Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / May 2004

Two things(Three actually):
In July, I will be making a cross country trip to New York City to visit a
life-long friend. At one point, I would like fly along to Hudson River path
to see the Statue of Liberty. I was wondering if that path is open to VFR?

The article in AOPA mag came out last week about the Sportsman 2+2, the
cover pic is also of this area.  AOPA hired a local photographer for this
story.  We spent a day and a half with the AOPA writer and the owner of the
plane.  The plane looks nice but it won't do what a 182 will ...

Does anyone have experience with flying near the falls on the US side for
sightseeing. I'm flying into Buffalo at the end of June and if possible I'd
like to fly by the falls. I see that the VFR chart references special VFR
procedures, routes, & recommendations that are detailed in ...

I was watching an old movie,"Objective, Burma!",  circa 1945.  At the end of
the movie, they picked up a glider, by hanging a rope on poles, then a C 47
went by with a hook, and snagged the rope, pulling the glider out, from a
dead stop, to flying.  Was this a common maneuver?

I'm looking to fly into the Pittsburg area to attend a Pirates game
this summer.  Not knowing anything about the area, can anyone
recommend the best GA field to go into for transportation into the
city?

Can anyone tell me what a typical CFI gets paid?  More specifically,
what a full time CFI in a local flight school can expect to get paid?
Just a WAG would be sufficient.
Thanks,

There is an interesting thread going on in
rec.crafts.metalworking concerning the quality of gasoline
and how it pertains to small engines such as weedwackers etc.
I've quoted an interesting comment made by just one individual this

I went to buy an air filter replacement element today and the dealer
suggewsted that I buy a new K&N air filter because it increases
horsepower by 2-4%.
Anyone have any experience with them?

I'm a new student pilot (no aviation career plans) and am wondering:
What things should I buy for myself? Headset, logbook, calculator etc.
What makes sense to buy now and what should I wait on until I've flown
a while? What would make my training easier and more productive? Pilot

I just came from my flying club's office where I scheduled a plane for
tomorrow (Sunday).
Both of the club's 182 are down for inspections and maintenance after
hard landings. Two weeks ago, the club's Katana went down for the same

After many consecutive days of crappy weather, with the plane down for
annual, today dawned inauspiciously enough, with more rain.
This seemed like a good excuse to go back to bed, so in a fit of decadence
we did.   We were enjoying a rare "true" day off from the inn, and neither

I admit to being a wuffo, but this is breathtaking!
http://www.maxho.com/videos/wingsuit.wmv  (Windows Media 9 .wmv 4.15Mb)
Does anyone know who/when/where this is? Someone sent me the video, but no
other info.

At what rpm do people see their vacuum pressure drop below an acceptable
level(3.2?).
I also have a standby vac with a low vac pressure red warning light. When I
reduce power

Hi group
I purchased a used encoder altimeter (Aero Mechanism TSO-C10b/TSO-C88
model 8142-M3H0) unfortunately the drawing describing the connections
is damaged.

Does anyone know of detector available for small aircraft (not transport
aircraft / Part 135, 121) that can be installed in the cowling(s) to detect
the presence of some condition (excessive heat, IR, etc.) that would lead to
an in-flight fire?  Examples of those conditions might ...