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Ground School Delivers Consistent Quality

Ground school has been—and always will be—the most important part of learning to fly any aircraft. Whether it’s a Skyhawk with steam gauges or a glass-packed Skycatcher, the flying machine itself is just a training aid, the training tool where students...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 4:31 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Learn to Fly, CFI, Private Pilot, Cessna Pilot Center, SkyCatcher, Skyhawk, flight instructors, King Schools, student pilots, Part 141 Training, Cessna Flight Training, Part 61 Training
Finding a Job is not for the Lazy: The Primary Intangible

When I give talks around the country about social media, I always try to mention what I call the primary intangible about these new tools … the opportunity to connect with new people. I’ve met people both inside and outside of the aviation and marketing...

Published Sun, Jan 24 2010 10:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, General, Aviation Marketing, pilot careers, Aviation Industry, Aviation careers, Art Ramey, University of Alabama, flying careers
Emergency Do-Overs & Dynamic Learning

A subscriber to the FAA Safety Team notices, I immediately open and read emails with “Emergency Notice” in the subject line. On Saturday, January 16, Emergency Notice NOTC 2101 said: “The FAA has been made aware of an issue with an update to a navigation...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 4:43 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, FAA Safety Team, navigation, avionics databases, navaids, magnetic variation, waypoints, dynamic magnetic variation
Flying in Alaska is a Little Different

It’s nice to be the editor of an aviation blog like Jetwhine.com because I’m lucky enough to connect with people from all parts of the globe, folks I would never have a chance to meet in my everyday life. A few weeks back, Josh Saul sent me...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 7:46 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Flight Training, General Aviation, Alaska Flying. Josh Saul, Alaska Dispatch Bush Pilots
UND Plants Seed of No-Pilot Airliners

Much has been made lately of the University of North Dakota’s new bachelor’s of science degree in aeronautics with a major in Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations , taught at the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences in Grand Forks. UND is quick to point...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 4:29 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Military, NextGen, fighter, unmanned, intelligence, capt, statistics, dakota
Virtual Vacation & Warm Weather Plans

On a sunny day when the wind speed is 10 times the single digit temperature, giving into web wanderlust beats the hypothermia that awaits outside. An interest in historic byways lead me to the National Park Service’s National Register Travel Itineraries...

Published Wed, Jan 6 2010 5:35 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Military, Aviation History, nebraska aviation, NPS Travel Itineraries, World War II, Attu Battlefield, Truk Lagoon, McCook Army Air Base Historical Society, McCook Army Air Base, National Register of Historic Places, Norden Bomsight
Remembering Real Space Travel

At a time when most people don’t give space travel a second thought, I wanted to share this short clip of the Apollo 11 flight – the first time a human – Neil Armstrong – set foot on the face of the Moon. It took place just over...

Published Sat, Jan 2 2010 6:07 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Learning to fly, Space Shuttle, Jim Lovell, Apollo astronauts, Space flight, Apollo 11

January 2010 - Jetwhine

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Ground School Delivers Consistent Quality

Finding a Job is not for the Lazy: The Primary Intangible

Emergency Do-Overs & Dynamic Learning

Flying in Alaska is a Little Different

UND Plants Seed of No-Pilot Airliners

Virtual Vacation & Warm Weather Plans

Remembering Real Space Travel