I was once told by somone that there are two main categories of techniques the TV statians uses to manipulate people. I dont remember if there are technical or proper words or names for each of them. The 1st way is the ''direct'' aproach when the TV ''tells people what the heck to do''; eg; ''dont...

On 2006-08-26, B A R R Y wrote: All I can say is I can't believe I ever flew with those things. The difference was truly startling. The true value of the money I spent on the expensive set was unbelievably apparent. When I forget to turn mine off, leaving...

What two Air Trans pilots will hear from now on. Well Done.

* "LIBRARY SPY HUNT IS CURBED BY FBI", By Herbert Mitgang, NYT, 11/11/1988 * * Bowing to pressure from a House subcommittee and continued resistance from * librarians, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has set limits on its * program seeking the help of librarians in "detecting Soviet...

On May 23, 6:39 am, John Theune wrote: I'm trying to get my MS Flight System working well and want to know what settings to use for the various display options to optimize my performance I have a AMD 3000 cpu with 2GB ram and a GEForce 8600 gts video card. You need...

Talk about being a part of your aircraft http://jet-man.com/playervideo.swf?video=jetman2007.flv

"DammitJimIamaDoctornotaPolitician" wrote in message ... God Bless America and Freedom Always good to hear from the American Taliban.

When performing eights on pylons, is the goal to keep the target at the same vertical position on the side window, as well as at the same horizontal position?

Following surgery in January, I FINALLY got to fly today. Just around the patch for 3 T&Gs, but still... :-) -- Bob Noel Looking for a sig the lawyers will hate

Can anyone offer specific info as to the frequencies most commonly used for a/c searches (non cooperative aircraft, ie xponder off)?

NSA tried to say they couldn't decrypt Key Recovery impaired traffic on the fly: ! The New York Times, December 29, 19??, by David Burnham ! "Vast Coding of Data is Urged to Hamper Electronic Spies" ! ! Because the National Security Agency is actively involved in the ! design , the...

In the recent Airbus nose gear thread, someone posted a link to a report about a B-777 fly-by-wire upset. I can't find it now and am asking if someone can bring up the link to this report. TIA, D.

We've been talking about the dangers of running MOGAS that containa alcohol I thought this was interesting. I bought a new weed eater a few months ago and let it sit for a few months. Now it will not start and the shop is saying the alcohol they are putting in mogas nowadays is cloging up the fuel...

I presume you mean "LSA," since there's no US "VLA" certification category. ummm - sorry about the confusion, you are right. I meant LSA (Light Sport Aircraft). Seems that I am dreaming of a VLJ or so... ;-) I think as long as it is N-numbered, reciprocity agreements will allow it to be ...

Or are the guys at the FBO just f'ing with me? The thing with the keys, paperwork, hobbs logs, etc. for a rental aircraft. What's the origin of this term? Google searches lead to nothing but other senses of the word "can" and online slang / dictionaries have nothing either. Is it an acronym? ...

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A friend of mine and myself have finally made our long talked about plans of flying somewhere together. I guess partly because of the recent article about it in AOPA Pilot magazine, I suggested we fly to Lompoc airport (an hour's jaunt in our slow Grumman rental trainer from our home base of...

Apparently, there is a move at Frederick Airport in Maryland to build a Tower facility for it. I don't fly there. A good friend just got his ticket there last fall. During his training and since, he figures he's had 4 or 5 "close calls" with traffic. One he figured he was about 10 seconds from at...

ANTHRAX IN A CAN When a lone terrorist can raise havoc in a city with a Coke can full of anthrax it's time to rethink our policies. Over eight million 40x8x8 foot containers enter our ports annually and less than six percent are inspected. It only takes one container to conceal weapons that...