Aviation Forum / General / Homebuilt / February 2010

Watch out for anybody who has visited Israel , or go online to see
pics of them IN ISRAEL , or talk to their workmates  family FRIENDS to
find out if they have visited Israel
THEN examine the passport they use  , publicly they travel on "non

 Whats with mooz and Adam aircraft? Didn't last year he have some sort
of gripe with them for taking their new jet to a fly-in? In todays blog
he came down on them for doing what alot of others have done. He is
barking about the Certification claims of Adam. They claim that they

Just curious if the wizard has finished  and actually flown his plane
yet ?? <GG>
This posting that was on the internet was forwarded to me by several
friends.......

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY times, the Flying Vet was prosecuted on trumped-
up charges and won.
Now he has been in prison for EIGHT MONTHS on charges of owning and
selling a weapon.

I was walking away from a little country pilot lounge
this evening, with the Sun just a fraction above the horizon.
I heard a shout, and an old man appeared.
He introduced himself as the airport manager - lived in a double wide

The 2009 Nall Report, covering accidents reported to the U.S. NTSB in 2008,
has been released:
http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/nall.html
New with this report is the inclusion of helicopter accident statistics.

Years ago I saw an article in either Kitplanes, Sport Aviation, or maybe
Contact... or somewhere about STOL concept where the forward spar pivoted
with the rear spar on a vertically adjusting slide operated from inside, thus
adjusting the angle of attack without changing the ground ...

Mory Hummel, noted for his
light metal low wing 2 cylinder Hummelbird,
   died yesterday.
Brian W

Does anyone know what airfoil the tandem AirBike uses, and for that
matter what its' chord length and leading edge radius are?
Thanks

Anybody here have any experience with this little plane?  I know it was
originally sold as a kit but the company is gone.  Are plans available?
 Is it worth trying to build one or are there better options these days?
Tony

...here are your wierd questions of the week that are the result of
several bored people talking about building airplanes:
Can a thin foil tape be fastened to the front of a wooden spar to act
as a VHF antenna?  The antenna would be encapsulated in several layers

Midair over north Boulder, CO today with three confirmed fatalities so
far. A Piper Pawnee towing what I believe is a Lockheed glider was
struck by a Cirrus SR-20 northwest of the Boulder County airport. The
glider was able to release and return safely to the gliderport. The

I did an Oxford instrument ground school long ago.
One of the weather topics was glaze ice. This was described as extremely
dangerous, in that supercooled rain could impact and flow to a glassy
ice layer over the wing in seconds, which tended to pull the aircraft

Good day to all of you.
Yes, after 25 years or so and about 12 visits to Oshkosh to drool, I am
finally taking steps to feed my "unable to ever fund" aviation interest.
Started my pilots license twice but couldn't finish due changes in funding...

Came across this when looking for a small TT.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/rvs/1580977335.html