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• FAA & Test Takers a Step Closer to Learning

  Tests are an important part of the learning process because they assess the knowledge students have acquired—and retained. This measurement is as important for students as it is for teacher. As anyone who’s taught any subject for the past century or so... Posted Nov 17 2009, 04:48 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, flight instructors, FAA Test Reports, FAA Knowledge Tests, student pilots, Subject Matter Codes, CATS, LaserGrade

• 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

• Warning! Read Technology’s Fine Print

  Preparing for my first encounter with a new (to me) integrated avionics system, I dove into the system’s reference guide with eager anticipation. With a PFD, MFD, and FMS keypad this baby had all the bells, whistles, and databases that qualify it as a... Posted Nov 03 2009, 04:35 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Pilot Training, terrain avoidance, Integrated avionics system, GPS navigation, avionics technology

• Ag Interest Reveals Risk Management Handbook

  Ag flying has always interested me because it is one of the last bastions of professional stick and rudder flying. Sure, technology has infiltrated the cockpit, but here it replaces the flagman (human or otherwise) who helps the pilot apply even coverage... Posted Oct 29 2009, 03:40 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Northwest Airlines, FAA Safety Team, Aeronautical Decision Making, flight safety, pilot sleep, ag flying, aerial application

• Chance of Better Aviation Future is 51%

  In the grand scheme of American aviation, at least as the FAA sees it, amateur-built aircraft aren’t even on the radar sweeping through regulated skies. Created in home workshops and comparatively unfettered by the bureaucracy, these flying machines have... Posted Oct 13 2009, 04:36 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, sport aviation, Kit Aircraft, Amateur-built Aircraft, 51-percent rule, homebuilding, EAA, aviation innovation

• 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

• Brennand Airport: A Work in Perpetuity

  Owning and operating an airport was never one of Ted Vander Wielen’s life goals. But in 1995, Ted says, he learned that Bill Brennand was retiring and selling the airport he built 10 miles north of Oshkosh in 1968. The only party interested in buying... Posted Sep 30 2009, 04:32 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, private airport, Brennand Airport, country airport, airport survival

• NPRM Points to Flight Training’s Future

  In the August 31, 2009 Federal Register, the FAA published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 09-08, Pilot in Command Proficiency Check and Other Changes to the Pilot and Pilot School Certification Rules . Its seemingly disparate proposals regarding flight... Posted Sep 16 2009, 04:45 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, VLJ, Flight School, Private Pilot, Pilot Training, very light jets, instrument rating, PIC proficiency checks, FAA NPRM, pilot checkrides

• Sonex Onex Overshadowed by R&D Stars

  Unveiling the projects gestating in the Sonex R&D department, the Hornet’s Nest , during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the SubSonex jet and E-Flight Power System (covered last week in Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest) got all the attention... Posted Sep 10 2009, 05:09 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Homebuilt Airplane, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Electric Airplanes, Sonex Aircraft, E-Flight Power System, SubSonex Jet, Onex, folding wings, Sensinich Propeller, electronic ignition

• Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest

  At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sonex Aircraft pulled back the curtain on its research and development department, called the Hornet’s Nest , and unveiled three projects it’s been working on for the past handful of years. One of them the E-Flight Power System... Posted Aug 31 2009, 02:34 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Electric Airplanes, Sonex Aircraft, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, E-Flight Power System, SubSonex Jet, Onex

• The Southwest Effect in Ireland?

  For as long as I can remember, Southwest Airlines, now the largest U.S. domestic airline, created in the 1970s by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King, has been the low-cost airline others most want to emulate. The need to copy isn’t just about money,... Posted Jun 08 2009, 10:00 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, General, air travel, airline, Southwest Airlines, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, airline marketing, Ryanair, airline passengers, Herb Kelleher, Michael O’Leary

• Old Fashioned Focus Sustains Sonex

  No one in aviation has escaped the recession, but it seems that some companies are better set up to deal with it because they pursue an old fashioned business model: listen to your customers, do everything in your power to meet their needs, and grow the... Posted Jun 04 2009, 05:31 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Amateur-built Aircraft, light-sport aircraft, sustainable business, Sonex Aircraft, Customer Satisfaction, Efficient Growth

• Corporate Flying is New Pilots’ Career Goals

  After reading reports of faltering flight schools , I wandered over to the Fox Valley Technical College’s aviation campus on the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to see how things were going in flyover country. Not so bad, it seems... Posted May 25 2009, 06:45 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Student Starts, Fox Valley Technical College, FlexJets, Corporate Aviation, NetJets, Flight Schools

• Enola Gay’s Wendover Hangar On Top 11 List

  Aviation history is written by the triad of people, planes, and places, and news about any of the three always catches my attention. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently published its 22nd annual list of the nation’s 11 Most Endangered... Posted May 14 2009, 04:57 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Military, B-29 Enola Gay, 509th Composite Group, Little Boy, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Wendover Airfield, Hiroshima, Fat Man, Nagasaki

• Business & ATPs Becoming GA’s Leaders

  Ever since I can remember personal flying has always represented the lion’s share of the general aviation fleet and hours flown, measured by the FAA’s annual GA and Part 135 survey . The most current data is for 2007, well before the economy... Posted May 06 2009, 05:03 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Pilot Population, Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Business Flying, General Avaition Fleet, Pleasure Flying, Commercial Pilot, Airline Transport Pilot