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  • fatal crash into power lines, 7/7/2013, parker dam california

    http://www.havasunews.com/news/coroner-identifies-parker-man-as-victim-in-fatal-aircraft-crash/article_e1129e32-e850-11e2-aa60-001...Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department has identified the man...ruck power lines, lost control of his aircraft and collided with the...

  • XC and Understanding the NOTAM

    I recently had the need to decode the following NOTAM, but information on how to do this is not easy to find.  If anyone can help...ere this information can be found please post here. The part of...p the beginners - where is the information on the net? Here '...

  • Why birds do not have vertical tails.

    Thought some of you (W.E.?) might be interested in this brief discussion. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/Features/AMA_Expo.html#.UtN_ZvtNY4d Of course, we have known for some time in the flexwing world that adverse yaw can be overcome by wing tip aerodynamics.

  • Odd Spot: TIF anyone? Worst possible passenger

    http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/outraged-indonesian-official-orders-runway-blocked-after-merpati-nusantara-airline...urs to fly to Ngada and their answer was: 'The flight is...n industry". But he said the ministry had no plans t...

  • Sad but true -

    http://blackfridaydeathcount.com

  • Bat-Like (not bird-like): Bats inspire 'micro air vehicle' designs

    Researchers study bat wings for "micro air vehicle" designs  Researchers at Virginia Tech are going batty...he researchers are modeling "micro air vehicle" designs on th...ight path very quickly -- showing high maneuverability for midflight pr...

  • Funny quote

    And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first Fokker airplane built in the world. The Dutch call it the mother Fokker. — Custodian at the Aviodome aviation museum, Schiphol airport Amsterdam.

  • Funny quote

    When asked why he was referred to as 'Ace': Because during World War Two I was responsible for the destruction of six aircraft, fortunately three were enemy. — Captain Ray Lancaster, USAAF.

  • Screaming babies...

    Words from a pilot  During a commercial airline flight an experienced Air Force pilot wa...ted next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby b...ursing the infant as discreetly as possible. The pilot pret...that's a good looking baby, and he sure was hungry!"...

  • Senate legislation would expand medical exemption-- up to 6,000lbs & 6 seats !!!

    New Senate legislation would exempt pilots who make noncommercial VFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with...han six seats from the third-class medical certification process. With.... John Boozman, R-Ark., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., t...