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Your best bet is to visit the EAA Web site (www.eaa.org) and get the latest information about the organization directly. You can learn all about EAA's various divisions, membership benefits, etc.

Although aimed at the airline-traveling public, the Fear of Flying Help Course might provide some useful information. For more statistics than you might care to absorb, see the FAA's aviation safety Web site. Not that statistics will address issues that are usually rooted in fundamental...

I flipped past the risible Final Descent last night, and it struck me that the late Robert Urich was channeling (the also late) Dana Andrews, at least when playing an airline pilot. I can’t think of another actor who moved so gracefully between the realms of Sci-Fi and airplane movies as...

More Details Emerging From the NY Times: WASHINGTON, May 23 - A Black Hawk helicopter dispatched to intercept a private plane that entered forbidden airspace here on May 11 directed the plane's pilots to tune to a frequency that was not usable at the time, the Department of Homeland Security...

Sure, they look lovely and harmless. But are you sure they aren't Chemtrails?

AOPA has posted more details about the FAA revocation order on its Web site: ...The FAA listed Sheaffer's actions by each regulation he violated: FAR 61.57(a). Acted as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying a passenger without having made at least three takeoffs and three landings within...

NACO publishes some information on the Dates of Latest Editions page its Web site. For example, it publishes a document that contains the dates of the latest editions of sectionals, etc. Unfortunately, NACO 28 and 56 Day Aeronautical Products is just a calendar showing the dates of publication...

You may find the following information helpful. Note the links at the bottom of the excerpt of the full article: http://www.awp.faa.gov/fsdo/ans_oct_97.htm

Rather than starting yet another long thread about logging flight time, I'll refer to you the updated section "Logbooks and Logging Time" on the AOPA Web site. If you're an AOPA member, you can read answers to common questions like yours, learn about interpretations of the rules, and decide for...

You can find more detailed information about all types of W&B calculations, including percent MAC, in The Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook (FAA-H-8083-1), one of the many FAA training handbooks available for free download at: http://afs600.faa.gov/srchFolder.asp?Category=traininghandbook

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This sounds like something members of the group would enjoy: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050520/nyf030.html?.v=9 Hannover House and Zeal Pictures have joined forces with legendary filmmakers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott to create a stunning new DVD boxed set like no other. "American Fighter...

Your question doesn't have a single, simple answer. If you review the references I cited earler, you'll have a good understanding of the fundamentals. Obviously, what works at one airport may not apply strictly at another (conflicts with nearby airports, airspace, noise-sensitive areas, IFR...

The AOPA Air Safety Foundation Safety Advisor, "Operations at Non-Towered Airports," summarizes the most important information from the FARs, AIM, ACs and other sources (n.b. AC 90-66A Recommended Standard Traffic Patterns for Aeronautical Operations at Airports without Operating Control...

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More than you ever wanted to know about "hinky" http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990510

I suggest creating a place for documents as well as pictures. We could build up a reference library of public-domain documents (e.g., FAA training manuals, PTS, etc.).

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to. There are several maneuvers that might apply (keep in mind, however, that airshow maneuvers aren't necessarily the same as their competition counterparts): Rolling Turn or "Roller": A 360-degree level turn with rolls (inside or outside, including...

From Chapter 8, “Approaches and Landings” in The Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA H-8083-3a) Short-Field Approach and Landing …After the airplane is on the ground, back-elevator pressure may be gradually relaxed to place normal weight on the nose wheel to aid in better steering. If...

AOPA is going to run an ad about the ADIZ/FRZ incident in USA Today and Roll Call this week (see attached PDF file).