Aviation Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / July 2005

I am interested in purchasing a portable and inexpenisve Airband
scanner/reciever so I can listen to the airwave frequency around
airports and big cities. I would like the scanner to be compatbile in
the US and Europe (if frequencies are different).

Any idea where I can find out the flight path.
I'd like to view the route on some maps.
TIA if you can help.

I am planning to fly thru France and down the west coast of Italy to Naples area.
Recommendations required for airfields en-route, best maps for VFR and is there an Italian web site to get airfield plates etc.
All help appreciated
Ted

It seems that GPS navigation is taking off (no pun intended) in a big way
for cars, and I am the happy owner of a TOM TOM Go unit.  £340 for a colour
display and touch-screen operation makes it cost effective and easy to use.
There surely cannot be much difference for the makers to ...

Since we've hopefully helped Dave for his Toronto trip, has anyone got any
experience of:
- flying out of Las Vegas, likely to be one-off flight with instructor along
the Grand Canyon

1246

Hello group
I would like to view the Official Air Accident Investigation Reports for the
four airplanes that were involved in the World Trade Centre tragedy.
I have looked on http://www.ntsb.gov/ site, but there doesn't seem to be any

If an aircraft has low wings, then it will probably be fitted with a
fuel pump. In addition, the aircraft is likely to be fitted with a
reserve fuel pump.
Why is it that most aircraft do not have a reserve oil pump, but they

Saw this over South Queensferry near Edinburgh at the weekend
http://www.edie.ms/?p=399
I'd say it was as big as an airliner but travelling as fast as an airship.
It IS in the flight path for Edinburgh Airport but does THAT look like a

Does anyone remember which year (or years) the RAF used
Lightnings for their team display at the Farnborough show ?
Which squadrons were involved ?
I was there when they did a formation takeoff - the most impressive noise I

I'm going to be in Toronto for a few days soon, can anyone suggest
somewhere to fly?
Dave

is this working

Hi, I live in Meopham in Kent. Nearly every day, at all times private jets
fly over relatively low in a east to west sort of directions.
I'm just interested in were they come from and were they may be going to
etc.

Just sharing an experience, hope it doesn't bore anyone too much.
Went to Shoreham the other day, a few miles out the runway changed from 02
to 20.  No difference to me, I'd never been there before anyway.  Joined the
circuit, flew the approach, hot day with four up in a 172, used ...

I assume that the pilot GPS units (Garmin and the like) work the same way as
the motoring GPS units such as Tom Tom and Navman etc.  The box of tricks
(for whichever use) sits on the dash, locks on to the satellites, works the
sim card (or whatever) and then displays the info on the ...