Recent content by Joe B

Aviation headphones use 150-ohm speakers, vs. 23-ohms which Apple uses for iPhones. The impedance mismatch means the "civilian" headset will hear sounds at a substantially different volume level than the aviation headsets in the plane. If the able planet headset has its own volume control you...

So that's where my iPad went! I've been looking all over for it.

Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004: I believe this was tried under state law.

It must be an installed device. See Administrator v. Hammerstrand (1992), attached. This decision establishes that your wristwatch doesn't count as the required clock because it's not installed. By extension, neither is a conventional laptop or tablet. You'd need to fashion some kind of...

According to the CDC's FAQ: Next question: did they really go out and test everyone's BAC for this survey? :wink2:

From the CBP Private Flyers Guide: Shades of Avianca 52! The pilot might have wanted to use the "emergency" word.

"The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the unarmed MQ-9 drone crash-landed at the Seychelles International Airport Tuesday morning." Sounds like a landing accident. Bets the UAV was based out of there?

For a few dollars down you can order a new brand spankin' new Super Goose. http://www.antillesseaplanes.com/index.htm No word on deliveries....

It's a PAC Cresco modified for geomagnetic survey work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAC_Cresco

Likewise. We used that system a lot back in the day. These days everybody brings a laptop or iThingee to watch movies or listen to music. Those little earbuds go under the earcups of the headphones just fine. Pilot & copilot have XM radio care of our weather receiver. Haven't really used...

http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/recently_published/ See the NPRM entitled "Pilot Loading of Navigation and Terrain Awareness Database Updates". Gismo nailed it. You just think .gov doesn't pay attention to what's going on here on the Blue Board.... :D

If the subject aircraft does not respond on the radio to the termination of FF what will ATC do? Will the controller shrug and assume the flib moved on, or will he dial 9-1-1?

It's an online marketplace for shares in aircraft partnerships. More here. The annual report says AOPA is "a non-profit tax exempt individual membership association". IOW: A club. The AOPA Foundation is their 501(c)(3) arm.

I used to see WOXOF around.

Add to everything above: Pull the blue knob (prop) all the way back as part of your emergency glide procedure in the PA32. It's good for a 200-300 fpm credit to the sink rate of my 300hp Toga. Probably less in the -260, but still a help.