I just want to correct a slight error in the article written by Meg Godlewski in the Feb. 11, 2005, issue titled “Flight of the Phoenix — 2004 vs. 1965.” Meg states that a C-82 was flown in both films. Although a C-82 was used in the original movie, the 2004 version used a C119K, […]
Opinion
The Magic Number
By PETER M. BOWERS. Those of us who own or rent airplanes are aware of the registration numbers, or N numbers, that each must carry. Few, however, realize that those numbers are not cast in concrete, but are transferable. An owner can cancel a number that came with his plane and replace it with one […]
The two don’t add up
I was incredibly disappointed in your publication of the Headwinds article in The Southern Aviator, February 2005. (Don’t become a “factor”) The content of this article was, compared to your usual fine content, irresponsible at best. Mr. Elman clearly exhibits at least two hazardous attitudes in his remarks, namely “machoism” and resignation, and as such […]
It’s not the money
I enjoyed your article (They don’t know us: Why security agencies fear GA and what we can do about it, February issue) and agree with its premise, except for your assertion that the NRA’s campaign contributions is what makes them influential. NRA campaign contributions pale in comparison to the NRA’s membership. The NRA brings votes […]
Voodoo Magic
We were a flight of three as we departed JZP and headed to the southeast. The day was clear, with wispy cirrus clouds gracefully painting a winter blue sky. Hotlanta was a schemer’s promise shining to our south and Stone Mountain was a timeless beacon of days long past and a future not yet seen. […]
Causing confusion
The 80-year-old woman was not in zero gravity because gravity was accelerating her downward all the time she was weightless (80-year-old woman sets record as oldest to experience zero gravity, Jan. 14 issue). Objects in orbit are weightless because centrifugal force of rotation is equal and opposite the force of gravity. Physicists don’t want to […]
What about the Wright?
You mentioned never hearing of an aircraft engine producing one horsepower per cubic inch (Can you have more power and reliability? Jan. 28 issue). How about those Wright compound R-3350s of 3700 hp? These great engines powered Douglas DC-7s, Fairchild C-119s, Lockheed Super Connies and P2V Neptunes, etc. I flew PV2-Vs with these and we […]
Should this engine have a fuel return line?
QUESTION: I have a Glasair, started by someone else, with an IO-320 engine. He has a fuel return line from the side of the throttle body going back to the bottom of the header tank. It is my understanding that there is not supposed to be a fuel return line on this system. I can’t […]
Be careful what you say
Ever said something that you wished you hadn’t? Have there been times when a comment you made seemed perfectly good at the moment you said it but, on reflection, you realized it came out the wrong way? Are you one of those people who has ever made a sarcastic comment that, when taken out of […]