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Good post by James S. Robbins "AP reports that the DOD has ordered the destruction of all the retied F-14 strike fighters at the Davis Monthan AFB "Boneyard" (where retired aircraft wind up, parked in the desert). This is necessary, it is argued, in order to prevent spare parts from falling...

There are evil human beings in this world. Always have been and always will be. I've been meaning to read this book that was on Booknotes about Evil. Evil: an Investigation by Lance Morrow

Larry Ellison is an aviation enthusiast. I read (or heard) somewhere that when his son was younger, Larry would fly a plane, and his son with an instructor would be in a second plane, and they'd go out over the Pacific Ocean and dogfight. Sounded pretty cool to me!

It's truly a shame. Maybe use it as an example to explain to your kids that this is the way things work in real life and it's not going to get any better. Life is not fair.

One of the few issues to cross party lines. Too bad on the outcome; we almost won. Remember These Names... On Both Sides AOPA notes 11 members of the Commerce Committee deserve special recognition from pilots for their tremendous work in supporting the fight against user fees. First of...

Skip, thanks for posting this. Great piece on Udvar-Hazy. I didn't know anything about himother than he donated a lot of money to NASM and they named the new facility after him. The guy is a business genius.

I thought the article was good. The writer explained possible reasons for the drop-off in GA Flying, but did not say "this is the reason". Which I appreciated because who really knows? MPO is that it's a number of things: (wow, that's really going out on a limb) cost, increased...

Users Fees: so who is right? Here is the FAA's case: link You can read AOPA's case on their web site. AOPA Pilot magazine also has an on-going series. Personally, I find AOPA's argument more compelling. I tend to believe them more than the FAA as well. The FAA senior management doesn't...