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War for the Hell of it by Ed Cobleigh is of the best books about fighter aviation ever written, and positively the best book about the F-4 in SEA ever written. Decades ago I was a brand new F-4Cww EWO. I came into to the operation force about the time we declared victory in Southeast Asia and...

My club's CardinalRG, has suffered a nose gear up landing at Dallas Exec. Because of prior claims on this aircraft our insurance agent advises that if we make a claim on this incident our club, which has existed since 1980, may well become unnsureable. I'd like to learn how salvage auctions...

I had something strange happen today. A couple of weeks ago our club's C177RG suffered failure of the PS Engineering audio panel. PS Engineering was great, they gave me an RMA, I sent it to them and got it back in about a week, looking brand new. Cost ~$600 plus shipping to them. So today I...

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/02/icon-a5-incident-occurred-february-09.html

Since we've been talking handheld lately I thought I'd jump in with my wish list. Note: I'm old, but I'm not a luddite. I've had a computer since 1976 and recently retired from software development. Here is my usecase: I am on the ramp at Bergstrom. Before I power up the airplane I...

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/05/editorial-federal-aviation_18.html

In this image I've marked an area in the Big Bend of Texas as 'G to 14500 msl'. Am I correct?

I was looking at the enroute charts for the New Orleans area and I notice that there are 'L-routes' and 'M-routes' going south towards Mexico. Specifically out of the Leeville VOR, L214. Near it is an 'A-route', which is defined in the Aeronautical Chart User's guide as 'LF/MF airway' even...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/us/american-first-officer-dies-during-landing/ Very sad.

I used the Dauntless iPad app to prepare for this test. I've used Shepard in the past, but didn't like being tied to one PC, and also didn't like their 1988 modem based update system, and didn't like to have to call them every now and then when something expired. I've heard they are better...

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals tells the FAA that they should not have disregarded a NASA form for an incident due to an inadvertent violation. http://mkolberlaw.com/2016/08/06/inadvertent-in-the-asrsnasa-reporting-rules-is-just-plain-vanilla-english/...

Five part documentary covering the restoration of a Catalina PBY in South Africa, and the delivery flight to San Diego. Amazon Instant Video. (Free for primes)

I noticed this NTSB preliminary of a Citation Cj1 fatal on Kathryn's Report: I know we have some Citation pilots here. Could an FMS failure cause the primary attitude display to fail? Would an FMS failure disconnect the autopilot? Is there a failure mode of the FMS that could result in...

Bad Elf has a kickstarter that is interesting.

I just got back from from renewing my Class 3 medical with Dr Bruce. As usual, he coordinated with my GP to ensure that when I filled out the online form 8500 that I didn't step on a landmine, and that I showed for the physical with all the right letters, reports and paperwork. Anyway...

The First Certified ADS-B Solution to Integrate with ForeFlight Press Release

I flew an ADS-B out equipped airplane, an Archer with a Freeflight Ranger, for the first time today. I really, really liked it! Today there was a ~2500 foot overcast, which squished all the VFR traffic below that. Leaving Austin Bergstrom I selected the traffic display on our Garmin...

Our club is an all-volunteer Air Force, and my additional duty is keeping our GPS databases up to date. We are in the process of installing a GTN-650 in our Warrior. I'm kind of confused by the Jeppesen web page as to exactly how much a U.S. only database subscription costs for these...

United Sent Safety Warning to Pilots • Unusually blunt message followed several serious incidents caused by cockpit errors WSJ article reported by Kathryn's Report.