Seattle-based SkyVector has launched its World FBO Directory as part of its chart viewer. The new directory seamlessly integrates into SkyVector’s mapping interface.
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Apache helicopter gunship swoops low over troops, pulls up to do an impressive hammerhead maneuver and another swoop. In the thin air, or an unexpected down draft, or his rotor from moments before (or all three, or something else) his impressive...
Two blondes were flying to Miami from Cleveland. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the captain announced "One of the engines has failed and the flight will be an hour longer. But don't worry we have three engines left".Thirty minutes later, the...
I found this post over on the ultralight yahoo group. I though it was pretty good and wanted to post it here for others to ponder.
werjamn
Dec 2 8:22 PM
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Did you know it was dead stick...
this was 2006, Crankshaft seized (hirth 65hp)
i was cruising along, fat dumb and happy,30ft up when the deafening sound of silence occured, my crank had seized. 5secs later i stalled into the brush and the front wheel hit the stump that had...
QUESTION: Given a choice with an engine failure, would you land in
shallow water near a shoreline or go for a tall stand of pine
trees?
Wally Moran tackles this difficult decision HERE
blog.aopa.org - If you guys haven't read this guy's stuff, you're missing out on great engine info. Blogger Mike Busch writes piston engines should be overhauled only when needed, but in order to do that, pilots need to understand how they fail....