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GAMA Statistics & The Perspective of Time

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association annual Statistical Databook & Industry Outlook is like a late Christmas present that puts all other gifts or lumps of coal into a broader context. The first edition, published in 1973, ran just...

Published Sun, Feb 27 2011 7:42 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, General Aviation Manufacturers Association: GA Statistics & Data, General Aviation Manufacturers Association: GA Statistics & Data
Friday Night Flights to Wild Alaska

At every level, and in every corner, it seems that the world is a universally unhappy place, and has been for awhile. Citing political mandates, and mindless of immediate or future consequences, oligarchs are strenuously exercising their financial hegemony...

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 3:30 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, General, Blogging, sport aviation, 207, alaska, anxiety, bush, Bush Pilots, communities, discovery, Flying Wild Alaska, friday, wild
Can Organizing CFIs Help Aviation’s Future?

Flight instructor pay and benefits are an integral component in creating a flight school faculty that reliably provides an education consistent with the investment made by the students they serve. Unfortunately, flight training is at the bitter end of...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 2:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, CFI, flight instructors, Flight Schools, Airline Training Center Arizona, collaborative, doubt—collaborative, erau, organizing, Union
FAA: Credit Where it’s Due

Regular Jetwhine readers know that a story posted here relating to the FAA is not unusual, nor is the fact that I tend not to be terribly supportive of some of the people who work there. Regular readers should know that I try – note the word try – to...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 6:48 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Flight Training, NATCA, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Marion Blakey, air traffic controllers, Fox TV News, Randy Babbitt, FAA Administrator
Pilots & Their Professional Standing

A sure indication of age is the change in status of a profession once held in high regard. Embodied by the airline pilot, I’m talking about aviators who gets paid to transport people or cargo on a regular run. Once a respected and well-paid position,...

Published Sun, Feb 6 2011 6:38 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, airline pilots, GI Bill Flight Training, bus, cargo, college, College Aviation Programs, demise, institute, profession, programs, transport
Onex Makes 1st Flight; Fits 99% Size Pilots

Stopping by Sonex Aircraft the morning of January 28, Mark Schaible greeted me with the news that its single-seater, the Onex, had made its first flight the day before. It passed its FAA inspection just after noon, added Sonex Founder John Monnett, and...

Published Thu, Feb 3 2011 2:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Wittman Regional Airport, Onex, sonex, wittman, “it, clodhoppers, jeremy, monnetts, peddles

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GAMA Statistics & The Perspective of Time

Friday Night Flights to Wild Alaska

Can Organizing CFIs Help Aviation’s Future?

FAA: Credit Where it’s Due

Pilots & Their Professional Standing

Onex Makes 1st Flight; Fits 99% Size Pilots