Here's a copy of my IFR
Diary, the story of how I got my instrumentrating in just a couple of weeks.
Here's a copy of my IFR
Diary, the story of how I got my instrument
rating in just a couple of
weeks.
Here's my paper giving a new way to view VOR
navigation.
(Contains an example of the "let your fingers do the
walking"
technique mentioned in the IFR Diary.)
Why
I'm no longer a member of the Grumman Gang
community.
A
Dangerous Flaw in the
Electronic International's FP-5 User Interface.
The four forces
at work on an airplane in flight.
An amazing
lenticular (ACSL)
over Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
Cross-country
fuel management by intentionally running a tank
dry.
Fuses vs Circuit Breakers:
Some Hard Fact.
The Iceman Cometh, how I
got my new instrument rating "icy" and lived to tell about it.
The
Possible 'Impossible' Turn is a technical study that contradicts
everything that you've been taught about trying to return to
the airport
after an engine failure on takeoff. The author is David F.
Rogers
of the United States Naval Academy. (PDF, 251KB)
Does the canopy rattle on your Tiger/Cheetah? Got air
leaks
around the turtle deck? Try
this technique instead of those
useless canopy seals.
What's a Form 337? What does PMA mean? Check out
this backgrounder.
My Forms 337.
Here's a no-drip
method for changing the oil and filter in a Tiger/Cheetah.
The
wiring diagram for 78-79 Tiger
(thanks to Gary Vogt of Aucountry Aviation)
Here's the infamous Lycoming
SB 388-B, the "Valve Wobble Test."
The zip file contains twelve scanned
pages in JPEG format. (727KB)
Here's a procedure for swinging
a compass when no compass
rose is available. Microsoft Word file.
(23KB)
The aftermath
of hand-propping an aircraft.
Slow-motion film clip of an aircraft
going supersonic just above a
carrier deck. Note the vapor caused by air compression.
(1.3 Mb--replay if first play is jerky.)
Video clip of a hairy
landing of a 747 at Kai Tak airport at Hong Kong. (890 Kb)
Excellent quotations
and quips about aviation.
Humorous repartee on a squawk
sheet.How to Interpret Airplane
Condition Ratings.Physicist John Denker's book,
See
How It Flies. Required reading
for every pilot, regardless
of experience. The entire book is online.
