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I've been reading up on Flight Director operation for 767s, actually for a specific work related MEL question, but it occurs to me, I really don't get what value they provide in general. I've worked on and around airplanes that had them for years. I've flown a couple G1000 aircraft, (172 &...

There is a really goofball off topic dialog on electricity in the Maintenance Nightmare thread. I thought i might post a few words about it here. I contend no one knows what electricity really is. We can know the sensations of various types of shocks. And we define it to make it work for us or...

I see NextGen text based provisions going into large 121 airplanes and I was wondering if there are any GA Cockpit - ATC text based communications systems out there? This was at one time called Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), I don't know if it changed into something else. I...

I saw a photo of another pilot flying around with pen clutched in yoke hand. I wanted to: #1 - share my el cheapo works great tip. #2 - solicit good ideas from others. My tip is a mini mag lite holster stitched to my kneeboard strap. See photo. Rubber bands apply a little tension. Always...

Just wondering?

I'm still on the fence on what to buy for first airplane. Had a great day flying with a friend sitting next to me. Not sure I would have had the same fun with her sitting in the back of a Citabria. So I was looking at the Grumman American. Friends point out that Grumman American is not...

got this in email this morning -> From an airline Captain with more than three decades in the airline industry. He says "I never really understood how airline ticket pricing worked until I read this analogy. Perhaps some of the airline pilots and passengers on your mailing list might also...

Just wondering if anyone has any switches or controls in their cockpit and they don't know what they are for.

A lot of airplanes have cockpit ELT controls. I was just wondering if there would ever be a time you'd turn the thing on in flight? In the case of a 121.5 ELT, it might improve your chances of attracting attention. Thoughts?