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FAA Tweaks Sport Pilot Ticket for the Better

The FAA published the final rule on 22 proposed improvements to sport pilot certification and operation in the February 1, 2010 Federal Register . It’s taken me a month to brew the courage to read it because I felt that a number of them would take...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 4:47 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, trikes, light-sport aircraft, SkyCatcher, Pilot Certification, powered parachutes, hood time, weight-shift aircraft, Part-141 flight schools
Wedged in the Window Seat

I have a confession. I’m responsible for much of the hate spewed at my friends Christi Day and Linda Rutherford at Southwest Airlines when a Southwest pilot tossed director Kevin Smith off a flight last week. The aircraft captain decided Smith was...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 6:22 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, General, Blogging, pilots, Southwest Airlines, Aviation Marketing, air safety, Kevin Smith
No-Pilot Aircraft Go Vertical & Hover

At a fundamental level I understand the technology that makes no-pilot, remotely controlled aircraft work. And it seems to work well in fixed-wing aircraft that fly high in the controlled airspace (see UAV Pilot Shortage & Military Intelligence ...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 4:14 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Military, UAV, UAS, Sikorsky Innovations, Kaman Helicopters, remote-control aircraft
The Polar Keyhole??

A Global Express pilot friend of mine in Seattle, Val Trent – also an NBAA member – asked me a few weeks ago if I’d like to read something he’d written about the Polar Keyhole. At first, I thought maybe he’d started writing...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 6:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz
Diversions: Mach None Flying

One of the greatest joys I found in flying was diverting to some intended destination, usually to hide out from the weather. These stops were not an inconvenience to my schedule, they were an opportunity for adventure, to explore someplace I’d never been...

Published Mon, Feb 8 2010 3:49 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, Blogging, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, PPG, MachNoneFlying, powered-paragliders, Fun Flying
Eating our Young: The Final Flap About NWA 188

I’ve actually been trying to write this article for quite awhile. It was much tougher than I thought simply because I’m what my wife the psychologist would call conflicted, unsure of where I stood, or at least I was until a few days ago. If...

Published Tue, Feb 2 2010 11:17 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Blogging, Jetwhine, airline pilots, Delta Airlines, Midway Airlines, NTSB, airline safety, NWA 188

February 2010 - Jetwhine

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FAA Tweaks Sport Pilot Ticket for the Better

Wedged in the Window Seat

No-Pilot Aircraft Go Vertical & Hover

The Polar Keyhole??

Diversions: Mach None Flying

Eating our Young: The Final Flap About NWA 188