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KSBP Cessna Skymaster Crash; hits FedEx truck and building Apparently 1 Fatality (Pilot on board). It has been reported that the aircraft just departed and reported troubles. The FedEx guy was luckily delivering a package. http://www.ksby.com/full-coverage/plane-crash-in-san-luis-obispo/

I had an idea recently that angle of attack can be calculated from the pitch angle minus the the climb angle. Since the pitch angle can be given by the AHRS in an aircraft with a G1000 or similar, and the climb angle can be calculated from TAS and vertical speed which the G1000 also knows... why...

So I'm obsessed with Sporcle. I just figured out how to make my own game, so I did. Play it! Lets see how you stack up. http://www.sporcle.com/games/wildwobby/aviationacronyms

Look, Apple already has an iPad Nano, and it blows the iPad out of the water! Looks legit: http://vimeo.com/9033039

Checkride was 10AM this morning. I set the alarm for 7AM, got a DUAT brief and filled out the rest of the flight plan.... I was done by 8:15AM.. drove to the airport and crammed for a few minutes but ended up talking to CFIs for a longer time than cramming. DPE got there 10AM sharp. We went...

During my lesson on saturday, we were practicing a whole bunch of stuff to review for the checkride. My ears were in no pain the entire flight, and we were never any higher than 3000 MSL, but were doing things like stalls. As soon as I took my headset off, I had the sensation that my right...

Yesterday when I went flying, I saw a house totally engulfed in flames. It was quite a site from 1500AGL. The house was pretty big too. I guess it is sort of creepy of me, but it was cool to see a **** load of fire trucks spraying water on this thing. Has anyone else seen this sort of thing...

Hi, I just got my 3rd class medical, and since I am color blind, I have the limitation: "Not valid for nightflying or by color signal control" on it. I've heard of being able to take a light gun test at the airport to override this limitation. Can anyone give me more information on who...

Hi, I'm a student pilot, and was just randomly looking through airnav and stumbled upon Palm Beach County Park Airport. I see it's proximity to KPBI and how it is under the low shelf of the Class C. http://skyvector.com/#43-37-3-2837-1710 Since the field is uncontrolled, how would you...

Hello, I'm currently a student pilot working on my PPL. I have been looking quite a lot at what I will be doing after I get my certificate. I'm doing my training in a C150 at my local chicago-area airport. The DA20 has really caught my eye. I was just comparing a few diferent...