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The charter of rec.aviation.piloting is:

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*   Information pertinent to pilots of general aviation aircraft which     *
*   would not fall into one of the other non-misc rec.aviation groups.     *
*   Topics include, but are not limited to flying skills, interesting      *
*   sights, destinations, flight characteristics of aircraft, unusual      *
*   situations, handling emergencies, working with air traffic control,    *
*   international flights, customs and immigration, experiences with       *
*   ground support facilities, etc.                                        *
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>>> N.B.  articles relevant to wanting to learn to fly, learning to fly,  <<<
>>>       initially obtaining a medical certificate, instructional        <<<
>>>       techniques, textbooks, videotapes, written and flight tests,    <<<
>>>       etc. belong in                                                  <<<
>>>                          rec.aviation.student                         <<<
>>>       and not in this group!                                          <<<

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! Please note that many articles get posted to rec.aviation.piloting which
! should be posted to rec.aviation.misc, and vice-versa.  For
! reference, the charter of rec.aviation.misc is:
!
!   In case there are things which didn’t get "caught" by the other groups,
!   rec.aviation.misc provides a home for these other topics.  An example
!   would be posts on commercial airliners and ultralights which, for the
!   moment, do not have their own home.

There are now eighteen separate subgroups on rec.aviation; if the charter
above doesn’t match the content of the article you’re posting (or you’re
following up), please consider one of the other groups as a more
appropriate forum:

    announce *    ifr           owning        rotorcraft    student
    answers *     marketplace   piloting      simulators    ultralight
    hang-gliding  military      products      soaring
    homebuilt     misc          questions *   stories *
              [newsgroups marked by * are moderated groups]

A common question is "what should I do if an article spans the charters of
two or more groups?"  The answer is cross-posting.  If you have an article
which clearly crosses the boundaries of several groups, you should post a
**single** copy of the article to **all** of the relevant groups.  Don’t post
separate copies to each group.  Most modern newsreaders will display the
article exactly once to the reader — in the first group in which it is
encountered and read.

If you feel that the replies should be directed to a subset of the groups
to which you are submitting your post, be sure to include a line of the
form "Followup-to: groupname" in the header of your message.  See the
header of this message for an example.

If you are replying to a cross-posted article and your reply is germane to
only a subset of the original groups, please ensure that you check the
Newsgroups: line to remove unnecessary groups.  If the reply is germane to
all the groups in which the article was originally posted, try to ensure
that all the groups are listed in the Newsgroups: line.  Some older
newsreaders cause a reply to go only to the group which is currently being
read.

Use cross-posting sparingly.  If an article "90% belongs" in one group and
"10% belongs" in another, post it only to the first group.

                                                Geoff