Forget the Avgas, Just Use 160 AA Batteries
In Tokyo, Japan, a piloted one-person aircraft successfully completed its inaugural flight powered by 160 household AA batteries. During the flight that lasted a total of 59 seconds, the glider-styled plane ascended 16 feet and flew a distance of more than 430 yards. The pilot, Tomohiro Kamiya, attends the Tokyo Institute of Technology, a school that has a history of building experimental piloted aircraft.
Garmin Releases New Aviation GPS - Airplanes
One of the newest Aviation GPS units on the market today is the Garmin GPSMAP 496. For pilots who rent planes or just prefer portable GPS models, the 496 combines several attractive features including terrain alerting, a detailed color map, and satellite datalink weather, which is available with a subscription to XM WX Satellite Weather.
No Guns in Cockpits on Airplanes
The Federal Flight Deck Officer program, in which flight crew members are authorized to have a gun in the cockpit, doesn't seem to be catching on. I was never in favor of it in the first place. The thought of bullets hitting innocent people, causing depressurization with shots through the fuselage, not to mention the avionics equipment that keeps the plane aloft, scares me. A stun gun makes better sense.
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