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Max Says "Learn to Fly" … Pass it on

For writers, any kind of writers, the big league means writing books. My first foray came 20 years ago when Tab Books - eventually absorbed into the McGraw Hill network - gave me a chance to write about something I held near and dear to my heart, and...

Published Sat, Mar 28 2009 10:26 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Learn to Fly, Private Pilot, Max Trescott on General Aviation, G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook, professional pilot, The Joy of Flying

UAV Pilot Shortage & Military Intelligence

A recent New York Times’s article, “ Drones Are Weapons of Choice in Fighting Qaeda , ” added to the mounting evidence that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are changing the face of military aviation. This is especially true in the U.S. Air...

Published Tue, Mar 24 2009 1:05 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Military, Pilot Training, RC models, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Reaper, Predator, U.S. Air Force, UAV, military aviation

EASA Taking Aim on U.S. Flight Schools

Measuring the health of U.S. flight schools is easy. Grab the latest General Aviation Manufacturers Association Statistical Databook and see how many student pilot certificates the FAA issued last year. The most recent number is for for 2007: 66,793....

Published Thu, Mar 19 2009 12:13 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Flight School, Pilot Training, aviation user fees, EASA, pilot licenses, bilateral aviation agreements

ImagineAir Brings SATS to Life in Southeast

In the spirit of my last post, Share Thumbs-Up Moments With Everyone , I just discovered a new air taxi company, ImagineAir , founded by two flight instructors who met at Georgia Tech. Based in Lawrenceville, just outside of Atlanta, ImagineAir made its...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2009 4:03 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Cirrus SR22, charter flight, Air Taxi, Small Aircraft Transportation System, ImagineAir

FAA: Customer Service Means Saying You’re Sorry

FAA held a customer service seminar last week in Chicago. I always chuckle a bit when someone combines the FAA acronym with anything that even sounds like customer service. Sorry PT & DB. But then, today’s my birthday so I suppose most readers...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 8:01 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Cessna, NATCA, PATCO, Air Traffic Controller, Chicago Meigs Field, Midwest ATC, Waukegan Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, mid-air collision

Share Thumbs-Up Moments With Everyone

If you haven’t heard, the Internet and blogs like JetWhine are killing print journalism. Slowly, community journalists, everyday people with an interest in their community, are becoming our primary source of news. If you doubt this, watch TV news...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2009 4:06 AM 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, Military, Angel Flight, Community Journalists, Corporate Angel Network, EAA Young Eagles

Wired Airspace: It’s all About NYC & Airlines

Maybe I haven’t had enough coffee this morning, but I’m not sure how to take an article in the current issue of Wired , “ Air Repair: Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City .” It reminds me of...

Published Thu, Mar 5 2009 2:56 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Airline Delays, New York Airports, National Airspace System, Class B airspace

Seething About the Buffalo Crash

I don’t know what makes me more angry, the story in the Wall Street Journal that claims investigators are pointing the finger of blame at the pilots of the Dash 8 Q400 in the Buffalo crash a few weeks ago, or that from a pilot-training perspective...

Published Mon, Mar 2 2009 4:11 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Continental Airlines, NTSB, Buffalo Airport, aircraft icing, Aviation Chatter blog, Brasilia crash in Detroit, ATR crash in Roselawn, NASA icing video, Colgan 3470

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