Just checking in to rec.aviation for the first time in...I don't remember when. Anyone still here? How's everyone been? -- Jay Honeck Port Aransas, TX Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856

In my opinion the use of the term "Full Stall Landing" is a misnomer. At least for me the term "Extreme Slow Flight Landing" would be better. I don't put the wings into a full stall before touch down when I land as slow as possible. I put the airplane on the edge of the stall and fly it to...

I took of from Reading, PA this morning from RW 31 with an on-course heading of 105. As I was cleared for takeoff, I was told "Cleared for takeoff, proceed on course". In the past, they've also added "Right turn approved". This time they didn't. I was concerned that I hadn't been cleared for...

Whooee! Gona have to work until you are 70 to pay for that! "Margy Natalie" wrote in message ... Cy Galley wrote: TSA still got your plane locked up or are you still looking for that old

I have an Icom transceiver and have no problems with batteries. I too use the alkaline batteries. Ross Ross Oliver wrote: I recently purchased an Icom A23 Sport handheld transceiver, which uses 6 AA alkaline batteries rather than the rechargable NiCad. I chose the Sport model because I...

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...

Hi everyone, I am an instrument pilot who hasn't been able to fly but once every 2 months in the last year or so, because of the fact that I got married, and have a little one. I am looking for a place or organization where I can volunteer my time as a pilot, not have to pay too much for the...

If you haven't seen this yet give it a look. It's a Spitfire practically mowing the lawn during a wheels-up flyby at the camera. WTF?! This is rated R for (wholly appropriate) use of strong language. http://alexisparkinn.com/oh_my_god.htm

For those of you interested in air shows, both military and civilian, , and whose interest goes WAY beyond the norm and into the very guts of the subject; I'd like to announce that the consummate book on this subject "Zero Error Margin; Airshow Display Flying Analyzed " has just been released...

On the LA Sectional, North and Northeast of Santa Barbara and through the Gorman pass, there is a grey hatchmarked area and the note "Special Military Activity - contact Hawthorne FSS on 122.2, 122.3 for activity status." and similar notes referencing Riverside FSS and Joshua Approach. Last year...

I'm tracking a flight tonight between Boston and Paris. The plane was delayed on the earlier flight leaving Paris, so of course BOS-CDG is delayed too. But here's something strange: It seems that the original flight number was cancelled and a new flight plan was filed with a letter suffix. So...

My aircraft radio doesn't go that high! Jim Weir wrote: Just a friendly reminder... The airborne simplex national calling frequency is the same as the ground frequency...146.520. This frequency also works well on the ground at Oshkosh. Rarely is it busy for more than a couple of...

Perhaps the city should not have permitted housing development at the ends of the runway; more suitable zoning might have been industrial or commercial. Rather than crippling the airport, perhaps a more equitable solution would be for the city to purchase those homes they believe to be in danger,...

FAA Says Hangars No Place For Homebuilders http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/2872-full.html?ET=avweb:e2872:218609a:&st=email#222534 The FAA says most of the work involved in building an airplane is a "non-aeronautical use" and it has singled out homebuilders in a new proposed policy...

OK, if i call up approach when airborne and ask for VFR flight following, they'll want to know where I'm going. If i'm following a semi-complex route, on V airways and going from this VOR to that, perhaps turning at an intersection to a different V airway, do they really want to know that? Or...

What is the reasoning behind the smaller radius vice presidential TFR? Source: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 5, Issue 43 October 24, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------- PRESIDENTIAL TFR FORECAST Be...

Hello FBI surveillance software? Anyway, I am now in possession of one brand new "Jasper" DPSS 5mw laser from bigha.com. That's the same laser used in the recent media hyped incidents at KTEB. I'm going to test the claims that pilots can be visually impaired empirically. (Guess who the pilot...

http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2004/04-3-046x.html Quote: "AOPA worked closely with the committee, including the senior minority member, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), to make sure pilots would not have only one option — the closest flight standards district office (FSDO) —...

One of the most important lessons, I think, coming from the war on terrorism is that poor intelligence is becoming very costly. Satellites are predictable and are unable to loiter over an area, while drones can cover only relatively small areas. From Desert Shield up to now we have been basically...

Here's a problem which seems to have a non-trivial solution. At least, I've not been able to find a definitive answer to it, but what do I know?? Suppose one wishes to land at an airport with a runway that slopes at X degrees. The wind -- assumed to be directly aligned with the runway -- is Y...