Headwind or Tailwind?

Another question I find interesting is: if you were flying to South Lake Tahoe at 13,500 ft MSL (since you want to be well clear of the mountains ... plus you want to brag to your friends that you flew that high...) and you see that your ground speed is 135 KTs/hour but your Air Speed indicator reads 125 KTs... do you have a headwind or a tailwind?

VOR interesting point

I was asked the following question about the Hangtown VOR.

Why does this VOR box include the type of VOR, "VOR DME" when other VOR's do not need to include that information.

Temporary Restriction of Closed Traffic at SQL

In case you haven't seen this notice....

Temporary Restriction of Closed Traffic at SQL

The San Carlos Airport Air Traffic Control Tower advises that closed traffic operations/pattern work at San Carlos Airport may need to be suspended without prior notice during the next several weeks because of a temporary reduction in tower staffing levels.Please note: the dates and times of the above restriction are subject to change. Please contact the San Carlos Airport office at 650-573-3700 if you have any questions. Pilots should verify all restrictions by checking the latest FAA Notams prior to flight.

F18 fly-by at SQL on Saturday 1/15 at 2PM

Passing this along from San Carlos Pilot Association:

A really neat feature of this event will be an F18 fly-by of SQL at 2PM. We are passing along this information because we know that many of you would enjoy seeing this yourself.

Humurous ATC

Someone sent these to me and I got a chuckle out of them...

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted:
"American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee...
Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: " Frankfurt , Speedbird 206! clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."

Stadium TFRs

There is an interesting dialog at the link below about a pilot that flew within the TFR restriction around a football stadium in Ames, IA. It goes to show you that it is hard to know when this TFR is in effect especially if you are flying cross country.

http://uncontrolledairspace.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1747&p=8621&hilit=tfr#p8621

The following link is a listing of the stadiums that fall under the TFR. The usuals show up here on the list like Stanford, Candlestick, AT&T Park, etc... but also Infineon Raceway which is not something that would come to my mind.

http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/stadiums.html

Rob had at one point a web site that would provide details of the schedules for all the local stadiums but I can't seem to find it. Some information can be found on his site at:
http://www.down-and-locked.com/planning/