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  • Why we have a Radio...

    Why Aircraft have Radios… (...nbsp;    In my flying career, almost every aircraft...l as the terrain you’re flying in, because all of these have...ever happened to you. You are flying along fat, dumb, and beautifu...nbsp;  So next time your flying around using your radio, just...

  • Australia Flying-- Questions from the Yanks

    G'day Ozzies, Was wonderin' if you could answer some questions about flying down under & maybe provide some ot...

  • Why Aircraft have Radio's...

    Why Aircraft have Radios&hellip...nbsp;    In my flying career, almost every aircraft...l as the terrain you’re flying in, because all of these have...ever happened to you. You are flying along fat, dumb, and beautifu...nbsp;  So next time your flying around using your radio, just...

  • A trip to North Queensland Australia. AKA The Bundy Run...

    ...reminiscing about the perfect flying weather conditions on the last day...levels, distances to run, how cold it was etc. etc. whilst hearing...e Great Dividing Range by bad weather.     ...ere was a light mist, and the cold moist air gave Les a few less th...

  • Sun N Fun or Oshkosh or just the Flyins?

    Hi all,   I live in Boise, ID and have never been to Sun N Fun or Oshkosh and was wondering for someone who has prime interest in Sports/Recreational flying which event (Sun N Fun or Osh...

  • Brain teasers for those that believe down wind turns are "different".

    If you believe that downwind turns...or that an aircraft tends to "weathervane" to point into the extern...g gliding but also applies to flying trikes. Brain teaser #1: 1.) You are flying indoors.  In an immense,...ay the aircraft responds when flying in different directions? 3.)...

  • Who is everyone?

    I love that this site is so active (I guess everyone is using this one now instead...r real names (at least their first names) except for occasionally someone like Flying Frog who I believe was simply...

  • New to the site, some questions.

    Again, hello. Im coming from a GA backround and had a c...of the main reasons pilots get out of recreational flying and sell their equipment is i...olks (friends and family) who share their passion. flying alone all the time can get bo...

  • Night Ride Home

    ...;s doing a pretty good job of flying straight, making gentle correc...nite risk of being trapped by weather, but it's not a bad place to...chance wrecking everything by flying through remote NZ in a two-st...Friday, midnight.  It's cold!  We're wrapped in every i...

  • Flying is for the Birds- (Excellent article on how cool birds are)

          Proficient Pilot: Flying is for the birds VFR creatures that stay out of the clouds         January 1...