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Somewhere in my "stuff" is an early 1950's manual for the Sperry Zero Reader. Cutting edge stuff at the time. Quaint now.:wink2:

If I recall the FAA was on track to shut down the first 200 VOR's in 2005. The hue and cry was so great the shutdowns did not occur.

Question for those of you far more knowledgeable about computers. I rarely go online any more without another announcement of updates waiting to load. I get the impression that more information is flowing out than in. Paranoia? :rolleyes:

The Flight Management Computers, Engine Information Systems and such can create a too much information trap. We frequently referred to these systems as the "Heads Down" display. I am in favor of them but they must be used with discretion.

A local hardware store with long legs in the community has a great small engine shop. They find parts for units that are no longer supported by the manufacturer. Good people,good work and fair pricing. They have become increasingly critical of a broad range of products. Given present shop rates...

Greg has made some interesting points. I was there in the early discussions on deregulation, and the deregulating of the airlines. Pardon my cynicism but I early on suspected the move was to put the airlines in play. Guys like Burr and Lorenzo et. al. swooped in and cleaned up and moved on. It...

I was born and raised near Pittsburgh, PA. I must of been at least ten before I began to suspect that The Beer Barrel Polka was not the National Anthem! :smile:

I believe we already have a disquiting incident on parts availabity from foreign manufacturers during wartime. It was reported that Boeing had problems with the Swiss during the Iraq war on critical missile parts. Getting anything out of Toulouse during a flap, given the French propensity for...

This morning, The Daily Herald, the paper for Columbia,Tennessee, had a lead article out of Detroit that a top GM exec is suggesting GM is looking to reopen the Spring Hill facility. Big reason seems to be increased demand and the plant is versatile enough to produce several models. The exex was...