Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / March 2004

Howdy,
I've been looking all over, and I can't seem to find any discussions on the
relative visibility of various colors for aircraft.  I would guess that the
best color  might be different when viewed against the sky or the ground.

An unfortunate end to a plane gone missing:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Feb-27-Fri-2004/news/23314333.html
Interesting that they used radar signals to find the crash site.  
I thought they would always do that.

I currently live in the UK and I was wondering
what would be the best way of becoming a
commercial pilot. I do not have alot of money
and I am about to study for a degree in accounting

Back to the thread on pilots setting QNH for local acro work.
I was in the trusty Pawnee this weekend and checked the altimeter, I can
only select settings from 28.10 to 31.50, so.. following the others advice
of setting QNH. I could not.

ARRRRGHH!
Just took possession of a '67 172 on Monday. Aside from work obligations and
IFR weather in the DFW area the past week, I was really really really
looking forward to this morning (Sat) to take my first flight alone in the

What's the approximate weight (in kg) of 1 liter of Jet-A?
   Triple Delta

It's time to get a new headset and I've heard many good things about the
Lightspeed units.  Has anyone anything to offer as to the real world
difference between the 20Gs and the 30Gs?  Is the 4 DB diff in ANR really
worth the 120.00 price increase?  Looking at the specs I can see ...

Thanks  to all the bozos in the current "Martha Stewart" thread.  I finally
pulled the plug on three more, thus making my reading load much lighter. :-)

Alright, I need your comments on Randolph Wing Walk Compound.  I am going to do
a few things to clean up my Arrow.  One of the more noticeable things is the
wing walk.  I have bought some Wing Walk Compound, and weather permitting will
probably put it on this weekend.

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 11:11:31 -0500
From: AOPA_EPILOT@AOPA.ORG
Subject: AOPA ePilot -- California Airspace Bulletin
X-Originating-IP: [65.125.13.133]

While this AVflash blurb points the way for airmen at the ballot box,
I find it interesting that Kerry has overlooked the fact that it was
Clinton/Gore who initiated the notion ATC privatization.
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I am getting sick and tired of rude, arrogant, sellers funny thing I just
had a guy refuse to let my mechanic do a pre buy said he could not trust my
mechanic to give an honest opinion and that if I cannot decide for my self
if I wanted it or not then I don't need an airplane and ...

   Don't even start reading this without going to the fridge for a
brewsky first.  It's a long post... hell get the whole six pack, it's
Saturday night.
   Okay, awhile back my hangar was broken into and like a dummy, I

This was a little fun quiz that was circulated on a type specific
email list a few days ago.  It was authored by George Braly of
Advanced Pilot Seminars, and principle of GAMI.  If you're familiar
with George, you know he backs everything up with HARD DATA obtained

How common is this?  I am seeing some 152s for sale with engines as high
as 3000 hours SMOH.  Surprising.  (Well, to me!)
Related question (probably nearly impossible to answer): to what degree
is an engine's reliability related to it's time SMO?  Obviously, it has