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• Going My Way: Jeppesen’s VFR+GPS Charts

  It’s always bugged me that I need two sectional charts–Green Bay and Chicago–to get from my home in OSH to my family growing-up grounds west of the commercial Class B airspace plug stuck in the ground at ORD. It’s more than the... Posted Sep 02 2008, 04:51 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, charts, jeppesen, chart, terminal, navigation, sectional, shading

• New FAA Wings Program Stresses Proficiency, Not Award

  During the late 1990s I participated in the FAA Pilot Proficiency Award Program. Each year, in return for attending one safety seminar and logging three hours with an instructor (one each for airwork, patternwork, and hoodwork) I met the biennial flight... Posted Aug 25 2008, 02:43 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Wings Program, Pilot Safety, Pilot Training, Recurrent Training, FAA Pilot Proficiency Program

• Fun Flyer Lands Roll in new Amelia Earhart Film

  If time is short, never ask *** and Sharon Starks what they’ve been up to lately. Both pilots, these retired schoolteachers have a full flying life that any pilot would envy. Anxious to see Sharon’s new airplane, a Morane Model L parasol,... Posted Aug 13 2008, 07:35 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Kansas City Dawn Patrol, movie making, Airdrome Aeroplanes, Bleriot, Morane, Amelia Earhart, Flyboys

• August 3, 1981 - PATCO Strike Remembered

  I remember the morning of August 3, 1981 vividly as I turned on the TV to find news stories of air traffic controller members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization-PATCO -marching with picket signs at the base of the tower at Chicago... Posted Aug 03 2008, 06:40 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, pilots, air travel, ATC, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, FAA Public Affairs, unions, PATCO, government leadership

• Backyard Flyer Fits Pilots of All Sizes

  As promised in a recent post ( Backyard Flying: Fun & Cheap ), I ambled down to the lightplane area at the south end of the EAA AirVenture site to try on Valley Engineering’s Backyard Flyer. It fit! To most people that may not be a big deal... Posted Jul 31 2008, 01:20 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Recreational Aviation, EAA AirVenture, Ultralights, Backyard Flyer, Valley Engineering

• Flight Instructors: There’s Always More to Learn

  If I say that most CFIs make lousy business people, I’m unlikely to offend too many people … some for sure, just not too many I’ll wager. The reason is simple. Most CFIs do make lousy business people because teaching is often secondary... Posted Jul 31 2008, 03:12 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Bobby Sturgell, Max Trescott, CFI of the Year, Learning to fly, Jetwhine.com

• BlogFest @ AirVenture: The Ideas Flowed

  Five minutes before the blog session began at AirVenture yesterday, I was wondering if the whole thing had been such a good idea. There were five people in the room. Maybe it was too soon to talk social media. Then, as the clock struck four, people began... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:25 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Aviation Marketing

• On The Record: Making Aviation More Social

  There’s nothing quite like meeting up with a bunch of pilot buddies on a Saturday morning for a great breakfast. The social aspect of flying, in fact, is one of the best ways for newer pilots to learn from more experienced aviators. In PR lingo... Posted Jul 28 2008, 05:49 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, pilots, air travel, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Learning to fly, AirVenture 2008, social networking, MyTransponder.com

• John Carr’s Gone Fishin’

  Anyone who follows the happenings of the FAA and air traffic control knows John Carr. He spent more than a couple of years at the helm of NATCA , the controller’s union, and was Pat Forrey’s predecessor. I had the pleasure of interviewing... Posted Jul 23 2008, 12:18 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, ATC, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, FAA Public Affairs, John Carr, unions, The Main Bang, Pat Forrey

• More AirVenture Blogging Buzz

  And just when you think almost no one notices anything you write comes a great article like this one from FlightGlobal’s Runway Girl, Mary Kirby . She interviewed me a few days ago when she realized she wouldn’t be able to make it to Oshkosh... Posted Jul 23 2008, 12:07 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, flight training magazine, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, General Aviation, AirVenture 2008, social media, Blog Fest, FlightGlobal, Mary Kirby, Runway Girl

• AirVenture Blogger Fest Next Week

  It doesn’t seem possible that it’s been nearly a year in the making, but it has. When I suggested a get together for aviation bloggers last fall I never thought I’d see much interest. But was I wrong. By Thanksgiving I’d had messages... Posted Jul 21 2008, 06:56 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, General Aviation, AirVenture 2008, social media, Jetwhine.com, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Web 2.0, Twitter

• A Really Super Jumbo Jet

  You have to love this one. And this has nothing to do with FAA! London’s Times Online and Plane Stupid are spreading the story about how the BAA apparently supported its case for a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport - the busiest airport... Posted Jul 20 2008, 04:41 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Jetwhine.com, Heathrow Airport, BAA, Plane Stupid, London Times Online

• Make FAAST Your FAA Connection

  Am I the last airman in America to totally ignore the free and invaluable gift that is FAAST, the FAA Safety Team at www.FAASafety.gov ? Sometime during the past two years I gave the FAA my email address. When and how doesn’t matter. What’s... Posted Jul 17 2008, 02:26 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Pilot Proficiency Program, FAASTeam, Wings Program, avionics technician, airmen, maintenance technician, FAA Safety Team, FAA Handbooks

• The Pilot Shortage: A New Perspective

  Every so often Jetwhine is lucky enough to unexpectedly receive an important work of prose from another professional mind. Today we have one from Frank Froman, a St. Louis psychologist, a man with a secret dream, but a man who also knows how to solve... Posted Jul 15 2008, 01:53 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Blogging, Aviation Marketing

• Fuel Prices & Aviation Safety: Are They Related?

  Talking to friends, flight schools, and FBOs it is clear that I’m not the only one who isn’t flying as much as I used to. With avgas going for roughly $6 a gallon or more, depending where you live, direct operating costs are climbing faster... Posted Jul 10 2008, 01:23 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Pilot Population, Fuel Costs, GAMA, Oil Embargo, Accident Rate, NAFI