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Will an airplane engine failure during a takeoff climb cause an aerodynamic stall? In this scenario the pilot's hands are off the stick or yoke - or at least only lightly applying aileron control, no elevator. The airplane is trimmed to climb about 5 mph or knots above stall. I ran a series of...

What happened here? Did not seem to violate the rules. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/the-current-estimated-wait-time-is.114686/

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Besides modest medical reform, congress gave the FAA the back of its hand when it basically negated the FAA's use of "biographical assessments" for screening air traffic control applicants: “(2) USE OF BIOGRAPHICAL ASSESSMENTS.— “(A) BIOGRAPHICAL ASSESSMENTS.—The Administrator shall not use...

Pictures and logs available; wondering whether it is worth it (bidding ends in a couple hours): http://96.88.87.22/silentauctionbid/Item?id=2003 Looks like the wife of the deceased husband is donating it to Angel Flight West: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oaoa/obituary.aspx?pid=177295985

I wrote the following in reply to a post in the "Should the SZ stay?" thread, but by the time I'd finished composing it that thread had been moved to the SZ! There is no rule in the Rules of Conduct that seems to exclude a thread such as this from Hangar Talk. If you insist on making up...

ALPA makes clear what they think of the riff-raff that they have to share their airspace with: http://download.aopa.org/advocacy/ALPA_letter.pdf What do they think of glider, sport, balloon, and ultralight pilots, I wonder, who've been flying in their airspace all these years? How many...

Looks as if dedicated Flight Watch frequencies are going silent as of October 1, 2015: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/systemops/fs/changes/ Looks like those services will be moved to FSS frequencies.

Hadn't seen this previously mentioned here, so: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/06/23/2015-15271/policy-for-discontinuance-of-world-aeronautical-chart-series "This notice announces the FAA's decision to discontinue providing the World Aeronautical Chart series. Technological...

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This may turn into a Kafkaesque question since it may relate to a ban which may not be discussed even if you don't know it isn't supposed to be discussed (but that seems exceedingly unlikely,) but what's with Ron Levy's account profile display name being changed to poadeleted20 and no longer...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33279566

Under no circumstances should airport management allow wind socks to become feral ... galactic mayhem can result. (The link is to a few moments prior to the explanation. Later in that segment you'll also discover something interesting about the music for that episode.)...

The typical aerobatic pilot doesn't have to employ their whole body to perform their maneuvers. Then there are the atypical aerobatic pilots: I could see you all, and you all were dancing sideways Your feet stuck to the skies And I could see the airplanes dance behind your eyes And I was...

Some recent thread locks by the MC suggest some rules are being acted on that do not appear in the Rules of Conduct . To minimize surprise and reduce follow-up sniping, it may help to make these rules explicit in the FAQ. The rules that would need to be added appear to be: When a thread "runs...

"China will ban from March 1 internet accounts that impersonate people or organizations, and enforce the requirement that people use real names when registering accounts online, its internet watchdog said on Wednesday."...

"Because the drone flew at an altitude of less than 100 meters in the Beijing suburb, Alibaba didn’t have to report to Beijing’s aviation authorities in advance, the report said." http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alibaba-tries-out-drone-delivery-in-china-2015-02-04

The case that saw a see-saw battle between a commercial drone operator and the FAA has been settled (last I read was that the original judge during his handling of the remand was asking the FAA whether the case could go forward since the FAA hadn't followed its own procedures with regard to...

When landing an ornithopter, are you supposed to try to land while still flapping to a vertical descent, or flap in horizontal flight so as to slip to a stop?

About 3:30 PM PDT Lee Behel died in a crash during a flight at Reno today; mechanical failure is suspected: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/09/08/plane-reported-down-at-reno-stead-airport/15309213/