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The GAO’s Credibility on Aviation and ATC; Not Much, Who Cares

Believe it or not, one of the tough parts of writing a good blog is knowing when to keep your mouth shut. And yes, I know there are a few readers who can’t imagine I ever keep my mouth shut, but I really do. Case in point. I had an opportunity to...

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 6:29 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, FAA, NATCA, air safety, FAA Public Affairs, ATC Overtime, Jay Rockefeller, GAO, General Accountability Office
Homebuilt Aircraft: How Much is More than Half?

This seems like a simple question, and it is–unless you’re talking about an amateur-built experimental aircraft. Here the answer is critical because these aircraft are certificated under FAR 21.191(g), which requires “…the major...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 2:44 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Aircraft Building, Kit Aircraft, 51 Percent rule, Commercial Assistance, FAA Rulemaking, Pro Builder, Homebuilt Airplane, Experimental, Amateur-built Aircraft
The Global Need for Very Light Jet (VLJ) Best Training Practices

Bob Barnes used to fly T-38s for the Air Force so the guy’s already one of my heroes. Turns out he and I served in the USAF around the same time during another war when we were both kids. Today, Barnes focuses his love of flying on VLJs and how...

Published Mon, Feb 25 2008 7:16 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Flight Training, aviation safety, Robert B. Barnes, VLJ mentor, Eclipse, VLJ, Cessna Mustang, Very Light Jet Training
Flying as Sport: What Would Wilbur Write Now?

In the February 1908 Scientific American , Wilbur Wright wrote in Flying as Sport that up to that time “men have taken up flying partly from scientific interest, partly from sport, and partly from business reasons….” But recreational...

Published Wed, Feb 20 2008 1:44 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Recreational Aviation, Technologically Advanced Aircraft, TAA, Aviation Future, Wilbur Wright, Sport Flying, Airport Congestion, LSA, Pilot Population
ATC Overtime; FAA & Controller Perspectives

Never in my quietest moments did I imagine the conversation about FAA and its overtime policy was going to erupt into such a round of air rage of sorts. Luckily only a few of the hostile words were directed at me personally. But the passion of the respondents...

Published Mon, Feb 18 2008 8:05 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, NATCA, ATC user fees, air safety, Laura Brown, FAA Public Affairs
ATC Overtime; The Conversation Continues

So tell me how you really feel! Believe it or not, I didn’t buy everything that came from 800 Independence hook line and sinker, any more than I would totally believe something I hear from 1325 Massachusetts Avenue 100 percent. I simply published...

Published Sat, Feb 16 2008 5:22 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Aviation Marketing
FAA’s Bobby Sturgell says Controllers Volunteer for Overtime

As the Comedic Cuban troubadour Ricky Ricardo would often say to Lucille Ball, “it looks to me like someone has some splaining to do.” For months I’ve been sitting here defending the air traffic controller workforce against FAA’s...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2008 3:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, air travel, ATC, Hank Krakowski, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, air traffic controllers, air safety
Pilot Skill Level Seriously in Doubt

Following close on the heels of Scott’s Monday post about a serious lack of stick and rudder skills comes this video of a BAE 146 landing at London City Airport . Attaching the word “hard,” to the word “landing” here almost...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2008 4:39 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, Business Aviation, Flight Training, pilot skills, London City Airport, Bae 146, LCY
No Pilot Left Behind

Talking recently with Michael Maya Charles, author of Artful Flying , our conversation turned a pilot’s passion for flight, for deft stick-and-rudder skills. Why, we wondered, does a pilot’s ardor wane from the student high as flight hours...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2008 4:27 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation
AIA’s Marion Blakey and Jetwhine Editor Agree … for Once

I apologize if what I’m about to say causes anyone to cough up their lunch, but I’m going to completely agree with something that former FAA Administrator and now current Aerospace Industries CEO Marion Blakey said a few months ago. Yes, agree...

Published Fri, Feb 8 2008 5:47 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, NATCA, Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee, Bobby Sturgell, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Marion Blakey, ATC user fees, George W. Bush
LiveWriter Test 2

This is a test for Scott. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 7 2008 5:47 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz
LiveWriter Test

This is a test to see if Scott’s LiveWriter posts will have his byline. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 7 2008 3:31 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz
Cessna’s Tom Aniello Talks Wide-Body Details

If you’ve been a regular Jetwhine reader, you know we seldom cover breaking news. Today is an exception. Just a few minutes after Cessna’s vice president of marketing Tom Aniello briefed his sales force with the just released details of the...

Published Thu, Feb 7 2008 1:08 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, pilots, air travel, Aviation Marketing, Cessna Aircraft Company, Cessna Columbus
Test of LiveWriter

This is a test to see if the system is set up to accept posts from Scott. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 6 2008 9:11 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz
A Jet Powered by French Fries … Almost!

By Scott Spangler - scott@jetwhine.com Learning that Green Flight International had made its first jet flight powered by bio fuel in October 2007 shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did. After all, turbines were all the rage when I was growing up in the...

Published Wed, Feb 6 2008 5:12 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Business Aviation, Flight Training, Jetwhine, Aviation Marketing, sport aviation, Scott Spangler, alternative fuel, Green flight international, AirVenture, pilot, L-29 Delfin

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The GAO’s Credibility on Aviation and ATC; Not Much, Who Cares

Homebuilt Aircraft: How Much is More than Half?

The Global Need for Very Light Jet (VLJ) Best Training Practices

Flying as Sport: What Would Wilbur Write Now?

ATC Overtime; FAA & Controller Perspectives

ATC Overtime; The Conversation Continues

FAA’s Bobby Sturgell says Controllers Volunteer for Overtime

Pilot Skill Level Seriously in Doubt

No Pilot Left Behind

AIA’s Marion Blakey and Jetwhine Editor Agree … for Once

LiveWriter Test 2

LiveWriter Test

Cessna’s Tom Aniello Talks Wide-Body Details

Test of LiveWriter

A Jet Powered by French Fries … Almost!