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This week's Accident of the Week takes us to the remote Alaskan community of Tuntutuliak (identifier: A61). Here's another free

As part of my regular review of the FAA’s Airman Knowledge Test Question page for

I received an email this evening from an aviation related mailing list that I belong to. It was regarding the “Community Air” rally sched

It was a perfect day; the day before

After several weeks of being home and terra firma bound, its good to get back in the wild blue yonder. Although this week, the skies have been mostly wild grey and not blue. Since finishing up Lear tr

Now that I have a medical again, I need a job. My old job isn't waiting for me because, well it couldn't wait for me. People couldn't go without their pop and chips for three months (even

Had a little down time tonight so I installed IE7 from the Windows Updates. Fifty minutes start to finish and the install took complete control of my ThinkPad for the entire time. Great job, nice work

This week's Accident of the Week takes us to the remote Alaskan community of Tuntutuliak (identifier: A61). Here's another free 19:20

Accident of the Week

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I woke up this morning for my 7 am flight to a lovely AWOS report of less than 1/4 mile, and 100 overcast in fog. I called Rob and told him the fog would burn off around 10 per the forecast and that w

A flight department isn't all about Caribbean sunrises and fine restaurants. There's a lot of work that needs to be done before we even get near the airplane to jet off to our resort locations. My m

I am currently a Quality Analyst for a small financial firm. The basic role of my job is to..to....zzzzzzzzzz....

...huh? what?

Yeah. A career in finance, well, is boring.
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It was a perfect day; the day before

I woke up this morning for my 7 am flight to a lovely AWOS report of less than 1/4 mile, and 100 overcast in fog. I called Rob and told him the fog would burn off around 10 per the forecast and that w

It's another day of getting ready for the II. I'm supposed to teach ILS and NDB approaches. There isn't anything remarkably interesting during this lesson. Precision approaches are pretty straightf

A flight department isn't all about Caribbean sunrises and fine restaurants. There's a lot of work that needs to be done before we even get near the airplane to jet off to our resort locations. My m

A flight department isn't all about Caribbean sunrises and fine restaurants. There's a lot of work that needs to be done before we even get near the airplane to jet off to our resort locations. My m

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How to Beat A Speeding ticket or at least better ...

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(Updated 10/20 with additional pictures.)

Kudos go out to LoadmasterC141 for winning the "Where Is Sam Now" challenge, and all the other readers who figured out individual clues. If you did

I am currently a Quality Analyst for a small financial firm. The basic role of my job is to..to....zzzzzzzzzz....

...huh? what?

Yeah. A career in finance, well, is boring.
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While flying a glider the pilot needs to use lots of rudder while banking the plane. This is due to slow speeds and long wings which promotes the effect of adverse yaw, also known as adverse yaw. Whil

ThirtyThou"sandFeet seems to have misread one of my postings. Clear Of Cloud appears in their blog listings as A blog by the pilot of a recen

With a large low pressure hovering around Ireland - and currently dumping hangar-loads of rain outside- the likelihood of flying in the next few days is prob zero! Sigh.

October 18th 2006
The day Habeas Corpus died in the USA   "Today, 135 years to the day after the last American President (Ulysses S. Grant) suspended habeas corpus, P