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Recent
Issues
- #52 July 31, 2012 - What it
takes to operate an airport, Ground School - Stalls.
- #51 July 17, 2012 - No More
Medicals?, Reminder about MedXpress, and Deadly Private-Plane Crashes
Prompt U.S. Call for Basics
- #50 July 3, 2012 - What it
takes to operate an airport, Ground School - Stalls.
- #49 June 26, 2012 - Special
Edition -
- #48 June 19, 2012 - Mailbag:
Phraseology, Ground School - Spin Awareness, Promoting General Aviation
in Virginia, Revisiting US Airways 1549.
- #47 June 5, 2012 - Shortened
Runway Phraseology, Tips for Overwater Flight, Misused Phraseology
- #46 May 22, 2012 - Radio
Sins, P40 found in Egyptian Desert, Privatized Approach Design.
Mandatory Occurrence Report, Basic Skills in the Automation Age
- #45 May 8, 2012 - F22 Problems,
ATC Responsibilities, ATC Conflict Alert Stats, ATC by the Numbers,
When should the transponder be on?
- #44 April 24, 2012 - A380 - A
Damaged Brand, Runway Incursion News, US Citizen requirements for
Flight Training, New Training Innovations, and man steals airport
sign
- #43 April 10, 2012 - MedXPress,
Mailbag: Iconic
Airline Brands, Bargain Hunter, US Airways Merger, Defined:
Complex and High Performance
- #42 March 27, 2012 - Iconic
Airline Brands That Have Disappeared
- Special of the month: Instrument Rating
Practical Test Standards WITH Examiner's Notes (20% off)
- Safety Factoid: Studies have shown a strong link
between errors in decision making and the severity of accidents: simple
problems with skills can produce minor injuries and damage, while
faulty decision making often results in accidents with serious injuries
and fatalities.
- New Facebook Photo Gallery: Iconic Airline Brands
- "Instrument flying is an unnatural
act probably punishable by God." - Gordon Baxter
- #41 March 13, 2012 - Get the
Flight Plan You Want, Sendai - 1 Year Later, Why Cell Phone Ban May
End, New Product Announcement,
- #40 February 28, 2012 - Top 7
Airport Security Events of 2012 so far, Transponder Operations, Bargain
Hunter, and Planning the Perfect Flight
- Special of the month: PocketLearning Combo
- 3 great books, 1 low price - Only 3
remaining
- Safety Factoid: Maneuvering flight is one of the
largest single producers of fatal accidents. Many of these
accidents are caused by loss of control during low, slow flight; or
striking wires, trees, or terrain while flying at low altitudes.
- New Facebook Photos Gallery: Military Air Power
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- Videos
of the Month - Girls
Don't Fly
- "When the weight of the
paper equals the weight of the airplane, only then can you go flying."
- attributed to Donald
Douglas (Mr. DC-n)
- #39 February 13, 2012 -
Confessions of a Regional Pilot, Hoverbike, Diaper causes Security
Threat, Runwayfinder.com shutting down
- Special of the month: PocketLearning Combo
- 3 great books, 1 low price - Only
10 available
- Valentine's Day Special: Instrument Rating Checkride
Reviewer, 28% off, Galley Proof Copies with Pink Covers - Only 2 available
- Safety Factoid: Pilots mismanage fuel flow to the
engine an average of three times per week.
- and Facebook Photos: Photos
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- Videos of the Month - World's First
Human-Powered Ornithopter
- "You're
in charge but don't touch the controls." - Shannon Lucid,
recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts told her every time they left the
Mir space station for a space walk, 1996
- #38 January 31, 2012 - Prop Kills Pilot,
Composite Cracks, Memory Joggers: TAA, CFIT, VFR Charts, IFR 61.57
Currency Controversy Resolved
- Special of the month: Winter Flying - Only 4 Remaining
- Safety Factoid: Continuing VFR flight into IFR
conditions results in the greatest number of fatal weather accidents.
- January 31st in History
- and Facebook Photos: Photos
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- "Navigating by the
compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very
dashing, but - you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies
eternity." - Antoine de St. Exupery, Wind, Sand, and Stars
- #37 January 17, 2012 - Red
Rules, Accident Risk, Taxi Clearances, FITS (Training), January
Special, First USA Jet Flight
- Special of the month: Winter Flying - Only 15 Remaining
- Safety Factoid: Year after year, the Nall Report lists
the pilot as the major cause in over 70% of all accidents.
- and Facebook Photos: Photos
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- Videos of the Month - America's First Jet
Flight, October 1942
-
"The air up there in the clouds is very
pure and fine, bracing and delicious. Any why shouldn't it be... its the same the
angels breathe." --Mark
Twain
- #36 January 4, 2012 - Top
Stories of 2011, Your Own Airport, Over-Reliance on GPS, Shutdown of
the VORs
- #35 December 27, 2011 - EMAS,
Plane Germs
- #34 December 14, 2011 -
Bagsmasher Confessions, Winter Flying Tips, Stratolauncher
- #33 November 29, 2011 -
Interesting VFR Checkpoints
- #32 November 8, 2011 - Clear
Air Mode Wx Radar Explained, FAA Inspector Taking "Tips", Oxygen Masks
Didn't Fall, TSA
Pre-Cleared Screening
- #31 October 25, 2011 -
Spaceport New Mexico, TSA at it Again, Dreamliner's First Revenue Flight
- #30 October 11, 2011 - New Book
Announced, Co-pilots need 700 hours, United buys 11,000 iPads.
- #29 September 27, 2011 Unsafe
Acts, World's Best Airlines,
- #28 September 13, 2011 CFI Pet
Peeves, Safest Airlines, Pentagon Conspiracy
- Special of the month: IFR
Clearance Pads - only 24 available
- and Facebook Photos: Boeing
787 Dreamliner Launch
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- "Aviation in itself is not
inherently dangerous. But to
an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any
carelessness,
incapacity or neglect." — Captain A. G. Lamplugh, British Aviation
Insurance Group, London.
1930's
- #27 Aug 29,
2011 - Fun Facts about the 787, LightSquared, Worst Airline Customer
Service
- and Video
of the Month
- and Just
for Fun Video
- Interesting Aircraft - Falcon HTV2
- and Facebook Photos: Space
Shuttle 30 Year Retrospective
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- "If you were
born on an airliner in the US in this decade and never got off you
would encounter your first fatal accident when you were 2300 years of
age and you would still have a 29% chance of being one of the
survivors." — Les Lautman, Safety Manager Boeing
Commercial Airplane Company, 1989
- #26 Aug 1,
2011 - Skin Cancer, Fun Facts about the 747, LightSquared Threat to
GPS, Runway Finder
- #25 July
22, 2011 - Aircraft Lighting, the 25nm CriCri, Terrorist Mirror
Messages
- #24 July
12, 2011 - Fly the Machine, iPad EFB, Chinese Cirrus, Chopper 4
- #23 July
1, 2011 - Cirrus Aircraft Now Owned by Chinese Government, Update on
GPS Interference, Airliner Boat, CFI Shortage
- #22 June
21, 2011 - Characteristics of Successful Pilots, Airliner Hotel, VOR
Checks, FA Vocabulary Translator (Blue Juice), Saving
the Past for the Future (aviation museums), A Case Study on Personal
Minimums Checklist: Safety Officials Still Investigating Cause of
Deadly Westchester Plane Crash
- #21 May
31, 2011 - Airliner Home, Precautionary Landing, BFR in a Sim?
- #20 May
21, 2011 - Jetman zooms across the Grand Canyon, What to do with an Old
Airliner, Hangar Safety
- #19 May
10, 2011 - Save Those
Tires (And Brakes), FAAWatch-Knowledge Testing, FAA to Change Pilot
Training Requirements, Accelerated Training Programs-Do They Work?,
FA Vocabulary(Crumb Crunchers)
- Facebook Photos of the Month: Jetman!
- and of course, the Facebook Newsfeed
- and Interesting
Aircraft
- "The Cub is the safest
airplane in the world; it can
just barely kill you." Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
- #18 Apr
19, 2011 - Commercial
Pilot Privileges, Knowledge Tests Changing, CRM in Training, The Timer,
FA Vocab, Video of the Month,
- #17 Mar
29, 2011 - Mailbag,
FA Vocabulary, FAA To Install New ATC System At 11
Major Centers, Man With 4th Amendment Written on
Chest Sues, Airplane Etiquette... Who Gets the Armrest?, FAA Watch,
- #16 Mar 8,
2011 - Chinese Govt to
Buy Cirrus, Intro to Threat & Error Mgmt, Largest US Airlines,
Moonfact, Bill to Criminalize Laser Pranks, Crashpads-Sleepy Pilot's
Flying Your Plane, Youth Buys Fighter Jet on Ebay, Quote of the Month,
FA Vocabulary,
- Facebook aviation photos online at Facebook Photo
Albums
- "If you can't afford to
do something right, then be
darn sure you can afford to do it wrong." -- Charlie Nelson
- #15 Feb
18, 2011 - China's New
Stealth Fighter, Wireless 4G Interferes With GPS, Random Fact, In
Memory of General Spruance, Pilot Blood Pressure-Guidance From AHA,
Safest Airlines in the USA, Ultimate Guide to Preflighting Your
Airplane, FA Vocabulary
- "When a flight is
proceeding incredibly well, something
was forgotten." -- Robert Livingston in
Flying The
Aeronca
- #14 Jan
28, 2011 - New Security
Concern at the Airport, New LaGuardia Tower, Avoiding Aircraft Icing,
Lose Your ID While Traveling?, Airline Safety Stalls in 2010, Man Pulls
Airplane with Eyelids
- "The only time an
aircraft has too much fuel on board is
when it is on fire." -- Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, 1920's
- #13 Jan 6,
2011 - Ryanair Gives
Passengers The 'LOST' Experience, Mailbag, In Memory of David Nichols,
Simple Rules for Winter Flying, Google Maps Sees It All, The FAA
Medical & Blood Sugar, Finally-Bangladeshi airport shows porn for 5
minutes
- "I hope you either take
up parachute jumping or stay out
of single motored airplanes at night." Charles A. Lindbergh to Wiley
Post, 1931
- #12 Dec
18, 2010 - FA Vocabulary, Don't Burn the Hangar, Don't Fixate in an
Emergency, Operation Window Seat-Changing your Life, Weather Keeping
You Grounded?, Woman strips to bra and panties for airport security
- "For us as pilots, the
question is: What do I do with
this? Go or no go?" - Wolfgang Langewiesche, as
quoted in Weather Flying,
1977 by Robert N. Buck
- #11 Nov
30, 2010 - Photo Pilot
Certificates, Aluminum Underwear, 50 Secrets Your Pilot Won't Tell You,
Airline Employment Down, Aeronautical Decision Making, UFO Shuts Down
Airport in China
- Repeat - "If there is
nothing new on the earth, still the
traveler always has a
resource in the skies. They are constantly turning a new page to view.
The wind sets the types on this blue ground, and the inquiring may
always read a new truth there." - Henry DavidThoreau
- #10 Nov 9,
2010 - FAA: CFIs
don't know their runway signage, Pilot Rebellion:
Pilots Refusing to Use Full Body Scanners or Submit to Patdowns,
Finally... New Uses for Old Parts
- "If everything seems
under control, you're just not going
fast enough." Mario Andretti, race car driver
- #9 Oct 20,
2010 - Common
Problems on Flight Reviews, Did You Know?, Ever
Wonder if There are Fewer Airline Employees?, Catastrophe at
CFIDarren.com, SWA pilot flashed by nude cabaret
- "If there is nothing
new on the earth, still the traveler
always has a resource in the skies. They are constantly turning a new
page to view. The wind sets the types on this blue ground, and the
inquiring may always read a new truth there." - Henry David Thoreau
- #8 Sep 30,
2010 - FAA Issues
New Phraseology "Line Up and Wait", Did You Know, Your Feedback, A
Catastrophe Happened at CFIdarren.com, That's Not
All They Changed... "taxi to..." gone, Finally... FAA's space travel
rules
- "Do not let yourself be
forced into doing anything before
you are ready." - Wilbur Wright
- #7 Aug 30,
2010 - NTSB Revisits
'Child In Lap' Debate, Quote of the Month, North Central Institute to
open Part 141School, Line Up and Wait Coming Soon, New FAA Rules for
Airline Pilots, Finally... It's a Weird Day at the Airport
- "When a prang seems
inevitable, endeavor to strike the
softest, cheapest object in the vicinity, as slowly and gently as
possible." -- Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII
- #6 Aug 12,
2010 - FAA Issues
Draft on Installed Lithium Batteries, Did You
Know?, Runway Incursions, What are you doing over there?, Flying With
Another Pilot... the briefing, New Guidelines Say Co-Pilots Need to
Speak Up, Finally... Plane on Plane Violence
- "Aeronautics was
neither an industry nor a science. It
was a miracle." -- Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972)
- #5 Jun 30,
2010 - FAA Issues
Runway Crossing Clearance Changes, Did You Know?,
Taxi Phraseology, Tips for Avoiding Runway Incursions, Finally...
Police: Pilot Stalks ex-girlfriend with Airplane
- "When the weight of the
paper equals the weight of the
airplane, only then can you go flying." - attributed to Donald Douglas
(Mr. DC-n)
- #4 Jun 14,
2010 - Bad Habits,
Did You Know?, Witnesses saw helicopter break up in
midair, Pilots sneak on runway for late-night car thrill, Airline
Delays... a note from a reader, FAA under pressure to open US skies to
drones
- "Habits are safer than
rules; you don't have to watch
them. And you don't have to keep them either. They
keep you." - Frank Crane
- #3 Apr 23,
2010 - Ten Tips to
Immediately Improve Your Radio Skills, Did You Know?, Planes nearly
collide at California airport, Finally... DARPA
looks to make a flying car
- "Talking and flying are
mutually exclusive activities" -
Hank Canterbury, Writer
- #2 Mar 28,
2010 - Flying
Discipline, Finally...Dreamliner wings bend,
apparently don't break
- "I learned the discipline of
flying in order to
have
the freedom of flight....Discipline prevents crashes."
- Captain John Cook,
British Airways, Concorde Pilot
- #1 Mar 12,
2010 - Single Pilot
IFR, Rotorheads: Wire strikes bother you?, Quote of the Month
- "With you,
11,000" -Idiot
- Test Issue
- Feb 2, 2010
Fundamentals of a safe approach, In Memory Of... An Aviation Legend,
Marguerite Lawrence
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