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• Proverbs for Powered Flight’s Second Century

  Aviation is all about change, and it makes rapid advances in short spurts of time. World War I was once such spurt, and World War II was another. Capabilities soared and crew size shrank as progress took the place of navigators and radio operators. The... Posted Nov 10 2009, 01:34 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, situational awareness, GPS navigation, avionics technology, powered flight, Pilot in Command, pilot logbooks

• Visual Distractions Still Affect Flight Safety

  When I learned to fly back in the mid 1970s, the airspace over the LA Basin was pretty crowded. Because of the smog that then reduced the visibility to some degree every day, most aviators were usually quite serious about seeing and avoiding each other... Posted Oct 06 2009, 06:06 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, Aviation Safety Reporting System, NASA Form, Callback, see-and-avoid traffic avoidance, situational awareness

• Dear FAA: Is the Administrator In Please?

  One of Jetwhine’s earliest supporters - Matt Thurber - sent us this piece, one that I’m happy to publish. Matt is an old friend and a senior editor at Aviation International News , where I’m also a long-time contributor. This piece would... Posted Jun 13 2009, 02:11 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, aviation safety, NATCA, FAA Public Affairs, Ray LaHood, Aviation International News, Matt Thurber, airline safety, Randy Babbitt

• 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

• 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

• The Global Need for Very Light Jet (VLJ) Best Training Practices

  Bob Barnes used to fly T-38s for the Air Force so the guy’s already one of my heroes. Turns out he and I served in the USAF around the same time during another war when we were both kids. Today, Barnes focuses his love of flying on VLJs and how... Posted Feb 25 2008, 07:16 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Flight Training, aviation safety, Robert B. Barnes, VLJ mentor, Eclipse, VLJ, Cessna Mustang, Very Light Jet Training

• Cessna 400 Goes Eyeball to Eyeball with Cyclone Gene

  We’ve all been following a truly interesting flying story the past few days here at Jetwhine, simply because a 6,500 NM flight in a Cessna 400 - most of it out over the open waters of the Pacific - is hardly routine. Ferry pilot Garry Mitchell has... Posted Feb 03 2008, 08:25 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, Business Aviation, Flight Training, pilots, air travel, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, Cessna 400, Cessna Aircraft Company, sport aviation, aircraft ferrying, Garry Mitchell, airport

• Broken Airliners Seldom Mean Happy Endings

  First I can tell you that I don’t have any idea what the Sam Hill happened in London the other day when the crew of that British Airways Boeing 777 crashed their airplane on the end of the runway during landing. There are plenty of rumors flying... Posted Jan 19 2008, 06:00 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, pilots, air travel, British Airways, London, Boeing 777, aviation safety