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Received a question this morning from Jim: When flying a piston single (e.g. C172), I’m trained to do a run-up before every leg of every trip. I can understand the value of a runup before the fi

This past weekend I made a whirlwind visit to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. I packed as much as I could into my twenty-four hours at the show. I intend to write more about the things I saw and experience

METAR 292300Z 10030G46KT 070V140 15KM -SHRA BKN027 OVC100 12/08 Q0997 WS RWY07 Lovely Manawatu weather again. I had about 5 hours booked today however the atmosphere had a different idea! Another day

So training has been tough. Today is our first day off in 8 days, and what a stressful 8 days it has been.

The class is great, informative, and casual. However, every day there were small q

Skywest Inc. - Jerry Atkin, CEO and President:

A few days after the Qantas Boeing 747 in flight depressurization

I really think the quality of "IBM" Thinkpads has gone down since they started being officially sold by Lenovo. So far, my 14 month-old laptop has had a power supply failure and now an LCD screen pro

I continue to be amazed at the rate at which storage costs go down. I just bought a 500GB external USB drive for $69, and an 8GB USB key for $29. Wow!

(This was originally part of a journal that I’m keeping on my computer, so it might repeat stuff that I’ve already put on the blog.)

Actually, the story starts Friday, when ev

6 days a year I see this place.

Last week Dawn and I had our 5th year anniversary. To celebrate, I took her to Paris. I had five days off and there were empty flights going both directions. It was our first time to Paris. I had a ch

I just heard of a new social network for pilots called myTransponder.com. A full review can be found on JetWhine ← July 28 (16 items) July 30 (11 items) →

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