SR-71 AT A "LEISURELY CRUISE" OF M3.0+ AT FL800

Is there any harm in taking off at a relatively high speed and very gently? There seems to be plenty of runway in most cases for small aircraft. If I leave the ground at 120 kts instead of the normal rotation speed, I find that I can lift off ever so gently. Plus I have lots of airspeed if...

Is it just me, or is there a full moon out or something?!?! Between RADICALLY wild posts about gay marriage and nuking the Middle East, and Belfort Instruments guy with more idiot posts in the last few days than usual, I think there must be full moon out, and everyone is going looney. Maybe...

All, When touching down in a crosswind, after the mains and the nosewheel have all touched down firmly and are rolling, would it be proper procedure to apply slight forward pressure to get better steering from the nosewheel? Often, noseweel steering seems ineffective, and this seems to have...

Embry Riddle flight department devastated by tornado School looking for replacement aircraft to lease While most EAA members were celebrating the Christmas holiday on Monday, the staff at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., was dealing with the aftermath of a tornado...

Looking at the prog charts for the next several days, Texas looks like a mess. Moderate to heavy rains, thunderstorms, yuck. Our plan to head south on Sunday is scrubbed. So, we're looking at heading to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina instead. The progs look great for at least three or four days, and...

After an additional 5.5 hours practicing forward slips to a landing and soft field landings, I got my ticket today. I will admit it is exciting to finally get your ticket checking to see if it's truly mine, yep, has my name on it. Now that the "pressure" is off, I plan to just fly and...

Bummer, I had the Arrow reserved with the flight center I use, for next week and for a couple of days in August. They just sent me an email stating that a student pilot from the flight center they share it with, landed it with the gear up. How embarrassing, especially since the plane has an...

Non-instrument-rated pilot and his 421C are down in the vicinity of Carson, WA. Last reported at 11000 (?). The mind boggles. Weather is not too swift in the Seattle area...dunno the condx down there. -- Bob Gardner Send a Singing Valentine to a loved one. Go to www.singingvalentine.com for...

Plane and Pilot. March 2005. "What Pilots Say". Wow!

Our 17 year old son want to fly as a passenger with his 17 year old friend who is a brand new pilot. We think the boy is level-headed and mature. He grew up flying with his dad who is a retired test pilot for an aircraft manufacturer. These credentials not withstanding, I'm guessing that there...

With just 7 weeks till the Big One in Oshkosh, WI (Gawd -- it's just like waiting for Christmas when you're a little kid!), it dawned on me that some of you guys and gals may not be familiar with the OSH experience. Well, start here for a view of the 2003...

Hope all of you across America (and overseas) are having a wonderful Fourth of July. Mary and I are soon to be off to the annual parade, where we will once again be representing our Inn by posing as "Amelia Earhart" and "Fred Noonan"... Our kids will carry our banner, and toss thousands of...

Hi, Any Canadians out there know why older aircraft have a CF prefix while it seems all newer registrations are CF- ?

I have heard it said that there are two types of tailwheel pilots: those that have ground looped and those that will. A week ago, I graduated from the latter category into the former category. There was no shirt ripping ceremony for this milestone. Fortunately, there was also no torn flesh or bent...

Is it me, or is wind direction bass ackwards? Vectors normally indicate direction an object is moving, but not so with wind. Why is that?

I was thinking about jointing/volunteering for Angel Flight of Oklahoma as a pilot. Would a low time VFR pilot be of any use to them? I have 190 hr soon to be 200hr, when we get some good flying weather. I have flown only 3 times since November. Because VFR flying is unreliable, I wonder if I...

NEW YORK — Boeing Co's (BA) new carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner plane may turn out to be unsafe and could lead to more deaths in crashes, according to a report by veteran journalist Dan Rather to be broadcast in the United States on Tuesday. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297248,00.html