Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / November 2006

AvWeb has sent out an announcement following the crash of one of two
flying prototype Grob SPn jets the company is developing. The crash
occurred during a flight demonstration for invited guests.
As always, it's always too early to speculate.

I have a Mooney that I would like to start a partnership with. I plan
on finding a location on the West Coast to base the airplane.
My question is, with a partnership do you need to set an hourly rate
for maintenance or Engine reserves. Would a low hourly rate help to

All,
Has anyone ever flown in here?  I've heard conflicting reports of being
able to just walk over to the rim of the canyon.  Does anyone know if
it's possible and/or have suggestions?

Type of plane
I have a VFR Cessna 150.
Most important control
Radio transmit

Somewhat OT but somebody on here has dealt with this software. Trying to
update the obstruction database for garmin 296. Follow all the directions,
download the file, run it, get message 'error 0 running command
avdwebupdater.exe....'

Just when I thought this group was going to hell, along comes Valvetom
with his Blbcock fittings, Swivel Female Adapters and Brass Nipples!
He even answers his own post with a follow-up of the same post!
A refreshing dose of sanity after all that's been going on here of late!

Hi all. First post here.
Is a valid pilot license needed to operate an aircraft on tarmac/taxi
way never losing contact with ground ?
Is a valid pilot license needed to operate an aircraft on pontoons

If you've got a small problem with your plane, do you bother with a ferry
permit, or do you just fly it if you think it's safe?
Hypothetical: Say your (shared) plane has gotten some damage, say for
instance a wingtip strobe/nav light assembly got scraped off against a

I see tons of restricted areas, MOAs, Class B, C, D, E airspace, and
the like on charts, but no clear indication of how to locate the
boundaries of these areas other than by pure guesstimate based on
looking at the chart.  On rare occasions I see a radial noted as the

I'm having trouble posting to this newsgroup, so this is a test.

IFR ? -- Doesn't that mean
" I Follow Railroad Tracks? "
Actually my real question as an avionics technician and not a pilot is
out in the wide open spaces in the USA where people like veterinarians

So I've decided to film some of my flights now during the rainy season
(really fun flying in Hawai'i during that time), and I was wondering if
anyone has any advice on how to strap a camera on or not on a tripod
into a plane, preferable on the tripod so I can move it around as I

CFI Emphasis Item
Notice Number: NOTC0699 CFI Emphasis Item:
Proper Endorsement of Student Pilots Recently, several
student pilots (under 40 years of age) have shown up for

I'm working on a movie script idea where captains of two C5X Spook
Galaxy transports loaded with "Spook-X" Chinooks at Fort Dix or McGuire
AFB decide to take matters into their own hands when they receive a
strange radio message indicating that the World Trade Center has been

The feds have just designated a plane with retractable gear, flaps, and
FADEC as a complex.
Bob Gardner