Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / January 2008

All I wanted to try to do is attempt to find a flight aboard a 747 without
going to far to do so.  I really didn't realize it would be such a battle to
go through to find one.  Wow!!  Ultimately a posting by a James Robinson
ended my search and HOPEFULLY will end the battles that ...

Out of curiosity I was wondering which civilian passenger airplanes
have the highest service ceilings? Wikipedia indicates that some
business jets have ceilings greater than 53000 ft or so while the 747
has only 43000 ft. Also why do large aircraft fly much lower than

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January 30, 2008 8:19 PM
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What a Landing looks like it was flat and way to fast!
http://www.katu.com/news/local/14446792.html

I'm planning a trip from northern Michigan to San Antonio, Texas in
February.  Any suggestions on GA fields in the area?  I fly a C182.
Thanks.

What kind of space does it take to land/takeoff in a plane with
floats?  I realize there are all sorts of rules about where one can do
this but I have a relative with a ranch that has a fairly decent sized
body of water on it.  This is Texas, so its pretty flat with neglible

tonight I went for a night flight with a buddy.  We had a great trip
there, but on the way back he started fooling around with the GPS and
somehow I missed what he did.  He changed our course to go straight
east instead of southeast.  By the time I realized this, we were way

I'm taking some conservationists up tomorrow for SouthWings to document
polluters and illegal loggers around the southern MS-LA border.  Last year we
managed to convince Wal-Mart and Home Depot that the cypress mulch they were
selling came from illegal loggers and millers and ...

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
Neat look inside a A380. You can click on the picture and drag the image
around or use the buttons at the bottom to see all around.

Getting ready to do spins for CFI training, which means not only do I get to
perform them, I have to delivery a ground lesson on them first as well, so
I'm gathering all the data I can find.
Information I have says that in a developed spin most light airplanes make a

I don't know if this guy's ideas would work, but it's a shame he
hasn't had a chance to really try them out...
http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2008/february-march/tiny_turbines.php

http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=7778243&nav=menu577_2_1
No mention of the NTSB report.  My suspicion is that the "pilot"
failed to gain sufficient airspeed to maintain flight.  :-)

A friend of mine is looking for somwhere to download low altitude
airways for Hawaii.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

We are all in quest of true happiness.  In this world, the idea of
true/perfect happiness is not feasible because this world is
inevitably doomed to total annihilation.  True happiness is found only
in dwelling upon Paradise, and enjoying its blessings.  However, none

Any of you guys ever get to fly a Lockheed Electra L-10?
What was it like?
For some reason I think that is one of the coolest looking civilian
(at first) planes I've ever laid eyes on. Looking into it, I see K.