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Given the increasing amount of computer driven electronics on modern transport aircraft it may be time for one new control. (ya, ya, ya I can hear the groaning from here) Check lists become longer exponentially. Trouble shooting malfunctioned electronics has exceeded the ability of some (many?)...

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After trying for a while to like the new format, I cannot. Any way to change back?

Alright, I must have been asleep because when I pulled up POA this morning I don't recognize it.

Pilot (supposedly no license to fly) took the loacal CAP chapter's Skyhawk and crashed it hitting several buildings. The first building hit is supposedly a lawyers office where his wife works. I suspect there is more to the story.

This has been discussed in the past but I'm not finding it with a quick search. Considering a small sight seeing flight from Michigan, basically crossing the Northern end of the Rocky mountains by jumping across Lake Michigan following I-90 West to Sheridan Wy, then Bozeman, Butte, Missoula...

Anyone have a modern day King Schools Instrument Flight they want to part with at a magnificent discount? Thinking of adding an IFR GPS to Fat Albert and there is lots of this GPS stuff I don't know. Time for a bit of easy chair dual :D I'm old, I'm slow, and I'm retired so be gentle :rofl:

I have been flying for a long time and mostly my own planes. I have always been fanatical about maintenance so one of the issues I have not had has been a flat tire while flying. So now, I can scratch that off my bucket list. Taxi out to the active and about half way there the plane acts...

Oh sorry, I meant ' the lawyers are coming' I see that Porsche is being sued over the Walker death. The widow claims that Porsche is negligent in not manufacturing a car that can hit a steel pole at 94 mph without causing injury. I harken back to the Cirrus crash of Cory Lidle, which was caused...

The only word that can describe my reaction is Gobsmacked :hairraise: 1.25 BILLION Dollars to build 6 new helicopters for the President :mad2: Have we lost our collective minds? Wait - I take it back. That was a stupid question.

In the course of a long life I have flown a few planes here and there. I usually don't mention it - a rose is a .... etc. And many on here who fly commercial iron for a living have flown planes with vastly greater performance than any I might fly. OTOH, yesterday I had a turn at the stick of a...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/passenger-takes-controls-plane-pilot-ill-humberside Try and make sense of it. Took off early morning 25 miles away. Landed in the PM (supposedly) Did not have the plane lights on so he was in the dark (AM or PM?) The propeller hits the floor. Now...

Took the wife's niece and her husband for a ride today. They are not plane people. Gave each on a 35-40 minute separate ride. Also took my regular flying buddy out so I had a solid 3 hour day by the end. The niece surprised me by how almost immediately she was able to see and identify what I...

Not wanting to hijack the thread on the 172 crash: There is always a chain of events that ends in a crash. Yeah, I can babble on about the comments on his age and probable lack of flying hours and perhaps a culture of casualness at his airport (or not - as that comment was pure speculation)...

http://g4vxe.blogspot.com/2012/12/virtual-radar-for-tenner-rtlsdr-and.html I post this for those with a curious bent. These are radio/scanner enthusiasts in Britain who are displaying ADSB data from aircraft on their PC using a hardware tuner (dongle) that costs roughly $15 and some free...

So, when's the last time you did a circuit from the right seat? It turns out is has been 5 or 6 years for me - where does the time go? Anyway, the CFI that does my biennials - also known as Vlad the Impaler - was feeling the need for speed. And he feels the need for a biennial with me about...

Yesterday at the airport the pilot of a banner towing 152 showed up to preflight his plane... Tall, clean cut, pleasant, early 20's... One of the usual suspects made a comic comment about, "Gonna tow a banner for Al Sharpton today?" - a reference to Rev. Al bringing his show to Detroit 90...

Went to vote this morning and discovered I am waaay too dumb to be allowed to vote... Walked in a few minutes after 7 AM (#2 voter for the day), filled out the request for a ballot and handed it to the lady.. "ID, please." she said with a smile... So I hand her an Airman's Certificate... The...

Sunday morning just at dawn I started the new year out correctly... Ceilings were OK, 4500, with some ragged bases down around 1000 here and there... Favored runway was 23 with wind from 18, 10mph gusting 14... Viz was 8 miles. Some spitting rain... Temp 42 on the ground... The part time...

Well, tis that time of year again... Besides the usual inspection, I opted to put new cylinders on the left engine - did the right one two annuals ago... The left was field overhauled 1000 hours ago with fresh bearings and reconditioned cylinders... The pressure on the cylinders has been...