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NIFA Challenges Pilots Past Bare Minimums

Discussion over the state of professional pilot training is continuing several weeks after we posted Pro Pilot Training Evolving to Industry Needs . Proficiency-based training has been a central theme, as has educating pilots past the bare minimums...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Professional Pilot Training, National Intercollegiate Flying Association, SAFECON
DC-3 Reunion Anchors Reflective Airline Arc

Reflection is an unintended consequence of a wide interest in aviation, and connecting past with present is the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh reunion of the iconic airplane that earns its keep still, even as it approaches its 75th birthday. Some call it the...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 4:38 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, FAA, General, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Military, airline flying, DC-3, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, C-47, Ernie Gann, North Central Airlines, R4D, The Last Time
The Future of Aviation, LaHood Style

OK, I might as well just come out and say it right from the start … I’m pretty miffed. But I’ve actually been angry since the NBAA convention in Florida last fall when I heard Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 5:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, AOPA, Cessna Aircraft, EAA, Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood, NBAA, business aviation pilots, Addison Airport, Chicago Executive Airport, Jack Pelton, President Barack Obama, Tom Buffenbarger, Van Nuys Airport
California Requires Pro Training Standards That Have Nothing With a Pilot’s Education

On October 11, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 48, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 . To summarize the act’s 57 pages of tiny type, it gives students a financial parachute should the private school...

Published Wed, May 5 2010 1:35 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, NATA, Professional Pilot Training, California Private Postseconary Education Act of 2009, School Accreditation
Learn-to-Fly Day Coming to an Airport near you … I Hope

Despite my buddy Scott Spangler’s somewhat guarded endorsement of the international Learn-to-Fly Day scheduled for May 15th, I’m jumping on the bandwagon next Saturday at out local flying club in Chicago. Events are taking place in 147 cities across...

Published Sun, May 9 2010 11:57 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, Blogging, Flight Training, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, student pilots, CFI’s, Flying Clubs, Learn-to-Fly Day
Modern Conflict & the Future of Fighters

Several days ago I read a New York Times Op-Ed piece, Leading With Two Minds . In it, David Brooks described how the US Army, in five short years, had reshaped itself to fight insurgencies with something other than overwhelming force. Thirty-five years...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 4:10 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Military, B-52, dog fighting, F-35 Strike Fighter, insurgent conflicts, military pilot training, Sea Avenger, unmanned aerial systems

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NIFA Challenges Pilots Past Bare Minimums

DC-3 Reunion Anchors Reflective Airline Arc

The Future of Aviation, LaHood Style

California Requires Pro Training Standards That Have Nothing With a Pilot’s Education

Learn-to-Fly Day Coming to an Airport near you … I Hope

Modern Conflict & the Future of Fighters