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  • Blind Pilots

    ...ugh, the engines start revving, and the airplane begins moving down the runway. The passengers look at each...are praying, and as the plane gets closer and closer to the end of the runway, the voices are becoming more...

  • Odd Spot: TIF anyone? Worst possible passenger

    ...traged-indonesian-official-orders-runway-blocked-after-merpati-nusanta...by sending officials to block the runway and stop the plane landing, a...rnments -- to drive cars onto the runway and stop the plane landing, m...traged-indonesian-official-orders-runway-blocked-after-merpati-nusanta...

  • Tyre (Tire) wear on AC Trikes.

    ...k, (Which I am not) it would not be a good aircraft. So my question is: What tyres do you use? How long do they last? What type of runway are you landing on?

  • The DC-8 and the Trike (joke)

    One day the pilot of a Trike was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Trike....

  • Passenger Endorsement... CHECK!

    ...u in an hour then! I: Have you flown at 1pm by yourself yet.... M: No....... 11/17kts SE, two touch'n'gos at the local bitumen runway, and some thermal activity la...

  • Funny flying quotes

    ...ut the odds and take a bomb. — Benny Hill The light at the end of the tunnel is another airplanes landing light coming down head-on to the runway you are taking off from. &md...

  • An Account of my Solo Last Week.

    ...ng of a chapter as the real journey now gets into full throttle and takes flight. Yes - you guessed I hope... solo - two beautiful circuits - runway 11, YHBA. Thank you all for...

  • Bush Pilot: 'Brakes were my enemy': Landing a one-way airstrip in Southcentral Alaska

    ...ks like a huge airstrip with a tiny bit of snow. I could try to be cool, and say "ya, it was no big deal," but the truth is, it was hard work. The runway is plenty long enough, but it...

  • German ATC #1

    ...between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.Speedbird 206: “Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.”Ground: “Speedbi...

  • Flying the Air Creation Tanarg!

    ...nce? Yes the B13 is heaps better in so many ways. I cut the power on the B13 and glided 5nm from 2500 feet and was still 1400 feet above the runway. I can land at 40kts or 60kts...