I wouldn't recommend Bimini unless you have a specific reason to visit that island. Its proximity to Miami has turned it into a bit of a zoo, and there is nothing to see within walking distance from the runway. Great Harbour Cay would be much nicer and laid back port of entry. Beautiful beach with a...

It is a communist country and they have had a shoot first answer questions later policy in years past (C337 shot down by a mig). That is not a fair statement. The C337 you mention was flown by exiled Cubans from South Florida and was actively engaged in dropping anti-Castro leaflets during precedin...

Vmo is based on TAS and so the indicated value of it decreases with altitude. This is incorrect. Vmo is an indicated airspeed and generally constant with altitude until Mmo becomes the limit. There were times where Vmo was expressed in EAS so you had a small change with altitude, but nowadays every...

Pilot DAR is a test pilot, he is allowed to deal with close shaved barber poles (although poles expats are mostly known as plumbers, there are barber poles as well). This reminds me of Henry Fonda barber scene in my name is nobody, same deal.

The Bristol instructor quote is confused. Vmo and Vne have the same meaning. You do not have a Vne after a Vmo because you must never exceed Vmo. I have never seen Mne, I don't think it exists in regulations. Vne is indeed associated with piston planes and Vmo with turbines (including turboprops). V...

Scary video. I've seen this before but with test pilots wearing parachutes.

Loading up the wing can make things worse in case of flutter because this speeds up the airflow on top of the wing, so don't try that.

In case of flutter, chop throttle to idle immediately, straight and level.

Announcement this morning. --M "Bombardier announced today that its Board of Directors has granted Bombardier Aerospace the authority to offer formal sales proposals of the optimized CSeries aircraft family to airline customers. The aircraft will incorporate the latest technology available to produc...

There are several Hunters based here, operated by Northern Lights Combat Air Support.
http://www.nlcas.ca/
--M

Here is today's post from Capt PPRuNe that I am sure he won't mind that I copy here since access is so difficult these days: "Whilst this may be a sore point for many of you who actually manage to read this, due to the BA B777 accident at LHR yesterday and the intense interest it has generated world...

C'est mesurable mais non perceptible, on parle de 4/10 de pourcent à 40000ft. La pesanteur est fonction de l'inverse du carré de la distance au centre de la terre. Donc le rapport entre la surface et 40000ft est de: (6371km)^2/(6371km + 40000ft)^2=0.996 Cela donne une accélération de 9.81*0.996=9.77...

C'est juste l'histoire d'un pauvre type qui a pété les plombs. Son argumentation technique ne tient pas la route cinq minutes pour autant qu'on connaisse un tant soit peu le dossier. C'est une vieille histoire dont toutes les pierres ont été retournées.
--M

Pygmie, the poll you are referring to said 70% of Quebec residents opposed the military intervention in Afghanistan. It's not quite the same thing as no military at all (which is unbelievable indeed). http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060506/conservative_poll_060506/20060506/ A C...

Try this:

http://www.reality-xp.com

--M

Il y a de bonnes informations récentes sur Maestro ici: http://www.logimonde.com/reportages.php?sequence_no=9668 Maestro a annoncé aujourd’hui (20 juillet) les destinations qu’il met à son programme pour la saison 2006-2007. Le Sud se précise désormais : la Martinique, la Guadeloupe, Samana, Punta C...

frog wrote:Le fjord du Saguenay, à couper le souffle !

I like it too! Once you've flown in the 705, flying again the CRJ200 is like a punishment.
What I like most about the 705 is that it brings business class seats on regional routes (I'm upgrading with the passes).
--M

Double post.

I have flown several Katana from Key West at +30C... http://www.machdiamonds.com/katanaeyw.jpg ... to Quebec City at -15C... http://www.machdiamonds.com/katanayqb.jpg ... and the top cruise speed has never been below 130kts unless the propeller was seriously worn out. It is a FAST little bugger and ...

tell the customs that you want to withdraw your application to enter. That doesn't work. I withdrew my application after being denied entry for a technicality in 2002, and ever since I have been back to the US I had to endure secondary screening (and the missed connections). They told me it would s...

Anybody knows what routes the type will operate?

They are widening Airport Road to reduce traffic congestions towards YYZ.
--M

Lost in Saigon, do I understand you're flying a 763?

The current 763 ground speed record is 700 kts at

http://groundspeedrecords.com/

You way want to add you name to the list...

--Machdiamond

PS: Me? 175kts in a Katana C1 once. Alas, no camera.

Que fait le son du F-16 au taxi dans Brussels National, hein?
Non sans blague, c'est excellent comme musique.
--Machdiamond

Merci Raf, Zatopec,
25 nm je trouve que ça a de l'allure.
--Machdiamond

Salut la gang. Je me présente, PPL 200 hrs, travaille sur mon IFR présentement. Peut-être que je ferai mon prof. pour le fun mais piloter ne sera pas mon métier (ingénieur aéro). J'ai eu mon PPL aux états et j'ai ma license canadienne sur base de (après paperasserie ad'hoc et médical). C'est quoi le...