Aviation Forum / General / Learning / November 2007

I confess to being fuzzy on the other uses for a VOR.
The sectional legend for example the has an "Oakdale" box with a VOR
frequency of 116.8.
The three frequencies across the top are 122.1R  122.6  123.6.

1) Is Auburn University well-regarded for flight training, etc?  Any
votes for or against?  Anybody with experience there?
2) Whether it is or isn't, what universities do you recommend?
3) What criteria would you use to judge a university for aviation?

FAA AND BUSH BS PUBLIC OVER MILITARY AIR ROUTES
By now the last scraps of turkey have been gobbled up, the
travelers are back in their home towns, and the President
and the FAA spokesflack of the moment should be getting

A nation that once prided itself on a sense of rugged
individualism has become uncomfortably obsessed with
racial group identities.The collectivist mindset is at
the heart of racism.

The TOMATO FLAMES thread reminded me of my
memory key for Vx and Vy, which I could not
keep straight in my head.
The x in Vx has more angles than the y in

I was doing engine out practice today when I noticed a nice little airfield
easily within range so I headed that way.    Checking the sectional, there
were two airfields right next to each other in the area I was in, one
private and one not.  I  had no idea which airfield it was and ...

I was out at the field (non-towered) practicing
forward-slips to a landing.  I had been checked
out by my instructor on this and we had done some
extreme (by my comfort level) slips from downwind

Satellite navigation kits also known as GPS units are now so popular
that they are now seen as must-have gadgets. This has led to an
increase in thefts and car break-ins as these units are attractive to
thieves...

why is it that the thrust reversers are efficient when used at
relatively high speds after touchdown,of aircraft.

I somehow don't have one in my possession and there's not one in the POH
either.

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I wanted to continue this discussion away from the thread that
generated it due to the rather bad direction the thread was heading.
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Dudley said:

To continue the grand tradition, here's another soaring adventure.
If you'd like to follow along at home, you can view the flight here:
http://www3.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=1169783611
Or:

Right at 14 hours on the mark, my instructor stepped out, and I was on
my way.  No tense board meetings or other work annoyances can wipe the
grin off my face.  ;-}
 http://blogs.sun.com/carlson/entry/solo

What problems can anyone forsee to building a 100% electric ultralight
aircraft for short & mid-range commuters to get back & forth to work
(aside from air traffic issues... it IS a big sky after all)?  I
understand the average commute is less than 30 miles in land based