Ah, the minutia of aviation.
A fellow CFI and I have been scratching our heads for the past month about the proper type designator for a
DiamondStar
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If I had a “frequently asked questions” list for glass panels, the first question on the list would probably be: “is it legal to fly with electronic charts alone (ie. no paper on boa
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This brilliant sketch manages to encapsulate my daily life as a CFI in the wilting summer heat. At 8 a.m. I’m Dean Martin. By 8 p.m., I’m Foster Brooks.
Yes, it has quite a familiar ring
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Hopefully, the old saying is true, and will make up for my largess in the writing department as of late. Don’t worry, I’ll be turning out the tripe again soon enough. Until then, enjoy t
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Opera Pacific’s production of Donizetti’s Elixir of Love opened last night.
Or should I say, will open tomorrow. Last night was technically a preview, but to me the preview performance al
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Through pure happenstance, it seems some of the best aviation photographers out there are friends of mine.
Dean Siracusa, fellow pilot, photog, and proprietor
My alma mater,
Concordia University, won an amazing basketball game in
quadrup
As a pilot, it’s my job to consider everything that might go wrong on a flight and have a plan of action for dealing with it. But I can honestly say I’ve never thought about
March 15, 2007
This is, without a doubt, the coolest WordPress theme ever. If I wasn’t so concerned that most readers of this site aren’t
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Selling crazy on the internet is nothing new, but for some reason it’s really getting under my skin as it regards the Legacy/Gol accident. I got into it the other day on an internet forum with
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Many of us in the aviation world have recently come to know the name Robert Miller. Mr. Miller is an east coast CFI and the author of
Over the Airwaves.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey is
fond of reiterating how controller staffing levels are sufficient.
User fees. TFRs. High fuel prices. Increasing regulation. A tight insurance market. It seems everywhere we turn these days, there’s a new challenge for general aviation. And that goe
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I see go-arounds all the time at John Wayne Airport. And not just with general aviation aircraft.
The big runway is only 5700 feet long, so there’s not much room for error, especially with
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In lieu of Aviatrix’s
recent post on navigation, I thought it might be worthwhile to post these World War II
Most corporate aircraft have no identifying marks on them at all because the company doesn’t want competitors knowing where their executives are going. They even go so far as to have their N-
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Mike Busch’s AVweb article
“Checking the Dipstick” got me wondering how much oil is truly required for safe operati
