After browsing YouTube today in search for a good video to create a discussion about, I think I have found one.
Each aircraft has to go through a series of tests in order for the government to approv
I flew into a private runway today. I've flown into many in remote areas, but in those cases the airport is private because it serves a community that is itself a corporation, and/or it's the only san
Anyone who has traveled extensively has, I’m sure, developed their own set rules to make life through the air a little easier. These are mine.
First, get your pilot’s license and buy a
I started a two day trip today with an extremely early report! My report at the airport was a dark and early morning at 4.35 a.m. and my day ended around 4 p.m. It was an extremely long
Ahhh the brain. I haven't really had to use it in a while. I haven't really had to study hard since Lear training last summer and even that was a joke. I got pretty tired of the instructor saying "wor
Long long ago pilots used dead reckoning to navigate from A to B, or flew with visual reference to the ground. Stellar navigation was sometimes used as well.
The introduction of radio beacons greatly
Today a few of us took a new Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo for a demo flight. This flight was to help some of my flying buddies decide what their next aircraft upgrade should be.
CHICAGO, July 26, 2007 — The innovative Boeing Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft — designated the X-48B — flew for the first time last week at NASA’s Dryden Flight Rese
"Just when I thought I was out--they pull me back in!" That's my feeling about Palestinian politics, I could spend obscene amount of time trying to avoid reading about it, but if a spend a minute read
Today was a good day. I got up early. (Not so good) It rained very hard. (Also not so good) and I got to meet and greet some very interesting folks. (Very good)
After the not so good waking-upings, we