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Here in the USA, pizza became a vegetable... In the EU, it is now illegal to claim that water prevents dehydration. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html Common sense has had its driver's license revoked.

This comes from the Onion; it's an op-ed by a blinded pilot. http://www.theonion.com/articles/well-folks-it-appears-some-****head-down-there-is,19975/ I think that the piece captures the frustrations of dealing with the mouthbreathing masses who think they are "pulling a prank" on a jet very...

This is unsurprising. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576257702184905170.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLTopStories The thing's got a 260 foot wingspan, and it must be next to impossible for the pilots to figure out from the cockpit where the plane starts and stops. It also...

Just the type of notoriety GA doesn't need. Apparently the B-25 was taxiing to the runway when the nose gear collapsed, and there was an engine fire, probably the result of a combination prop strike/ fuel hose fitting getting jarred loose. Funny that the article states "When the aircraft...

Article here. Good news for charter pilots and manufacturers who run their own fractional ownership programs. It's a slow climb, but a climb nevertheless.

Just heard this on the radio. Guy was flying a homebuilt LSA. I've never understood why plane accidents are so much more newsworthy than other accidents. If someone gets into a fatal car crash in Decatur, they'd never put it on a Chicago radio station...

I thought to post this because of the recent coverage being given to electric-powered aircraft in the aviation press. It seems as though running cars and airplanes on batteries in order to not burn fossil fuel isn't quite what it's popularly made out to be. This most interesting part of the...

I was reading a silly book called The World's Worst Aircraft, a little coffee table book, and I got to thinking: many of the aircraft in the book are stillborn projects, many from the "formative years" of aviation, many are warplanes of which no examples are flyable. But there are certainly GA...

Maybe the funniest thing I've seen in a while. This poor bastard doesn't know when to quit. Must be seen to be believed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rDgE9d3GXE

I'm new here, so I apologize if this thread is a repeat of others. I recently had my first seaplane ride (a 185 on amphibs) and it was a near-religious experience. Coolest thing ever. I am very interested in going for my seaplane ticket next spring. (I'd also like to win the lottery and buy a...