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Kinda...Sorta... Like an ILS. "S" stands for "system" . "System" includes "Lights". MALSR is nice.

Does anyone remember a television series called "A piece of cake?" It aired about 20 years ago on PBS. and was a tale of an RAF squadron during the Battle of Britain. Lots of good footage of Spitfires. The anti-hero was a pilot called "Morgie or Morgy" He was a total swine, but was tolerated...

I have a dear friend that is an example of what can be done. This is his story. Forgive me if I ramble. David, (not the name that he was born with in Viet Nam) went through the US Army flight program and went home to serve his country flying everything up to Chinooks. About six years. No break...

You should have been there in 2005 when there were two TFR's in effect in NOLA due to storm rescues and cleanup. ATC was provided by an AWAC. Then there was a third. It was a Presidential and it was a "moving TFR". But there was a major oil company's CEO on board a helo who had to get on scene...

Low time = low pay + high insurance rates for the employer.

Back in the early 2000's, there was some acreage at KHUM nestled in the area S of RW 12-30 and W of RW 18-36. It also was directly under the RW traffic pattern for the (long established) heliports on the North Ramp. RW max altitudes over this acreage is 500'. Many of the AC based on the North...

This problem seems to be over thought. Nobody mentioned another means to get night current. Simulator. Awhile back, my night currency lapsed and I wanted to get current again. The trouble was it was the middle of summer when the days were longest. My current assignment had a "no take offs more...

I went for the bait and assumed that the pilot dropped the nose to build speed, pulled up, reduced power going over the top and made a two G recovery to level flight. I was disappointed to learn that this was not the case, and only a 360 turn was performed. "Y'all hang on back there! I'm only...

As a former "Maine-E-Ack", I'm sorta missing a little snow now and then. Here in the FL panhandle (AKA: Lower Alabama) it's just another 75 deg day with 2 kts of wind out of the SE.

I was sitting on my patio today, sipping my vodka and Tang and heard a little different sound. Looked up and saw a solo F-18 in Blue Angel colors loafing along west bound headed for NAS Pensacola about 1,500'. He was coming from the direction of Eglin Aux field Six (Biancur Field). I used to...

Er, discussion was about the CH 601 in post #5. Post crash photos show wings that seemed to have exploded. Ground observers (two instances) reported that the "Engine seemed to be running rough." Likely the sound of flutter. Zenith upgrades included aileron balance and wing center section beef...

Doesn't have flaps, nor do you need them. Glide angle is like a tool box when at idle. The O-235 has a 2,000 plus hr TBO. The tail wheel mod is a real looker.

Aileron flutter. Required a daily aileron cable tension check.

Times have changed. When I was a student, it was stated that "No civilian piloting allowed!" For some reason, several of us joined the Ft Rucker (now Ft Novosel) Glider club. After a relaxing weekend of auto tow launches we went back to class and banged the Flight Commander's ear about it. It...

Back when I was performing military flight duty it went like this. The examiner asked if I would ALSO like an FAA Medical Certificate. A document. For your wallet. The report of the annual military Phys exam went directly into the flight crewmember's military medical file. Which was kept in a...

Never saw pills. Ever. Especially 135. I learned to "know myself" as a teen age Marine behind a machine gun on a middle east mountain. To know yourself is the ultimate self hate. I don't hallucinate when rested. I recall an FBO in NOLA that has a curtained off area filled with Lazy Boys. Always...

I recall strapped in for a few "36 hour deals". Thats the point when the hallucinations begin. The mandated Crew Rest policies (FAR 135) require that if the daily 10 hr flight time or 14 hr duty time is exceeded due to WX or some other event beyond the pilot's control, a 16 hr rest is required...

Yeah, I know. Just wondering if everyone forgot that.

Some technical issues just came to mind. If one were to stand in front of a plane (metal prop) parked with the engine running, would the radar detect any speed? I recall a Marine telling me that when he was stationed at a certain USMC Air Station, the CO became concerned. The boys were taxiing...

Gee. I wonder how Corky Fornof got cleared to take that Bede Jet through the hangar for the James Bond movie?