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The turtles are back! http://www.eaaonline.org/link.cfm?r=23797521&sid=14372611&m=1430534&u=ExAA&j=5983569&s=http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/audio/turtles.mp3 How cute! The video: http://www.eaaonline.org/link.cfm?r=23797521&sid=14372613&m=1430534&u=ExAA&j=5983569&s=http://abcnews.go.com/US/turtles-turn-jfk-air-traffic-crawl/story?id=13957355 TURTLE NESTING SNARLS AIR TRAFFIC AT KJFK It's the time of year again for Diamondback Terrapin turtles to seek a nesting spot in the a sandy and marshy area near the corners of runways 4L and 31L at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It's not a new phenomenon, so port authority workers and biologists were ready. The annual early summer migration is just in time for the wind patterns to shift to this little-used runway, thus tying up traffic for about 30 minutes Wednesday morning as ground crews were busy removing the turtles from 4L and parallel Taxiway Kilo. About 150 turtles crossed the runway and taxiway, which kept controllers and air crews amused but concerned enough to delay takeoff or movements until they were removed. YOU CAN STILL BLOCK YOUR N NUMBER - MAYBE The FAA has issued a Q&A document to help explain which airplane owners can continue to block display of their flights after the Blocked Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program ends later this year. Only those who are able to "certify" that a "Valid Security Concern" exists will be allowed to block the tracking of their flights by N number on Internet sites that are available to anyone in the world. Read more EAA APPLAUDS GAMA/IAMAW RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON AVIATION INDUSTRY EAA today voiced its support to a response by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) against President Obama's statement that attacked American's aviation industry. In a joint letter to President Obama, GAMA and IAMAW expressed deep concern over recent comments and actions questioning the value of corporate aircraft use and proposing tax changes that would negatively impact the entire general aviation industry. Read more

My take on it is this: Below 5000 it is anybody's guess. 5000 to 10,000 is the "newer" rules: VFR EAST bound (Track) ODDS+500 VFR WEST bound (Track) EVENS+500 IFR EAST bound (Track) ODDS IFR WEST bound (Track) EVENS This way IFR/VFR has a minimum seperation of 500 feet. I agree that flights may change from the "Standard" but *IF* the flight moved to another altitude to avoid bad weather, I would have thought it "good airmanship" that once passed, get back in touch with the controller and get back to your original assigned altitude. But I guess that is in a different world to this one. ;)

Granted. But the plane should have returned to its original assigned altitude. Comments?

Yeah, ok the first one is FAKE AS..... But the rest, I don't know.

Ok, I'll bite: With the newly imposed rules for us when flying above 5000 feet and the altitudes we have to fly at (East Odd+500, West EVEN+500) for VFR and IFR are at the thousand levels - just to clarify that, IFR EAST = ODD thousands feet, WEST = EVEN thousands feet) and the planes were both at FL 370, it begs the question: HOW!? The article says they were on a DIRECT HEADON course. Unlike the collisoin over Eurpoe a while ago with the DHL and Russian plane converging. Why had the initial controller assigned the "wrong" level? Or to put it less harshly: Why was the plane asisgned a level which seems to be in contradiction to what they are supposed to fly at? It (surley) isn't the fault of the controller who finally had them, but they need to look at how the plane/s were assigned thier given altitudes BEFORE being passed on to the last controller.

OK, thanks for the corrections. But yes I too am glad to hear he is ok.

(Sorry if the name is spelt wrong.) Phil Unicum - an aerobatic pilot - was hurt in an accident on Saturday 18 June while doing the "Drunk pilot" stunt. He is injured with possible back injuries, but he is alive and "ok". He was at Maitland hospital and is being trasfered to Newcastle hospital today - Monday. Not many more details at this point.

I like the curved prop. :big_grin:

Quick question: I like to teach them to students, is to fly level with the ground so that the grass brushing the wheel spins it up to speed and then lower the plane gently the last 1/2 inch, with the stall warning blowing. Once they get the basics they can polish it up later. Nev That's what I remember from 30 years ago when I was only a PAX. But now when flying this is discouraged. Why? What am I missing?

Anyone head about a brawl on a Virgin flight over the weekend from Goldcoast to Sydney?

C7223552, Glad you are ok. Keep the old hoses and try to find someone who can determin what happened. Oh, and try to keep a good sample of the fuel too! (Though I guess with the age of the thread, that may be a bit difficult.) All in all, it is good you are not hurt - or worse. NCIS (early episode) Gibbs: "Rule (unknown): Collect evidence."

Ofcourse all this simply begs the question: Why isn't it directly downloadable to the phone? It would be just so much easier.

I'll test fly it.

No, I'm single. (But looking)

Why can't I find where she lives?

Quick question/s: Why "aviation LAUGHTER"? Why did the chute deploy? Couldn't they land it?

Ok, in 2.1 I was guided to how to stop the screen turning off when I had the power plugged in. Alas I am getting old or something and can't find where it is now I have 2.2. However I hope that I can't find it because it is "Hidden" somewhere which is why I couldn't find it in 2.1 either.

Phone Updated. Thread closed.

As a side question - how much do you reckon the average fully equipped flight bag weighs? Does anybody factor that into their preflight weight/balance calculations? I weight 40 Kgs on a good day. So in answer to your question: No. :)

Ok, my turn. One day, I saw a huntsman. He was "up there" so I didn't worry. The next day I put on my boots and am walking. I feel something in one of the boots. Nothing serious, but "different". Fluff is often found in them from the socks. I stop and take off my boot. Lowe and behold, one dead huntsman. I didn't think my feet were that bad. Extracted the spider, and put the boot back on.

Well, they work. I "discovered" the problem I mentioned, but that is neither here nor there WRT the make of mine. But it is a consideration. I guess that on that point, you need to possibily invest in some padding to put between your head and any hat if you choose to wear one while flying.

One thing you seem to have missed is the head strap. I bought a pair a while back - got sick of kissing eveyone else who used the plane's headset. Not the cheapest, but not expensive either. But one thing to look at is the padding on that part which goes over your head. Though some may look like they are ok, something which I didn't considder is this: I wear a hat when flying - usually. This isn't good for a long flight as the "knob" on the top of the hat/cap is pressed into your head. Although padding isn't a direct factor, WHERE the headset sits on/over your head is a factor.

Then there is the HASSEL list of things to do as well.