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Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest

At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sonex Aircraft pulled back the curtain on its research and development department, called the Hornet’s Nest , and unveiled three projects it’s been working on for the past handful of years. One of them the E-Flight Power System...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:34 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Electric Airplanes, Sonex Aircraft, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, E-Flight Power System, SubSonex Jet, Onex
Paper Brain & Thinking Beyond the Checklist

In situations of information overload it’s easy to overlook or forget important things as the mind struggles to focus and make sense of it all. In the air, pilots rely on checklists and standardized procedures, and on the ground, as a reporter I...

Published Tue, Aug 25 2009 7:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Flight Training, NAFI Master Instructor, Airbus A380, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, First Officer Jeff Skiles, National Association of Flight Instructors, Terry Lutz, checklists, US Airways Flight 1549. Captain Sully Sullenberger
NTSB Needs to Re-Admit NATCA to Investigation

In life, everyone makes mistakes. Most of the time, that’s really a good thing though because it offers us a unique path to become better at what we do. Being human though, admitting we screwed something up is not always easy, it’s downright...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 7:05 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, NATCA, air safety, Air Traffic Controller, NTSB, Teterboro Airport, Doug Church, Bob Richard, Hudson River midair collision
Pilot Journey: Turning Targeted Prospects Into Pilots With Emotional Statistics

Every industry effort to increase the pilot population, from Learn-to-Fly and Be-A-Pilot to the upcoming International Learn to Fly Day , has the same weak link that keeps a program from reaching its full potential: the flight schools, and their instructors...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 4:32 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Flight Instructor, Be A Pilot, Remos GX, Flight Schools, International Learn to Fly Day, Discovery Flight, Remos Pilot Center, Learn-to-Fly, Pilot Journey
Preventing Another Hudson Midair

Although the people at Fox News have always been very nice to me when they call and ask for my technical expertise on aviation matters, I must admit I do sometimes dread their calls. That’s because their phone calls usually means something bad has...

Published Fri, Aug 14 2009 7:17 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz
AirVenture Update: Gemini Diesel Engine

In aviation journalism one never knows with any certainty what topics will capture — and keep — the readers’ attention. During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 I wrote about Powerplant Development’s Gemini diesel engine ( Gemini Diesel...

Published Thu, Aug 13 2009 3:40 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Powerplant Developments, Gemini Diesel Engine, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
FAA’s Babbitt Might Just be a Standup Guy

FAA’s new administrator for the past 70 days, Randy Babbitt, last week spoke about regional airline safety centered around fallout from the crash of Colgan 3407. The audience in Washington was receptive, helped in part by the fact that they were...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 9:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, air travel, NATCA, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, Air Line Pilots Association, airline safety, Randy Babbitt, Stand-ups, Colgan 3407, Continuous Duty Overnights, regional airline safety
Pilots: Who Needs Them?

Qualified professionals to operate the world’s fleet of new, high-technology aircraft are more necessary than ever before, despite a growing proliferation of UAVs. Unfortunately, airline management and their pilots are not always on the same page...

Published Mon, Aug 3 2009 10:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, air traffic controllers, ALPA, airline pilot, business aviation pilots
Stars Aligning for Brighter Aviation Future

Ensuring aviation’s future by encouraging more people to fly has been attempted by many programs in the past. Despite their good intentions, their collective results are ultimately measured by the ever shrinking pilot population. But several events...

Published Sun, Aug 2 2009 11:26 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, NAFI Master Instructor, AOPA, NAFI, jeppesen, EAA, Remos GX, Sporty’s Pilot Shop, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, International Learn to Fly Day, Jack J. Eggspuehler Award

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Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest

Paper Brain & Thinking Beyond the Checklist

NTSB Needs to Re-Admit NATCA to Investigation

Pilot Journey: Turning Targeted Prospects Into Pilots With Emotional Statistics

Preventing Another Hudson Midair

AirVenture Update: Gemini Diesel Engine

FAA’s Babbitt Might Just be a Standup Guy

Pilots: Who Needs Them?

Stars Aligning for Brighter Aviation Future