Recent content by PeterNSteinmetz

Not really strictly the beginning. Cayley designed the primary set of wings and controls we use today in 1799 and flew a man carrying glider in 1804.

New search this year - https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-missing-plane-mh370-search-what-to-know-88ecaee897bbb17a5b62a097ae40db0b

Funny - at first I thought you meant you had lost your old flight computer.

A question for the season. What is the approximate power in horsepower being produced by Santa’s reindeer to pull his flying sleigh?

Even better for GA pilots would be to simply eliminate 3rd class medicals for private pilots. There is no evidence they improve the safety of flight and are just a historical leftover from WWI and the first chief medical officers. Let PP fly with driver’s license medicals like SP...

And a bit more about the route - CAM 9 http://www.dreamsmithphotos.com/arrow/airmail_routes/route_01_10/09/cam_09_c_tc.html#sylvan

This is a photo of the old airway beacon on the bluff above Holman Field in Saint Paul MN. It marked the end of the route from Chicago to St. Paul. Downtown St. Paul is to the right of the beacon in this view and in the distance is Minneapolis.

Well I finally passed the checkride. I actually had some fun on this one though it was challenging. The stack near Casa Grande AZ is always a joy. And no, it was nowhere even close to 3 hours of flight training. Much much more. I can say I more instrument proficient than I have ever been.

Apparently there will be a trial in tribal court on Monday Nov 3 - https://avbrief.com/tribal-court-trial-set-for-monday-on-aircraft-seizure/

So this no doubt costs the airlines plenty. Could they ask the FAA to step aside and install some private controllers to handle this airspace? https://apnews.com/article/lax-airport-flights-delays-shutdown-b2e0c13f3241e415784c3118fc8f0c9d

My review of this book was published in the American Aviation Historical Society newsletter - https://www.aahs-online.org/pubs/flightline/fl25-11.pdf

So some researcher’s reconstructed the actual radios used and tested them over the ocean. They think this lets them have a much better idea of where the plane was and went down. The various headlines around seem to tout a much greater precision than seems likely to me. This video discusses a...

I think only the Federal government could likely effectuate this return.

Interesting but I think Federal pre-emption is rather clear on this point. https://avbrief.com/tribe-seizes-airplane-after-emergency-landing-on-reservation

My 1000th flight in a small plane was this morning. While out to fuel my Cardinal I was greeted by this rainbow -