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I just saw these on a website... Would like to post it here - just to break the ice... No offense intended to your wives or girlfriends... Reasons where planes are better than women: 1. An airplane will kill you quickly... A woman takes her time.2. Airplanes like to do it inverted.3. Airplanes can be turned on by a flick of a switch.4. An airplane's thrust to weight ratio is higher.5. An airplane does not get mad if you 'touch and go.'6. An airplane does not object to a preflight inspection.7. Airplanes come with manuals.8. Airplanes have strict weight and balance limits.9. You can fly an airplane any time of the month.10. Airplanes don't come with in-laws.11. Airplanes d…

How to flip an NGX: http://www.nwcn.com/...-130782328.html EDIT: RUH ROH - didn't see topic above when posting; should have refreshed my browser. Still an amazing incident.

For all our Jewish fellows, may this New Year 5772 be sweet as honey for you and your families! For our non-Jewish friends:1) Never mind, nobody is perfect!2) May this year continue to bring you good health, love and happiness with yours . With kind regards,David

Hi, If this is the wrong forum for this kind of topic redirect me.... I am flying with Ryan Air on Saturday 6th of August too Malta from DUB. I have booked reserved seating and the seat I have booked is seat 16A, Is this an emergency exit seat on Ryan Air? and can I stow my bag under the seat in front of me or not? I have flown with Ryan Air numerous times but I have never taken into account the instructions for the seats over the wings.

Interesting article. Pages 1 and 2. Pages 3 and 4 Pages 5 and 6 of 6

I was reading about the delivery of the 787 to ANA and came across this article on wired. I would have loved the opportunity that this witer has, and apparently the author is not new to the world of aviation. It's a good read and all I can say is I would love to have their flight training device in my house!Kevinhttp://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/09/787-flight-training/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&pid=1313&viewall=true

Prepar3D 1.2 is now available for purchase or update from the Prepar3D website: www.prepar3d.com Regards,John NicolPrepar3D

Hey everyone. First post here. Anyway, has anyone here taken the FAA test, the oral, flight, and the written? What kind of questions are in it? Does it ask about anything related to gauges inside the planes? Thanks PS, how do I get my account to automatically "follow" the topic, without me clicking on the sidebar? Thanks.

Only Brits of a certain age will understand, but when I saw the ad for the Jimmy Edwards Memorial Fly-In I thought it was this guy (well he did earn a DFC during WW2) Nevertheless, respect to the memories of both Jimmys.

As an ex airline mech, none of this shocks me,I have experienced most of these allegations first hand,Especially the comment on spray painting over defects,("crack-go-away")I refused to do this personally,that's why I left the industry. I personally performed an eddy current inspection on B-737 cargo door lugs,and found cracks, It was my Friday,when I came in on Monday, my paperwork was gone,and the A/C released.http://english.aljaz...4637901849.htmlIf the site "Al Jazeera" is not good enough for you,you can also see news from the "Washington Post":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6041600803.html http://www.pogo.org/...a-20080508.html http://www.thelastin....c…

Looks like for now Alpha India Group have taken their site down, and may also pull all their files from AVSIM. It seems like a dispute over copyright and compilation of works or derivative works for which AIG-affiliated authors claim rights and publish under AIG and another group dba ### AI Traffic which is also publishing. Don't know who is in the right, though certainly AIG have earned some respect by virtue of their work and support via their site. Unfortunately it appears that "netizens" might be attempting to take sides and act in ways that could be damaging to one or the other party. Hard to see how any good can come from this. scott s..

well.. at least I'm starting to work on it and I have to guard against creating a monster. I'm trying to establish how much a person could be in debt before trying to start there own air taxi/charter type of company. How much would it cost a person to for the following each PPL (from what I've studied around 9k in the USA)CPL - (btw, can you haul cargo at this point or do you need ATP?)ATP now additional ratingsSE floatplaneSE IFR ME IFRetc I need the cost for all exams, equipment (charts, headphones, etc) as well as medical exams... thanks.

I'm looking for a good long list off the bat, I'm thinking: banner towingcrop sprayingairline pilotphotography - exactly what would this be? taking photographers up or mounting camera equipment to the plane to take photos, etc.charter pilot - all types, bush flying, sightseeing, etc.. to private jets, turboprops, etcflight instructor. others?

Flying is my calling. I knew it since I was a kid, but my life took a different direction. I would really love to pursue a career in aviation but I'm afraid it's too late. I say it's too late because I'm 25 and have a Bachelor and a Master's in structural engineering, and have been in the practise for 4 years. I went through a lot to just stop in my tracks and jump on a different career path, which would require many more years of schooling. I know that the career path that I chose will be the one that I will be on for the rest of my life, designing structures, day in day out. I have to accept this fact. But I'm not completely content. While I take pride in my line of wor…

Anyone use air track?http://www.ipobjects.com/homeJimCYWG

http://www.wlfi.com/...w-crash_3943992-also-http://xfinity.comca...Air.Show.Crash/ Update: Pilot in Reno Air Races crash identified as Jimmy Leeward; rest of air races cancelled http://www.rgj.com/a...nship-Air-Races

CargoLux the first customer for the 747-8F has bowed out at the last minute over a contractual dispute!! They were set to take delivery of the first one on Monday! All planned celebration activity has been cancelled!!! http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/09/breaking-cargolux-has-informed.html

This story just came out on Yahoo today:http://news.yahoo.com/feds-warn-small-airplane-terror-threats-003115875.html Need I point out that there has to date been no attack by GA aircraft? There has been a huge one done by truck (okc bombing) -are trucks a concern? Are they banned-worried about worldwide? Need I point out that the amount of devestating payload that a GA aircraft could carry is minimal? Or that Exxon announced today that it will stop production of GA fuel-is this part of a conspiracy to finally placate the airlines and get us pesky GA pilots (who comprise 80% of the daily US airtraffic) out of the way of the autopilot button pushing commercial fleet)? What …

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From my blog: http://somewheresimulated.blogspot.com/ ON THE OCCASION OF THE 48TH RENO RACES, BREITLING LAUNCHES THE FREE ‘BREITLING RENO AIR RACES’ ANDROID GAME AND UPDATES THE APPLE VERSION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DOWNLOADED ALMOST ONE MILLION TIMES!Breitling, main sponsor of the National Championships Air Races, the legendary Reno pylon races (Nevada, USA), announces the launch of a free “Breitling Reno Air Races” Android game, capitalizing on the success of the Apple version launched last June and currently approaching the one-million download mark!An updated edition of the latter is being simultaneously made available in order to further enrich the game for iPhone, iPa…

Since we are all over the world, I thought this might be a fun topic to start, for anyone who has Photo-scenery of their home town. The white pixel you can just about make out under the arrowhead pointing to my house, is this parked on my drive. I do repaints on full sized things as well as FS aeroplanes LOL. Al

A friend sent this my way. I think its cool enough to share here.

Just saw this posted on flightaware (http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/today/popular_new/21843/F_16_pilot_recalls_her_kamikaze_mission_to_bring_down_flight_93_without_ammunition) and then followed the link to the Washington post.Seems her and her commander were to fly their F-16's into United Airlines Flight 93 to bring it down since they were unarmed due to the situation unfolding too quickly to get the F-16 armed.Interesting read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/f-16-pilot-was-ready-to-give-her-life-on-sept-11/2011/09/06/gIQAMpcODK_story.html?hpid=z2

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