Just got home from DC tonight, and figured Id pass along the 411 on this place. Id imagine there already have been posts on it, but oh well. The UdvarHazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum opened on Dec15 out at Dullus, bout a half hour drive from the city (not including traffic). The place...

On Apr 2, 12:27*pm, Mark wrote: First of all, Hello World. ;) Heh, I never said it was gonna be easy. Emil Kraepelin (the pioneer of modern psychiatry) observed the fluctuation of manic-depression through many people's lives. *Some got better, some ...

Well, after one of the most idiotic accidents in US air carrier history, we have (as expected) a bunch of lawsuits. But now we have a new one...the 'pilot' who flew Comair 5191 off the wrong runaway, killing all of his passenegrs has decided it really isn't HIS fault that he didn't follow sterile...

In another thread I am in a discussion on radar capability for FAA "Centers". My recollection is that they typically have no primary radar, thus no capability to paint weather. Someone is telling me they do. Anybody out there have the answer. Maybe some do and some don't, and the ones I used...

I've been grounded by a mighty TFR that began at 3pm yesterday. Evidently Bush 43 is having a weekend at Bush 41's house in Kennebunkport. So I took my binocs and my radio down to the dock and waited for the various Ones to do their thing. First there was a helo sweep of Great Bay, I think by the...

I play mental "What if.." games when I fly, trying to imagine the best way to handle an in-flight emergeny. One of the aircraft I fly is a 1982 Piper Turbo Arrow IV. Nowhere in the POH does it mention the emergency procedure for a turbocharger failure resulting in an oil fed fire in the engine...

Astronaut charged with kidnap attempt By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - A NASA astronaut charged with attempting to kidnap a romantic rival in a love triangle with another astronaut was allowed to go free on bail Tuesday on the condition that she not contact the alleged...

Excerpt from article at link: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19225806.400-uncrewed-aerial-vehicles-no-pilot-no-problem.html Even if the industry gets its act together in time for the 2011 conference, competition for the desired frequencies - probably between 3 and 10 gigahertz - will...

Hello all, I'm working on an article for a regional magazine in California. The spin of the article is to encourage folks to go down to their local airport and sign up for that first lesson to get them started on either a sport or private pilot certificate. What I'm asking our R.A.P. community...

I've always called the lights on wingtip and tail "navigation lights," but of course they aren't for navigation; they're to mark the aircraft to avoid collision, or so that one plane can fly in formation with another. What's the name that suggests this purpose? Recognition lights? -- all the...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/28/shuttle.plane/index.html Small plane enters shuttle no-fly zone Pilot disappears after being forced to land From Mike Mount CNN Washington Bureau Friday, July 29, 2005; Posted: 6:53 a.m. EDT (10:53 GMT) A small plane came within 20 miles of Discovery's...

I started my PP training about 1 1/2 years ago, but due to some unfortunate medical problems in my family, have had to postpone it until this summer. Now that the Sport Pilot license is available, I inquired with my school. The manager basically said "it's useless" and couldn't really see why...

Ernie Fletcher nearly got himself shot down when he penetrated the DC ADIZ with a busted transponder. Can you imagine what would have resulted from such an event? It could well have been the end of the Bush administration. So, I have a modest (ahem) proposal. Democrats! Here is your chance to so...

I spent 3 months in the 'Delta" which inluded providing CAS to the Navy operations in the Mekong in 1967. Met and worked with Seal teams and other Navy operations. This sounds like a true account from what I saw and heard. I wonder if he really flies his (wifes) bird or just rides and...

Well, tonight will go in my book as something that I will never forget. Tonight I learned a valuable lesson and was able to live to tell about it. As a lurker here for many years, I have come to enjoy reading about people's experiences and try to learn from their mistakes. So tonight I am...

Like cars, mass production of personal plane is possible. Mass training of pilots who can work on pay equal to pay of car-driver is possible. But still i do not see planes in sky. Reason is costly fuel. Am i right?

Forgive something a little off topic for the group. Thought that some fellow pilots would want to know about this effort to save Star Trek Enterprise from cancellation. It is a very serious effort, and not just "trekkies". There is an active campaign to raise money to finance a fifth season that...

What's it like to fly in and out of Aspen (KASE)? I've been flying in and out in simulation and it seems challenging. It makes me wonder what it must be like in real life. What are the most distinctive characteristics of the airfield? Is it as challenging to fly into or out of in real life as...

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A backcountry newb in a Mooney managed to land long and plow into a pickup truck at an Idaho backcountry strip. I saw the Mooney after the crash and it was bent, but mostly intact. My real surprise came when I flew into the strip and saw the truck...