As we were flying along yesterday, en route to a good lunch in a nearby town, it happened again. There I was, sitting comfortably at 3500 feet, as rock solid as I am right now, gazing down upon freshly harvested fields and newly barren trees. The sun was warm on my face, but the air was cool. ...

I know some of you hate Flash stuff but: http://flash.aopa.org/erau/erauGallery.html It's really a damned shame. Jay Beckman PP-ASEL Chandler, AZ

Hey everyone. I am an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student conducting my research on general aviation pilots and meteorology. If you have five minutes, could you please help me out and fill out this short survey? https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=4RpE1rPBySk3cj2DcCeGhw Thanks...

Perhaps someone will know... Why hasn't the Ercoupe design been repackaged as a kit or LSA? It seems to be the ideal design for the casual weekend flier (with or without rudder pedals). Side by side, sips fuel, low gross weight, proven design, etc. I'm not interested in buying one (see "slow")...

for anyone who is actually interested in that, it was sidney Struhl who designed th eFF model. There's an online free plan for it here.. http://www.theplanpage.com/Months/2802/Struhl%20Ercoupe_files/erocoupe.pdf

http://cactusballoonflights.com/ercoupe/e6a.jpg If there are no pedals, why are there hinges? Monk

Regret that Eric Beard of "Russian Thunder" died this weekend after crashing a Piper twin in low viz. He crashed into trees 400ft short of the runway. He was a very talented airshow pilot and did a great aerial nighttime fireworks display. He was a great ambassador for aviation and always spent...

Are controllers given medical substance abuse tests after an incident like this? With an attitude like this: "We're human beings and we do make mistakes," said Bob Marks, vice president for the regional office of the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. Is it time Air Traffic Controllers be...

Is anyone else getting SSL security errors when trying to access the FAA Web site's Pilotweb pages? I tried to look up TFRs today and got an error message saying the certificate issuer was unknown. One URL that does this is: https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/center.html

I am a PPL, IA, working on my CPL. I would like to rent an airplane in Escondido area. Does anyone know of a reasonable FBO that will rent Piper PA28-140 to 200R, that you will recommend?? Thank You

Hello! I ask if anyone knows if there is a service from jeppesen coming up wich supplies e.g vfr aerodrome charts including european charts on demand? Do you know, if I have to pay per chart? At myjeppesen there is a coverage called "jpdemp". I can not find any further information on the web...

Hi guys, can anyone tell me what is required to obtain a clearance from Essendon Tower to do an orbit around the Melbourne CBD. I trained in the bush for my recent PPL, but I fly mostly from Moorabbin. What do I need to request and do I need to have submitted a flight plan. Thanks Paul -- paulsims

Today Rep. Jim Nussle -- potentially the future governor of Iowa -- was reported as proposing that all gasoline sold in Iowa be required to contain 20% ethanol additive. Presumably, this legislation, if passed, would make the sale of regular unleaded gasoline illegal in Iowa. See the story...

For those who think ethanol is a fuel that can't be made to work in aircraft, I present the following: http://makeashorterlink.com/?E6EB52F8D and http://makeashorterlink.com/?N40C13F8D These folks, photographed by me at OSH '06, are burning ethanol in

I've been reading "The DaVinci Code" (damn good book) and there was a paragraph about a biblical character named Pilot. That got me curious about the etymology of the word "Pilot." I wondered if there were some relation to the title we carry and the bible character. There isn't. But what I...

Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to invite you to participate in the General Aviation Survey 2007. There are many risks one can face as a pilot or passenger in the busy European skies. One of those is mid-air collision. Many factors may cause it. A major one is airspace infringement. The survey is...

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Many of us have been fascinated with the air-car concept including me, and I've been keeping a close eye on the companies working on it (Moller not included!) Terrafugia (www.terrafugia.com) is working on a "conventional" folding aircraft and pal-v in the Netherlands are working on a...

European Rift on Bank’s Role in Debt Relief José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain’s prime minister, on Thursday became the latest leader to demand that the bank find a solution to the euro crisis, saying that “this is what we transferred power for” and that it had to...