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The biggest impact will probably be on cost. Private companies printing charts will have to keep the operation above break-even.

The description said the props were run direct-drive, not through a gearbox. Given the RPM at which racing engines make their peak power, prop diameter would be very limited. Also, 2500 HP out of 529 cubic inches is about half the HP/displacement the elite NHRA Top Fuel guys are making, so...

I've been on both sides of this, as a hiring manager with and without an HR department, and as an applicant. I see some serious and growing issues with the hiring process. I am constantly amazed at rigid requirements for knowledge of a specific piece of software. If a candidate had everything...

Brien, I don't know what started you on this rant, but EAA does an exceptional job of keeping the experimental community informed. It is also the personal responsibility of the individual to know and follow the regs, not the job of some external watchdog. I know of a guy who bought a...

The insurance guy's letter misses an important point. If your insurance doesn't cover your crash because you were in violation of an AD, and there's nothing else in your estate worth taking, the lawyer on the other side will probably decline to take the case on a contingency basis without the...

Tell me again why the experimental market is booming?

Is there some FAR I have missed that requires a four-seat airplane for a checkride? Find another flight school that will rent you a 152, and show up in that for your checkride. If the FAA wants to bloat the costs of your checkride to conduct a check on the DPE, it ought to pick up the tab...

Will angry birds start pooping on the mirrors? Or are they preoccupied with their war against the pigs?

Your perspective on this seems limited. There are times when we have to stop being just another a special interest group. After this accident, KOMO cannot argue reasonably that its operations are not dangerous to the public, or that adequate safeguards are in place. Clearly, neither is true...

I've not worked in TV, but I worked in the late '70s for a radio station in what was then market #34 which fielded its own traffic helicopter, because research showed listeners perceived great value in an on-scene, live report, especially when the reporter was an off-duty cop. It was also as...

In most markets outside the top 15, traffic helicopters have been replaced completely by video cameras watching the freeways. TV stations still use them, but here in Salt Lake City (market rank #33) only one station has one, and it's the only one in the state. Demand is already building for...

We're almost there in the US without the regulation. Many chargers (including Apple's) now have a standard, large USB port on the wall-wart, and use a cable with that on one end and the phone's proprietary connector on the other. I can charge my Motorola Droid from most USB wall-warts, including...

Download and read the FAA advisory circular AC 90-66A. Section 9 answers your questions. It suggests helicopter operators fly at half standard pattern altitude and closer to the runway than fixed-wing traffic, or use opposite pattern if allowed by local policy, if they're using the runway...

TV antennas usually cover aviation frequencies, but they're usually mounted with the elements horizontal. Aviation COM is vertically polarized. The difference could be significant. You'd be better off getting on of the inexpensive discone antennas for the scanner, and mounting it in the clear...

Comparisons to driving a car are a little ridiculous, if you're talking per-100K-hours. GA flying is absolutely more likely to result in a fatal crash. To me, the difference is many driving risks are largely out of your control. Aviation protocols are all designed to keep you well distant...

Worthy of note, the BRZ is the only Subaru sold in the US which is available only in RWD.

Rob, I think I must have been desensitized (somehow) to creepy during that period. ;)

Understood, and it's not really the site's existence I find remarkable, but the fact that "we have subscribers in over 120 countries." The idea that info on the bias of a journalist is marketable elevates many so-called "conspiracy theories" to reality. A friend noticed that the fine print at...

That's OK if you're in the pattern, but I'd hesitate to reduce my real safety to enhance a passenger's perceived safety. The stall warning bit has worked for me, too. The only point at which my daughter got nervous in the 172 was on final, looking at the ground approaching through the...

I would cite the proposed imposition of sleep apnea screening, which the FAA itself said would eventually be expanded to an estimated 1/3 of all pilots, as evidence the agency is still actively seeking additional workload.