Aviation Forum / General / Learning / February 2008

I have a simple question (shouldn't generate more than 200-300
responses :-)).
How long did it take those of you who have an IR to cope with the
communications?

Airline research: wanted travellers for business purposes
Are you sometimes travelling by airlines for business purposes? If
yes, we are looking for you!
For a research of the University of Leuven (Belgium) we want to ask

CXO 02/248 60R OBST TOWER 715 (485 AGL) 8.04 SSE LGTS OTS (ASR
    1206284) TIL 0803100052
Check my translation:  
FSS = CXO

Simple question:
If the ceiling of a Class D airport was 2900' and you intended to overfly
it at 3000', would it be a good idea to check in with the tower to let them
know you're up there or would they consider it wasting their time?

I'm looking at flying into a small class G
airport that has regular commuter service.
There's no info in the A/FD concerning security.
Is there any specific precautions I should

Can anyone point me to:
1) A good airband radio, for listening to commercial aircraft and CTAFs?
  I have a pretty good one, but it's old and analog so it's difficult
to zero in on a frequency, and there can sometimes be 2 active

Can any body answer this question:
Why the angle of bank AOB is not a factor that affects the stall speed
of an aircraft?
Thanks.

Where can I find a table or chart that would show what hours (and any other
info) can be carried from one rating to another? For example, I'm interested
in obtaining sport pilot rating from a private glider pilot one. A published
book, and/or FAA  regs would be helpful.

Just looking at the Significant Weather Charts over at ADDS
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/progs/nav.php?current=0
I'm looking at a triangle (with the base down) with a rain dot inside it
and a slash with the freezing rain symbol on the other side.  

Ok, this really gets a political Darwin Award...
Second story down at aopa.org
Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL

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Hi all.  I'm a 39 year old guy who has loved flying and dreamt of
being a pilot for a long time.  This year I finally realized that I
had more than enough money to start and figured I owed it to myself to
book a discovery flight with every intention of seeing it through to

Is rotorwash a problem for a light airplane?
We've got lots of helo training at my airport and they're always doing
strange things like flying down taxiways at 2 feet off the ground.  
Throughout my training I never saw a mention of rotorwash so I just assumed

Is there anything other than a PP certificate one would need to be a
"safety pilot".   If the aircraft was complex for example, would the safety
pilot need a complex endorsement?
I'm asking because I think I'd like to throw myself out there as a safety

Just finished my first logbook and my first entry of my second logbook
is today.  It all started in 2001, hard to believe it's been seven
years.
I have compressed those seven SHORT years to 3 minutes, 1 second, a