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Hoping to see if anyone has ever successfully tried to organize something like this. My oldest is in the 5th grade and is really into aviation. There seems to be some interest in his friends when he tells them he goes flying so I had the quick thought that we should organize a school field trip...

http://news.msn.com/world/passenger-gives-birth-on-plane-names-baby-after-flight-attendant Sooooo what's the nationality? If the mother is Russian I'm sure the baby will have that via jus sanguinis, but I bet that wont stop us from digging up arcane rules and traditions to find out the baby...

Falling into the "I can't believe I never thought of this before" category. I depart from KWVI IFR once and a while and call up Nor-Cal on the local RCO frequency to get my clearance. Works just fine. I've read recently that it is advisable to request flight following from ground at towered...

I can't believe I have to deal with this. I'm going to leave the area while they are spraying. Supposedly they will be flying about 500 AGL and spray a pheromone that prevents these moths from mating. What ticks me off is that they are doing this despite the entire county not wanting to have...

Remember boys and girls, don't get caught like that guy last year, we will have F-18's on site FDC 7/8069 ZOA CA.. FLIGHT RESTRICTION SALINAS, CA. DUE TO AERIAL DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE U.S. NAVY BLUE ANGELS. EFFECTIVE: 0709271800 UTC UNTIL 0709280030 UTC, 0709281730 UTC...

I've been reading up on the E6B and CR-3,2,5 instructions manuals, and I've come across the procedure for the "Off Course Correction". You know the one, you are flying along and are being blown off course due to winds that are not what you expected, so first you find the correction angle to get...

Has anyone else noticed that the information you get from duat.com "Interactive Overlays" doesn't match and has fewer displays of airmets/sigmets than aviationweather.gov. Does anyone know why that is, Isn't duat supposed to be an offical source? Is it just difference in valid times that's...

When I lived in Germany I took an intro flight, but didn't get my license until I got back into the states, however I distinctly remember the cessna 152 having a muffeler attached to it to keep it quieter. I know they have catagories of noise certificates and landing becomes cheeper the more...

Hey guys, Just posted my first video, well more like a slide show. I know the song dosn't match but I was just testing kino and just wanted to get something done. So no grief on the song please ;). Other than That I'm mostly happy with it, but the moving video sections are a little shaky...

I had transitioned from a 152 to a 172S, then a 172M. I love that M, anyway the M has the toggle flaps and they go down to 40 degrees. Most of the time I make an effort to just glide in without using the motor so usually don't have to worry about going anything over 30. Well the last time we...

Hey have any of you guys tried picking up someone in SJC using single prop. I would think it would be really cool to pick up a family member then fly them to our local airport. But I hear that they have a $40.00 ramp fee. Plus I don't know how I would get from the GA area to the Terminal Have...

Well I decided on the JD200. I was debating the IC-A24 and the JD200 and finally went with the latter. The only thing I don't like is that the JD200 has no side tone with the headset adapter like IC-A24 has. But I like the Akaline battery and localizer thing of the JD200. I'll try it out and...

Just some pics from a nice day in Central CA. See if anybody from this area recognizes some of the landmarks :D

Me: so what should we talk about? VA: Dude! I talk about all the important things in life: clothes, food, and gossip. But my favorite subjects airplanes and computers. Me: what is your favorate airplane VA: One that I can fly by myself. Those P-51 Mustangs are sweet! Me: what do you know about...

I'm surprised no one here has said anything yet about this yet: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_4..._194287-1.html The American pilots aren't out of the hot water yet. Note there is additional information if you follow the link on the linked page.

Sounds like the car alarm syndrome. Controller alarms go off so often they get ignored. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_0..._194217-1.html

I was told by my instructior that using 10 degrees of flaps increases your lift more than it increases drag. So using that same logic I would assume that if you had an engine out emergency, you would want to 1) Adjust for best glide speed 2) Lower flaps to 10 degrees to increase lift more than...