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See this story in the Traverse City Record newspaper in Michigan. The Web site for the Sky High Hope organization is here.

From a friend of mine who's a regional jet captain: We heard an interesting exchange with a ground controller yesterday at Dulles while waiting to taxi out for a flight to CHS. It started like this, with a corporate pilot, type A personality, of course, the arrogant, "You give me priority...

Today's travel section in the NY Times includes a nice story about enthusiasts who restore warbirds (free registration required to read the story): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/travel/escapes/24warbirds.html

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Here's another positive story about grass-roots aviation, this time at the Nut Tree Airport in CA.: http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_2812077 I have fond memories of that airport in the late 1960s, when it had a tourist-trap restaurant and tacky gift shop. My father was stationed at nearby...

The FAA has published the list of 216 NDB approaches that will be canceled next month (link courtesy of AOPA). Note that the list does not coincide with a roll call of decommissioned navaids. The FAA has just decided not to flight check and otherwise maintain the IAPs associated with those...

Those who fly Citabrias and Decathlons should read the article "Flying the Decathlon to Win" in the June 2005 issue of Sport Aerobatics magazine. The story includes several scary pictures of cracked ribs, popped rivets, damaged fuel tanks, and other problems that the author attributes to...

Hooters Airline Sued On the other hand, you gotta admire a guy who carries a business card with the job title "Hooters of America Vice President."

PBS produced a series called “Chasing the Sun” about the history of commercial aviation. The Web site has lots of information (timelines, details about famous aviators and pilots, and many links). They’ve also set up a bunch of resources for teachers at...

If you want to browse eclectic collections of aviation-related photos, try: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/aviation/ You'll also find links to related Flickr tags on that page.

Interesting article in the International Herald Tribune about how the latest (and future) models from Airbus and Boeing have proven so safe. Not a lot terribly new, but it's good to see the subject getting play in the general press, especially with so much discussion of the poor state of the...

I noticed the new SC-X105L Sports Camcorder from Samsung (SRP $570) a couple of weeks ago. It looks like a pretty good solution for folks who want to shoot in-cockpit video, although I think I may wait for V. 2.0. The NY Times ran a review of the unit this morning; those who want more details...

If you fantasize about flying a T-38, wonder how the Air Force teaches instrument flying, or like to read memoranda that update superceded memoranda, check out the publications (in PDF format) available at: http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/ The most useful manual for those of us not in the...

Check out Jay Hopkins' column in the June 2005 issue of Flying magazine. It's about how pilots of various background and experience use Microsoft Flight Simulator (and X-Plane, etc.) to complement their "real" flying and training. I wonder how many PoA regulars have similar experiences to...

If you aren't up-to-speed on Podcasting, just download the MP3 files and play them on your computer. http://joepodcaster.libsyn.com/

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/31/Seniority/The_sky_s_not_the_lim.shtml

Check out http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8008541/ Rutan's mother ship must be a lot cheaper than Dryden's (new) B-52.

In my experience, the words "aviation" and "art" should appear only rarely in the same sentence. (For evidence, take a slice of brie, and while holding a white wine glass by its stem, wander cerebrally among the offerings at this gallery. QED.) Yesterday, however, I was at a birthday party, and...

Today's NY Times has an interesting article that updates the efforts to develop an anti-missile defense system for airliners.

Pictures of the runway at Courchevel, a ski resort in France.