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  • ass-kissing

    yesterday, during my am flight i noticed several cop cars active in the desert here in az...landed behind one of the cop cars and reported no sightings. the cop asked me how much weight...

  • Teen's high flying dream lands him in Marion: 3 Days & 900 Miles

    After three days and nearly 900 miles, 17-year-old Cole Norton is home...der. For an aircraft of this size and weight, 7 knots is a maximum safe wi...at and the plane becomes very hard to contr...can carry a maximum of 300 pounds of weight. This includes Norton himself...

  • Member's Life Stories

    ...hat I was once an Air Traffic Controller at LAX, we couldn't stop t...design to support their extra weight. Only runway 25L was able to s...nly exception was the "ground control" position. It was ground cont...out meeting the famous Ground Controller vs the German Airforce. &...

  • White House budget again contains user fee despite opposition

    User fees for aviation were once again part of the president's new budget pro...which included a $100-per-flight "surcharge" to pay for air traffic control services. http://www.aopa...

  • Things You DON'T Want to Hear on the Plane's PA System

    * Ocean crossing flight: This is your Captain speaking, I just wanted to take this time to r....  *** I'm sure everyone noticed the loss of an engine, however the reduction in weight...

  • Recent SW Idaho trike crashes

    I was not present for either mishap, but I did retrieve Wayne's trike wreckag...nbsp;the power lines. You could see where the line hit the top of the control bar and then was cut or it ju...

  • fatality in trike crash in buckeye az.

    sad news, high time fixed wing pilot killed crashing a revo. sure sounds like a 'dep...ook-off, went 'straight up, then 'straight down' from the pics it wasn't under control, it 'fell'. this has been the...

  • Active Hang Block

    Hi all,   I have a question. On the Northwing website, they sell active Hang...Hang Block provides even more positive stability in rough air, requiring less control-input from the pilot, and als...

  • Old Guys

    Never underestimate the old guy I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes. We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he...

  • Gyke Update

    (crossposted) 12-7, on 09 Jul 2014 - 05:34, said: Cburg:...ngines, the undercarriage. I need to mount the engines and buy a rotor after I get the weight....