How would one go about getting (assisted and monitored) access to scientific/medical research equipment in the Chicago area? (fMRI, MRI, electron microscopes, mass spectrometry) [more inside]
posted by chambers on Sep 24, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm applying to the Air Force Academy. Would it be wise to get a private pilot's license now? [more inside]
posted by pyrom on Sep 13, 2009 - 18 answers

My Palm Z22 no longer syncs to my computer. This problem just appeared outta nowhere. I tried different cords, reinstalling the desktop, hard reset, and switching computers. No luck. Any ideas?
posted by Waldo Jeffers on Jan 24, 2009 - 5 answers

Is the phrase "clear the A-pillar" commonly used by pilots and truckers? [more inside]
posted by aerotive on Jan 23, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me identify this photograph. The form I have it in is cut from a magazine (or similar) and then glued to a piece of sturdy paper, the person I got it from doesn't remember where she got it. I just think it's a really nice picture and wonder if it'd be possible to get a better quality version somewhere. I've tried googling around, but to no avail.
posted by bjrn on Nov 2, 2008 - 8 answers

Doing a "pilot" for an new internet service product, what should be in our plan to verify it is a viable idea? [more inside]
posted by UMDirector on Jun 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Can I get my hands on the pilot for the US version of "The Thick of It"? [more inside]
posted by defenestration on Feb 15, 2008 - 2 answers

What are some songs about flying, preferably in a plane of some kind? My friend is a pilot and I want to make a mixtape for him with some songs about flying. So far, all I've come up with is the following: AF607105 - Charlotte Gainsbourg (even if it does involve a crash, it's lovely) Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra Anyone have any ideas? Thank you in advance!
posted by Locative on Feb 2, 2008 - 71 answers

Help me find webshops with inexpensive Pilot G6 gel pen cartridges, or at least as good alternatives, that ship to private customers in Europe? [more inside]
posted by nolnar on Jan 7, 2008 - 4 answers

I know a 17-year-old now applying to colleges who wants to get into a branch of the military (AF Academy) but had a bout of childhood asthma when she was very young (age 2) and has been on preventive medication for the lsat several years. Can she still become a pilot? [more inside]
posted by Malad on Oct 4, 2007 - 15 answers

AsceticRSSFilter: I'm looking for a program I found by chance awhile ago that could serve as a perpetual, scrolling RSS feed that would cull news from various servers to be run on legacy OSes. [more inside]
posted by Lockeownzj00 on Aug 19, 2007 - 2 answers

New Private Pilot help: I'm trying to take the FAA written exam, I've been doing lots of self study, read plenty of books, taken and passed a dozen free online practice test, and am ready for the real thing but am now being told I need some sort of "ground school endorsment"....? [more inside]
posted by nintendo on Jun 27, 2007 - 8 answers

Where can I find a pilot's watch (with a whiz wheel) sized for a small woman's wrist? [more inside]
posted by arnicae on Jun 3, 2007 - 4 answers

Getting trained and working as a Helicopter Pilot-filter. - I'm getting out of the Navy after four years, with a worthless AA degree. Flying helicopters is something I’ve always wanted to do but not for the military. Any helicopter pilots out there that can tell me where to get started??? (I'd love to hear some personal experiences:) [more inside]
posted by nintendo on May 19, 2007 - 8 answers

Palm III: retro or hopelessly obsolete? [more inside]
posted by DU on Apr 9, 2007 - 16 answers

Do (male) pilots ever experience unintended erections while experiencing high G loads on their body? [more inside]
posted by c0nsumer on Jan 31, 2007 - 16 answers

I have here in front of me a completed pilot script for what could be the next big television show. What should I do with it? [more inside]
posted by matkline on Jun 5, 2006 - 24 answers

Name (or author of) of a biographical book about a RAF pilot in WW2 who loses both legs in an accident, but goes on to fly in combat and ends up in a POW camp, which he then manages to escape from.
posted by azuma on Mar 7, 2006 - 11 answers

How do I remove a Pilot G2 ink stain from my pants? [more inside]
posted by redteam on Aug 12, 2005 - 12 answers

Sometime in the last 2 years (I think!) there was a meme going around about a military theorist (from the 50's?) who came up with a rule set for fighter pilots. The idea was a fighter pilot was supposed to go around and around with these four(?) rules. Something like "assess / analyze / ?? / shoot" or something! Does anyone know who this is is, where I can get more info and the precise rule set?
posted by wtfwjd? on Jul 6, 2005 - 4 answers

Does anyone know a bush pilot, have contact with one, or know anything about the becoming one? I'm thinking about becoming one, and while I've found a great deal of narratives about bush pilot adventures, I haven't found anything that that talks about it as a career path, which is what I'm primarily looking for.
posted by Snyder on May 20, 2005 - 8 answers

Where can I find software to sync my vintage USRobotics Pilot 5000 to my Windows 2000 PC? [more inside]
posted by S.C. on Mar 6, 2005 - 2 answers

I have a Televison/Cable program idea that would require a "pitch". Question: how does one protect/copyright said "pitch"
posted by clavdivs on May 23, 2004 - 20 answers

For unknown or novice screenplay writers, which is the best tack in trying to pitch an idea for the first time? Should a tv pilot, for example, be submitted as a simple logline and treatment, or should a cover letter, story-bible, script and character synopsis also be provided? [more inside]
posted by dhoyt on May 20, 2004 - 9 answers