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FAA is going after sleep apnea. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Targets-Fat-Pilots-And-Controllers220978-1.html

The 182 that our club owns was landed hard on the nose wheel last night. The pilot was doing landings to get night current again. He was nose low enough to hit the prop on the runway. Mechanic was able to dress out the damage on the prop and keep the prop within specs, so he is saying no...

Had two pilots almost kill themselves this week in the Steamboat area. The first put a yoke mount "map holder" (thinking Ipad holder or such) and didn't check preflight to make sure that it didn't interfere with full control deflection. The second ran out of gas....luckily while taxing after...

Background: We have about 40 members, half of which actually fly. Currently we have 3 aircraft: a 1977 R172K Hawk XP (195hp with a Const. Spd. Prop), a 1999 182S, and a 1979 TR182. The TR182 was recently gear upped, but did not get totaled by insurance, and is currently undergoing repairs...

Looks like Leadville is have a fly in on Sept 29th. Might be a cool Colorado POA meet-up also! Link: http://www.lxvairport.com/newsandevents.html

1972 R172K. It looks like there are only four bolts securing the rear seats, seat belts have quick connects to anchors in the floor. The seat frame is one big bench, but there are separate cushions/backrests for each side. It appears that there is some sort of mechanism to pivot the...

First flight into KAPA. We are dropping off a dog that we cared for this week. What is a good place to meet the person we are handing the dog off to, ideally it would be a place that is easy to find both for us taxiing, and the person driving to the airport? Are there any special procedures...

Our club's 172 transponder cert expires at the end of April. Unfortunately there is no one on our home field that can do the cert. It needs to be flown down to Jeffco (Rocky Mtn Metro) to get certified. The problem is that it can't be flown down until next weekend (which is in May). According to...

Today, around 3:30pm lcl, a twin cessna 414A made an approach into HDN that resulted in a hard landing, two deaths and the other four occupants injured and in the hospital. Weather conditions about the time of the accident: "KHDN 192235Z AUTO 29010G14KT 1/4SM OVC004 M02/M03 A2962 RMK AO1". One...

Thinking about a move West. What do you all know about Bend. Real Estate looks to be reasonable. What about the GA scene?

A few years ago I bought my first nice kitchen knife, a Wusthof Santoku, and am ready to add to my collection. I have been very impressed with the edge holding ability of the Wusthof knife, but I don't really have anything to compare it with except my other cheap knives. For my next knife I...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/tech-15749651/danger-of-cell-phones-during-takeoff-and-landing-25523758 Not sure I believe it or not.

So my plans for Memorial Day have fallen through. I have the 182 reserved and no place to go. I would love to camp with the plane if possible. I would like to stay within 300nm radius of Steamboat (KSBS). Does anyone know of an airport that meets those parameters? Tony

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As part of my mission to land at every public airport in Colorado, I was thinking of flying to Eagle and then Aspen this weekend. I note that Aspen has a $15 landing fee. How would this work if I did a full stop landing, then taxied back for immediate departure? Note that a touch and go really...

I am flying from KSBS to KOGD this friday for a friend's 40th birthday party. I have two potential routes selected and wondered if anyone had advice on which they preferred. Option 1 - SBS -> VEL (Vernal) -> PVU(Provo) -> OGD. This is pretty much a direct shot over the southern Wastach Mtns...

Just noticed this press release this moring on the FAA's website. Looks like they will begin to issue an SI while taking on of four Antidepressants. http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11293

Back in September I took my Father in Law on a flight from Jeffco (BJC) to Steamboat (SBS) via Rollins Pass aka Corona Pass. It was his first time flying with me, and I think the first time in a small plane. He did great, not even phased by the small amount of turb we encountered. He took some...

Recently I posted in the AOPA forums looking for a Mooney in Colorado that I could look at to see if it would fit my mission. As luck would have it Eric Jensen emailed me and said that he was going to fly to Kremmling (20V) (from Fort Collins, FNL) on Saturday for an EAA fly-in breakfast. He...

Here is a link to a story that a Colorado news agency did on a Pilots and Paws run. Good to see a postive GA story for once... http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=108934