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WASHINGTON (AP) — A stiff wind was cited by federal investigators Friday for blowing a small airplane carrying Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle off course and into a New York City high-rise on Oct. 11... r

I went down to RHV yesterday to pick up my plane. Another full inspection, full runup, and then a while circling over the airport showed that things were working fine.

I brought the plane

Linda and I are going out in IFR Warrior to start on the three hours of dual you need before a checkride. When I get to the airport, I hear that VFR Warrior is getting a new engine. This is news, so

Last week Jim used his Cirrus to help me ferry our C172 back down to PVG for the last bit of avionics maintenance. It was to get its new - um, refurbished, - VOR indicator installed and an ADF antenn

WASHINGTON (AP) — A stiff wind was cited by federal investigators Friday for blowing a small airplane carrying Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle off course and into a New York City high-rise on Oct. 11... r

I'm happy, and fearful. Is that normal?
We need about a month to strengthen her front end before
we should have her start using a doggie wheelchair, I'm told.
She's certainly lost a

And back home.
Surgery was recommended to place some screens that could intercept clots,
should this happen again. She is considering it.

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Environment Canada has updated their Radar page to include more information on their maps. You can now add roads, rivers,

Just tragic to read as this could have been avoided with proper planning it appears... NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Saf

I'm finally trying a new anti-spam service. My current anti-spam solutions have been breaking down, allowing more than 100 spam messages/day to get through to my mailbox. That's after stopping anoth

My experience has always been that the sim has no relation to flying an airplane. It's fine for procedures, but there's absolutely no substitute for actually operating an aircraft under a hood. I'm

I was enjoying some hangar flying and a couple of beers with a few other pilots last night. We got on to the topic of departure stalls. One pilot, a seasoned veteran and Airshow pilot with thousands o

On Wednesday, November 1, Japan's annual dolphin slaughter was covered on the Japan Times front page in an article, by Boyd Harnell, headed, "Dolphin kill dogged by mercury, activists."

One guy I flew with was very particular about radio work, and this day there was some kind of air rally in progress. A bunch of small airplanes, many of them American-registered, were headed north tog

I was planning on making my first solo cross country flight yesterday but the weather didn't cooperate. The winds were gusting as high as 30 knots in the area and occasional snow showers were poppin

I was planning on making my first solo cross country flight yesterday but the weather didn't cooperate. The winds were gusting as high as 30 knots in the area and occasional snow showers were poppin

A hard-hitting report on climate change published by the British government on Monday has no basis in science