This applies to rec.aviation.piloting because this is where I seem to be picking up a "cookie" from time to time. My, albeit limited, knowledge is that cookies come from websites, not newsgroups. I have a software package called SpyBot that seeks out adware, cookies, spyware and that sort of stuff....

hi, I'm having a really hard time trying to find ATR-72 information... I need its specific fuel consumption, stall speed and all technical information I can find, but google only takes me to useless information (in my case, of course...) can someone help me? thanks in advance

Well, our upcoming trip to Dulles has been expanded. Weather permitting, we'll be leaving this coming Wednesday, heading up to Door County, WI, spending the night there, and proceeding up to Mackinac Island on Thursday for brunch. From there we ill be heading direct to the Washington, D.C. area,...

It's airplane-buying time again. It's been almost 3 years!! http://www.powerball.com/ $340 million dollar prize. Drawing on Wednesday evening. http://www.powerball.com/content/pressreleases/Powerball20021226-0.shtm 12-25-2002 (Christmas Day) Last time around the (aviation) winning numbers...

When I did my training my CFI taught me to stop at the run-up area and go through the run-up checklist. This was done at airports that had run-up areas readily available. Fairly recently, I went with an instructor that taught me to do a run-up during taxi on airports that don't have a run-up area...

2, People know that Swiss made watches are best, while the Asia made are worst but cheapest, but Some of Asia made Oyster Perpetual Air King - All Stainless Steel are also close to a real thing that is in fact almost impossible to tell the difference. Of course, the two are not exactly the same...

Has anyone here done a daily commute in a plane? This would be a commute of about 70 miles and it would be in Southern California so the weather is less of an issue. What aircraft would be best for this kind of cummute? Trying to maximize speed and minimize costs... Paul

We can take pictures of objects on the Earth from space that are 2 inch's wide. We can take pictures of objects on Mars that are 12 inches wide. Why can't we find a wrecked airplane in Nevada?? A place that is mostly dirt and sand with very little vegetation? Makes no sense

Air Force Tests Robot Pilot By Russ Niles - August 18, 20193 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/dQxacTMu7XU The Air Force has flown a Cessna 206 with a robotic pilot it says can essentially turn an aircraft into a drone and then get turned back into a manned aircraft. The ROBOpilot flew a two hour...

Ongoing discussion regarding different techniques. Do we do it with a touchy feely softly spoken and oh my gosh thats just fine..... Or do we do it with a harsh what in hell was that all about? Who did you learn the most from and what was the drill? Of course there is a different perspective from a...

Recently I saw a Garmin G1000's (very cool) Mode S radar display, superimposed over the moving map display. They call it: "Mode-S transponders with Traffic Information Service (TIS)" We were in a class "B" area, and seeing all the traffic in the area superimposed over the sectional map was really...

Hi, all: I'm giving a presentation on what someone here called "instructor in command" syndrome: a pilot getting complacent because there's an instructor in the aircraft. I've found a number of good ones here, but any more - esp. with something "interesting" - would be welcome. I'd also...

Well I guess bob Hoover was also a moron. He looped amd rolled everything he flew and also said any airplane could be rolled or looped as long as the g limits of the plane wasn't exlxceeded. And the positive g for the 150/152 is 4 g's im sure he didn't exceeded them. I have a 150h and I haven't...

GROUND-EFFECT VEHICLE PRODUCTION LAUNCHED Moller International has completed tooling for its M200G volantor, a small, "Jetson-like" two-passenger vehicle designed to take-off and land vertically. The M200G is saucer-shaped, about the size of a small automobile, and is intended for operation...

Family’s faith stronger after plane crash Worthington couple, kids walk away after aircraft goes down in North Carolina fog Monday, January 01, 2007 Jodi Andes THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Laurenze Ducatte, second from left, and Caitlin, 11, front, were unharmed when the family’s plane crashed in North...

What is rudder flutter ?

"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has made an emergency landing in Afghanistan. Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft., according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The lawmakers are on a trip...

I have always read and been taught that a turn coordinator is usually powered by electricity. Is the turn coordinator, in itself, an electric motor? Or does an electric-powered fan supply the air to spin the gyro? Anybody have any insight for me? Thanks.

CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS SEC. 5-11. USE OF HYDROPLANES ON CITY PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hydroplane upon any reservoir or any lake belonging to under control of the city. (Ord. Nos. 8213; 14384) Presumably because they're Hydro "planes". --

Flyers, I would like to give a small PIREP of the new Lightspeed Zulu headset. I bought one for the Bluetooth capability, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it had much more to offer. The comfort and fit was equal or surpassed my Bose X. The ANR was about equal IMO to other headsets...