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Just like you can choose a cellphone company - in a few years you will be able to choose a positioning system.The first Galileo satellite was launched today and the system plans to be fully operational world wide in 2008."The $4 billion Galileo project will eventually use about 30 satellites and is expected to more than double GPS coverage, providing satellite navigation for everyone from motorists to sailors to mapmakers. Because Galileo is under civilian control, the ESA also says it can guarantee operation at almost all times, unlike the American system. Last year, President Bush ordered plans for temporarily disabling GPS satellites during national crises to prevent t…

VenusVileFileJimbo,I met a guy in the Forum who said he knew you when you lived in New York City in the 60's. He said you were in Customer Service back then. He went to Vietnam and lost track of you. Did you go to Nam? Where did you get all your flight experience? Hope the two of you have a real nice reunion, I passed along all the information I had so you can expect to hear from him real soon I bet!Happy New Year, 2006 is going to be a year to remember!TallyHO

I didn't see this posted yet, so for those that haven't heard yet, there was a engine fire on a BA 747 taking off from JFK last night about 11PM ET, forcing an Emergency landing. No one was injured. BA spokesman, said it was caused by a power surge in the engine. Here's a link to the story!!http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=3769112#

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And who is on board? A blogger (who also happens to be a GA Pilot), with photos and details.Amazing story. Bloggers...gotta love em!bthttp://jeremyhermanns.org/me/alaska-flight...ic-at-30k-feet/

So, just before I start FS and any other addons, if I open task manager I have 17 processes running including task manager. How many do you have?JimCYWG

What is the SOP on aircraft recognition lights? Are they on during all phases of flight? When I've flown commercial and sat near a wing I don't remember ever seeing wing inspection lights on. So my question is, when are the wing and tail lights turned on and when are they turned off?While we're on the subject, my understanding is that the flashing anti-collision lights must be turned on right before the engines are started. Those lights indicate to ground crew (who may be wearing hearing protection) that the engines are on.Strobe lights are turned on just before take off.And navigation lights (the red and green lights) are on at all times.I know there are real pilots …

I'm looking for a com freq scanner around 200 dollars that will allow me to pick up the airplane traffic around my area. Do they all have headphone jacks as well? Just want to find out which one is the best brand.Is this one good?Icom IC-A6 Sport COM TransceiverThanks

I have noticed so many posts lately that read like the four examples below..." You are wrong, since it wasn't mentioned until today"" I agree with you, after seeing it"" Yes, I will take you suggestion"" I have always done it that way , but I found out recently that it was not the correct way to do it, so I took your suggestion and it works much better." Problem I have is , who the heck are they replying to and what the orginal poster saying that generated the comment that I am reading now. The only way to find out is to backtrack which post it is with the numbering system which is tedious at best, or to change the way my posts are displayed so I can figure it out wi…

A really good article to read!!http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/juliet.htm

Hi all, Does anyone know of any good websites that has info on all of the various (the major ones at least) airlines? I was wondering because I would like to know how big certain airlines are and stuff like that. Like right now, I'd like to know what the largest airline is, as far as fleet size goes, and I would guess United and probably would be right, but I know British Airways and Qantas and Lufthansa are big as well. Does such a site exist? Thanks,Jeff

Just wondering, since there is that TFR over the the White House. Or if President Bush is celebrating Christmas in Crawford, Tx does Santa have to land at Waco and then drive over to his ranch?Happy Holidays!!!Jeff

- Where?- ON runway 34L- How?- Because there are mysterious colours floating around in front of the other plane. And I am guessing it is the soul of a Virgin Blue airliner...http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/324/untitled9pj.jpgSo??

Under what conditions should I land with less than full flaps? I'm thinking that the answer is probably high winds, where the landing speed will necessarily be faster.thanks

On the Eaglesoft Beechjet overhead panel, one of the deice switches is labled INSTAS. It's not described in the manual and google turned up nothing. Anybody know what that is?Also, there is an annunciator labled AHRS BAT. It's not described in the manual either. Anyone know what it is?thanks

It seems that some planes are "grounded" on the grass (get the joke?? HA HA).And why are they parked so close to each other?? Especially the DC-9 (or MD) parked sniffing the engine of (what seems to be) a Boeing 737-200http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/2726/untitled5vf.jpg:-hmmm :-hmmm :-hmmm :-hmmm :-hmmm :-newbie

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I was watching a video of a MD11 taking off in the rain. The wipers wern't turned off until just after rotation. Wipers on an aircraft must take a #### of a beating at full speed.JimCYWG

Anyone who has sought a MCSE or other tech certificate knows about "boot camps". I stumbled on this interesting article in Popular Mechanics, and thought I'd share.http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog/outdoors/2073502.htmlEnjoy...-John

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First of all I'd like to apologise for the length of this post. It's a collection of my thoughts, opinions and observations with regards to our hobby.I've lurked both here and on other forums for some time now. I played my first flight sim in 1989 at the age of 8. My first encounter with MSFS was FS98. FS2000 was the first version that I spent a significant amount of time with and by the time FS2002 came around I was "bitten by the bug". I have a large collection of addons, both commercial and freeware, and I have spent more money than I care to think about on addons over the last 4-5 years.Probably the biggest thing I have noticed about our hobby over the years is the in…

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This a sad day for Chalk's. I believe they fly Grumman Mallards out of Miami. Looks like one went down with 19 on board.

hi alldoes anyone know whether Changi AP is planning on building a third runway? if so when is it scheduled to be built and also any links to this?thanks.