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I was explaining to my wife, why knowing the temperature is important in aviaiton. I have no idea why my car has an alert at 37degF. But in the discussion, I explained that the boiling point of water increases when water is in a sealed container due the increase in pressure. However, I have...

From 61.51 Does this mean that I need to review my logbook between the time I received my solo endorsement and took my checkride to add the PIC time?

If baloons are subject to the air current they are in, how do baloon pilots fly to an intended destination? For example, during baloon tours; they go up then bring their passengers back to the same point of origin.

Is flying a means to an end, or an end unto itself?

I'm not trying to start a shouting match here, but I'd like some real-world data to backup the assertions I've heard that twins are safer than singles. I hypothesize that the failure rate for an engine in a twin is higher than the failure rate of singles. Given that however, unfortunately I...

When I worked retail many moons ago, my manager scolded me for asking a customer for ID. I was educated that if the card is signed the merchant can be fined if the customer complains. Yesterday at Wallyworld, the cashier asked for ID from me after the person in front had difficulty with their...

YES I am a new pilot! I'm proud of it! I've read all the statistics about the 100 hour kill zone and I know what the insurance companies say, but I'm getting a bit ticked off by the arrogance of higher time pilots who've forgotten that they were once new(and who've NEVER flown with me) judging...

http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/flashMap/index.cfm In my desire for in-flight weather, I found the FAA ADS-B deployment site through another thread about an iPad based ADS-B product http://www.skyradar.net/. What I need to find now, is an overlay or something that can tell me where I would likely...

Some of us are worried:dunno:

May 12, 2011 is a day that shall live in infamy (at least in my mind). I am now legal to assume all responsibilities as Pilot in Command as a Private Pilot- Single Engine Land (VFR). Upon shutting down from my Cross Country Flight to meet the Designated Pilot Examiner my logged flight...

Is It Time To Overhaul (Or Even Eliminate) FAA Certification of GA? By John Ylinen, Private Pilot If you are reading this column in Aero-News; then you are probably an aviation enthusiast -- and most likely a pilot. If you became a pilot since the 1970s; you have been witnessing the slow death...

In the C-172, the technique that I've been taught and strive for consistency with in the pattern to descend to land is: Abeam the threshold, power to 1500, carb heat on, pull yoke to maintain traffic pattern altitude and slow to 80kts, 10 degrees of flaps, push over to maintain 80 until downwind...