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• 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

• Artful Flying

  One thing you never want to do is give me a book to review. I read them quickly, but often take forever to getting around to telling people what I thought of the experience, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the review … at least from the... Posted Jun 28 2009, 11:41 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airlines, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, General Aviation, Artful Flying, Airbus A380, Michael Maya Charles

• 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

• 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

• OSH Tower Falls With Aviation’s Change

  Across the aviation arc on the Internet many have bemoaned the April 9 passing of the old control tower at the Wittman Regional Airport , better known to the world by its location–Oshkosh. Photographers from the organization that calls OSH home–and... Posted Apr 22 2009, 05:30 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Wittman Regional Airport, Next Generation National Airpace System, World’s Busiest Tower, NextGen, Performance Based Navigation, OSH Tower Razed

• Sporty’s Downloads Affordable Videos

  Roaming around the online aisles of Sporty’s Pilot Shop looking for something to keep my head in the sky while the economy has me tied to the ground, I ran across the “Download Center.” Curious, I gave it a click, expecting I’m... Posted Apr 06 2009, 01:36 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, What You Should Know, Air Facts, Garmin G1000 430W530W 695, Sporty’s Pilot Shop, download avaition video, WAAS Approaches

• It’s a Buyer’s Market for Recreational Flyers

  Until the 1980s, most pilot saw homebuilding as a lunatic fringe. Its stereotypical practitioners were older guys with rough hands and patched jeans rooting around in airport boneyards, looking for a deal. And then a funny thing happened: the production... Posted Apr 01 2009, 02:22 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Recreational Aviation, homebuilding, Glasair Aircraft, American Legend Cub, Sonex Aircraft, Two Weeks to Taxi, Sportsman 2+2

• Max Says "Learn to Fly" … Pass it on

  For writers, any kind of writers, the big league means writing books. My first foray came 20 years ago when Tab Books - eventually absorbed into the McGraw Hill network - gave me a chance to write about something I held near and dear to my heart, and... Posted Mar 28 2009, 10:26 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Learn to Fly, Private Pilot, Max Trescott on General Aviation, G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook, professional pilot, The Joy of Flying

• Share Thumbs-Up Moments With Everyone

  If you haven’t heard, the Internet and blogs like JetWhine are killing print journalism. Slowly, community journalists, everyday people with an interest in their community, are becoming our primary source of news. If you doubt this, watch TV news... Posted Mar 10 2009, 04:06 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Military, Angel Flight, Community Journalists, Corporate Angel Network, EAA Young Eagles

• Homebuilding: Complexity is the Price of Progress

  After reviewing thousands of comments about the fed’s proposed policy and procedural changes affecting the 51-percent rule, the Amateur-Built Aviation Rulemaking Committee completed its mission, submitted its final recommendations to the FAA, and... Posted Feb 16 2009, 05:09 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Aircraft Certification, 51-percent rule, homebuilding, kit airplanes, Amateur-Built Aviation Rulemaking Committee, experimental aircraft

• Training & Technology’s Transitions

  The JA Air Center opened its new four-building campus, which covers 150,000 square feet, on December 1, 2008. As the airport’s primary FBO, the company had to add flight services–charter, training, and aircraft rental–to its well known... Posted Feb 04 2009, 04:47 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Cessna 182, Cessna 400, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Cessna Pilot Center, light-sport aircraft, Pilot Training, Garmin G1000, Cessna 172, Cessna 206, JA Air Center, Cessna Caravan, Garmin G300, single-engine Cessnas, Cessna 350, Cessna 162, Garmin G600, JA SkyShares, JA Flight Services

• LSA Sales Down, but Fleet Still Growing

  Manufacturers of light-sport aircraft have not escaped the recession. According to several reports, this segment of the aviation industry has not been hit as hard as the manufacturers of heavier general aviation airplanes and the LSA fleet grew by 35... Posted Jan 26 2009, 01:59 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Remos GX, Jabiru, Hansen Air Group, Czech Aircraft Works, Flight Design, Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, Tecnam, American Legend Cessna Aircraft Company, Peregine FA-04, U.S. Sport Aviation Expo