Reeve Aleutian also operated NAMC YS11’s at one time – I have photo’s of them somewhere at Anchorage

DSLR’s also suffer from ‘shutter lag’ so paying the price difference may not make much of a difference.

http://www.dpreview.com is a good website for digital camera info

I quite like “Mitchells do Fly in IMC” about the delivery flight of 5 B25’s from the USA to UK for the film “Hannover Street”
(features the late John Hawke)

What happens when you leave something unattended in Liverpool

or

‘opps i did it again’

or

nice parking son but dont make a habit of it

or

Boeing hangar gives birth to latest 737

You can add Aurigny to the UK airline list

The ppl sylabus does not cover full spin training because not all the aircraft types people train on are certified to spin or they have certain characteristics that make then unsuitble. (the Slingsby T67 comes to mind – spin certified but needs a lot of height to start and recover from)
I did my ppl on a AA5 and this was not certified for spinning.
However – the initial stages and subsequent recovery from a incipient spin were covered in detail and practiced regularly.
It should also be remembered that a competant pilot should not let a situation develop from which a spin might occur. A bit like the emergency stop on your driving test – we all have to do it but how often do you need to do it for real.

Pembo330,

I agree that the press reporting of the DC10 incidents did not help at all but then again nor did the grounding of the type by the FAA. The public perception of an ‘unsafe’ aeroplane was reinforced by the FAA ie if an official govt organisation thinks it is unsafe then it is!

I have flown on DC10’s of American Airlines & Laker and survived 🙂