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Altimeters installed in jet aircraft are equipped with an item that no propellor-driven aircraft ever needed. It's called an altimeter vibrator. Because jet-engined airplanes are so smooth the altim

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This morning the plan was to sleep in a bit then head to the airport for a 9am preflight. The plan was to stop at KGE

Spent the whole day down at the flight school. Spent an age with Nick grilling me on my knowledge of air legistlation, aircraft performance and design, and emergency procedure. Pretty sure he went fur

This is the Beriev BE-200 amphibious jet. Pretty cool stuff; in the clip they have it configured for water bombing, and for marine rescue. Or

This morning the plan was to sleep in a bit then head to the airport for a 9am preflight. The plan was to stop at KGE

Back in the ‘80s, I was part of the team that started SimuFlite – at the time the largest startup in dollar terms in aviation history.  Besides seeing how a new business is born from the inside,

I just got back from a week in Omaha Nebraska at a client site. Here’s a few observations: It’s cold in Nebraska, but it’s really not that bad. All week the highs in Omaha were be

The cold, wintry weather has finally gotten to me. I find that, due to weather and work, I am only flying every two weeks or so. That means most of my flight time is spent in review. When the weath

Today was my first flight test review flight.

In today's "lesson" we reviewed alot of old stuff in order to prepare me for my upcoming flight test. Depending on how I do, I'll have two of

Things to be sure I ask potential instructors for the COM/CFI:
How many COM/CFI candidates have you worked with? Passage rate? Biggest challenges in these ratings? Do you work from a wr

The cold, wintry weather has finally gotten to me. I find that, due to weather and work, I am only flying every two weeks or so. That means most of my flight time is spent in review. When the weath

For anyone who wants to follow along while I learn what in the heck all this is about, I'm going to post my condensed notes. Happy reading! Comments are welcome.


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Sorry for the re-run. I usually move the files to another directory after posting. I guess I'll take the day off.