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Hey Kath from Anchorage, formerly of Antarctica. Saw an interesting documentary film today called Encounters at the End of the World. It's about the researchers and other folks who work near the South Pole and McMurdo. One subject was a physicist trying to capture neutrinos from a balloon in...

Unfortunately there was the first fatality in almost a decade yesterday at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Balloon-Crash.html I'll be going for tomorrow morning's mass ascension at dawn. It's an amazing event, but I suppose as with all things aviation, not...

There's some good aviation news here in New Mexico. The Ohkay Owingeh tribe is putting a lot of money into the airport adjacent to their casino because they want to attract business. Although I've never been to that field, located in Espanola, I'm told it's been in a state of disrepair for some...

I'm always happy to push Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot column on Salon.com. Today he presents a concise description including most of what we've been discussing all week here, in a way the lay-person can understand. http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/10/20/askthepilot205/ Jon

To Eric Jensen or any other Ft Collins pilots, In planning for a flight to 3V5 next weekend, I saw a comment on Airnav that the airport will "terminate operations" on 10/31. Is the airport closing, or it just that there won't be fuel etc there? Jon

I've been meaning to get there for a while, but finally did a day trip to Monument Valley Airport (UT25) today. It's a private strip just north of the Utah/Arizona border in what is said to be the most photographed land in the country. The strip is owned by Goulding's Lodge, which is about a...

I have the whole Airgator Nav Air weather system going up for sale. Here's your chance to get real-time cockpit weather at bargain pricing. Here are the components: 1.Wx Worx receiver for XM satellite weather with bluetooth connection. This includes the premium software so you can use Wx Worx...

I know there are a number of folks here who love Apple computers, and I'd like to ask your advice. The time has come to replace my aging home desktop, and I'm thinking of making the jump to Macs. Will I be able to easily set up a Mac to work with a home wireless network consisting of Windows Xp...

I just read Phil Boyer's column in the new AOPA Pilot magazine, in which he calls for all of us to comment on the proposal to make the DC ADIZ permanent. One key point is that although most of us are far from DC, once this type of airspace restriction is legitimized, it will be much easier...

Yep, the radio license topic has come around again. ("Reasons to register your aircraft" in this forum.) Not quite as debated as the issue of what the safety pilot can log during simulated instrument practice, but still a perennial favorite. There are a lot of pilots using this board who have...