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I just read an interesting article in the February issue of the NASA Tech Briefs magazine. The article talks about the research that is being conducted by NASA and the FAA in Drone Control. The title of the article is Drone Control: Flying the Crowded Skies. I read this is the print version of...

I was on the I-696 freeway last week during the morning rush hour. The traffic at that time of the morning is usually pretty heavy and often very slow. I was in the left hand lane doing roughly 5 mph following other traffic while maintaining an appropriate distance behind the car in front of me...

A TSA agent and two alleged accomplices were arrested and each are being held on one million dollars bond in Macomb County Michigan. The trio are being held in connection with a string of robberies of fast food restaurants through out the Detroit metropolitan area. The following two links have...

For anyone thinking of visiting Santa's workshop. Happy Holidays!

Colonel Ed is Dead - Worth Reading I received this from a friend and former Air Force Pilot, he received from a Marine Pilot friend of his. I don't know if this has been posted here or not but I though it worth sharing and worth repeating if it has been posted before. As you'll see at the...

I received this from a friend, a former Air Force pilot. I thought it was pretty good and wanted to share with my friends here. Jean The lesson: If you’re forced to fight, give no quarter. It’s good to have back-up from your mate though. Basically, A Great "Aviation" Story...

Doesn't anyone use the chat room any more? I've never seen it empty before. Jean

Can you imagine seeing this coming over the horizon? Jeannie

I've had a serious problem with Symantec AV CE 10.1.6 that I think every network administrator who uses Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition needs to be aware of. The problem I ran into seriously crippled one of my most important servers. The server now needs to be reloaded. Rather than repost...

There is an FBO at my home airport (PHN) that appears to be closing due to competition from a government entity. St. Clair County Airport (PHN) in Michigan is owned by the county of St. Clair. About a year ago the county announced that they were going into the business of selling fuel in hopes...

What a great day!!! The last couple months have been filled with problems for me. First an emergency appendectomy then I came down with a virus that's been extremely hard to shake and to top it off I'm having really serious trouble with my lower back and neck due to previous injuries I...

Dr. Bruce, I sent you a PM about a local Doctor who is trying to arrange shipment of some much needed drugs for the relief effort for the victims of Katrina. If you could be of any help or have any suggestions she would really appreciate hearing from you. Her name, cell phone number and email...

I've noticed this once in the past and it's doing it again now. When I bring up the spell checker it works fine up to the point where I click finish, then it just hangs and does not update the message body text with the changes that were made inside the spell checker itself. When this happened...

I spent this past weekend at Oshkosh and it was a great time with good friends. But, after a long day of walking from the vintage area to the War Bird area and back, and of course stopping to look at everything along the way. I was fairly exhausted by this time so I found a convenient spot under...

Engineers' Most Interesting Findings Conversion Factors for your Digestion: 1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton 3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope 4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1...

I've been told that the most important tools anyone can have in their tool box are Duct Tape and WD-40. If it doesn't move and it should, then use the WD-40. If it does move and it shouldn't, then use the Duct Tape. Jeannie

I went out to the airport today (PHN) to put a new belt on my PowerTow. After doing that I decided to go fly a bit so I pulled the airplane out, started the engine and taxied to Runway 4 for take off. As I was doing my preflight checklist, I heard MayDay MayDay MayDay Navaho something something...

Just a note to let you know that the spell checker is not working this morning. Jeannie

There was something strange going on tonight with DNS. I tried to visit earlier and couldn't resolve www.pilotsofamerica.com. I looked up the url using the whois on Networksolutions.com, got the DNS servers that pilotsofamerica.com uses, used nslookup and could not resolve...

I added a couple of quotes but they didn't appear anywhere when I went to view all. Did they get lost or do quotes have to be approved by someone before thay can be seen. Jeannie