Thanks for all your comments about different leading-edge ice protection systems. If nothing else you can see that this is a serious problem with no single solution, but lots of good ideas. If you're
Week two behind us.....thank god. Couple of things about training. All you have to worry about is going to class and studying.....but then again all you have to worry about is going to class and study
...Phoenix Approach has just handed us off to Albuquerque Center who just told us to climb to 1-2 thousand. As we pass the 11,000 foot mark, it's clear these planes don't like altitude. It's a pist
Student B's lesson is cancelled because IFR Warrior won't start. This is the 4th lesson in a row cancelled for him because of a non-starting airplane. The skool finally broke down and fixed the othe
Being able to safely land an aircraft in a crosswind is a must for a pilot. It is actually a very rare day to have the wind directly aligned with the runway, so there's always at least a little crossw
Week two behind us.....thank god. Couple of things about training. All you have to worry about is going to class and studying.....but then again all you have to worry about is going to class and study
It has been five months since I have held the controls of an airplane. That last flight was the big XC and progress was interrupted by my then CFI moving away. During the interim I practiced for and
As a contract programmer, my accounting needs are (I think) pretty simple. I just need to do the following:
Record time spent on client projects
Record reimbursable expenses
Record non-reimbursabl
My years in the aviation industry have been evenly split between time in the cockpit and time behind a desk – over 15 years of each. In my desk-life, I have worked in management for some of the mo
Outlook VFR
AIRMET tango (a little turbulence keeps you regular)
Visibility unrestricted
Few Clouds at 20000ft
Finally a nice day to fly. Be home no earlier then sundown.
It has been five months since I have held the controls of an airplane. That last flight was the big XC and progress was interrupted by my then CFI moving away. During the interim I practiced for and
We were airborne well before 6am. It was night, but the moon was really bright and it lit up the earth and sky for us as we flew south. The winds were from the west at more than 195 miles per hour,
At the beginning of January, I sold my 1/6 share in the Arrow group. Reluctantly I might add, as the group wanted to admit three new members and with only two shares for sale, was about to vote to ex
tonight i'm laying over in miami. we flew in from la guardia earlier tonight and while the weather was colder than a witch's tit in new york, it's much warmer here. our crew hotel is in south beach an
The US National Transportation Safety Board has completed its investigation into the February 2005 fatal crash of a Citation V in Colorado. Essentially, the airplane crashed because of an accumulation