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It seems on every standard weather briefing, there are several sections under which I read "current report not available". For example, on my most recent briefing, I see this notice under "FA Hazards and Flight Precautions", "FA Turbulence", "Severe Weather Warnings", "SIGMETS", "Convective...

I frequently have trouble accessing aviationweather.gov, but a few refreshes and a few minutes later is usually all it takes. Probably something on their end. I haven't noticed if the ADDS site exhibits the same behavior.

Most can be attributed to some sort of observational bias. You see a bad driver who looks like you, they are just a bad driver. You see a bad asian driver, well, then asians are bad drivers. Kinda like this:

I think it would be useful for the folks reporting their premiums to also mention their hull and liability damage.

Yeah, that cam drive seems terribly inefficient. Cams are meant to transmit motion in the opposite direction than they are being used in that engine. There were, however, some opposed piston engines used in aircraft before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_205

The folks in my flying club generally own more capable aircraft and use the clubs 172s when theirs are down for maintenance, etc. I see how it could be impractical to rent the more capable plane due to availability, proficiency, etc.

I love that the largest modern aircraft are still compared in size to the spruce goose.

Is it true that it was once used to transport a locomotive? I recall seeing that somewhere, but not 100% sure.

Like others mentioned, they don't line up well, plus the conical projection would have them arranged like this: (screenshot from skyvector) I have one wall of my apartment with both halves of the NY and WAS SEC, and the south half of the DET SEC. They are nearly floor to ceiling, and take...

I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable reading that.

A common misconception I hear is that any airport that isn't a big class B or C is a "private" airport. People don't realize almost all of these airports are part of the public infrastructure just as much as roads, bridges and tunnels.

My uncle flew C-47s out of there in 68-69. Only reason I've heard of this place is beacuse it's written on the back of a photo he gave me. I'll have to show him this video. Thanks.

On the other end of the spectrum, I was at a Chicago Cubs game this summer, and all I did was present my ticket. No patdown. Not even a turnstile. Also, I love the not-so-subtle inclusion of this sidebar in the article: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2013/08/21/sports/Y-BAGS-2.html

Searching for images of that Moynet Jupiter yielded this picture: That's a pretty sexy inline twin. Very scant info on it, but the N-number is a giveaway. I also found this writeup: http://www.davemorss.com/Starcraft.html 6-foor carbon fiber driveshaft for the rear engine.

Yes. It's the picture on the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffon_Lionheart

A friend showed me this article. Apparently there are 3 registered in the US. Has anyone seen one? http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepLionheart.html

Any of the MVNO's (mobile virtual network operator), though I can only speak for Straight Talk. It operates on ATT/T-Mobile, which uses GSM phones as opposed to CDMA (aviation is not alone in ridiculous acronyms) phones like Sprint or Verizon. There are also MVNO's that operate on this type of...

How 'bout that. Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A318#Steep_approach_capability

On a related note, I sometimes see British airways A320's (that's when they look like to me) coming into JFK. Are A320's really making the Atlantic crossing? Any time I've used BA from JFK to Heathrow, it was a 747 or 777. Where are these little BA jets coming from?