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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...

Published Tue, Nov 3 2009 4:35 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
A Complex (Airplane) Question

After reading last week’s post, NPRM Points to Flight Training’s Future , Jason Blair, the executive director of the National Association of Flight Instructors ( NAFI ), called early the morning it arrived in his email box. He was off to DC...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 5:41 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Flight Instructor, CFI, Pilot Training, Mooney, Commercial Pilot, Piper Arrow, Complex Airplanes, Beech Bonanca, Pilot Certification
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...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 4:45 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
UAV Pilot Shortage & Military Intelligence

A recent New York Times’s article, “ Drones Are Weapons of Choice in Fighting Qaeda , ” added to the mounting evidence that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are changing the face of military aviation. This is especially true in the U.S. Air...

Published Tue, Mar 24 2009 1:05 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Military, Pilot Training, RC models, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Reaper, Predator, U.S. Air Force, UAV, military aviation
EASA Taking Aim on U.S. Flight Schools

Measuring the health of U.S. flight schools is easy. Grab the latest General Aviation Manufacturers Association Statistical Databook and see how many student pilot certificates the FAA issued last year. The most recent number is for for 2007: 66,793....

Published Thu, Mar 19 2009 12:13 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Flight School, Pilot Training, aviation user fees, EASA, pilot licenses, bilateral aviation agreements
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...

Published Wed, Feb 4 2009 4:47 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
Aviation Reality in a Post-Peak World

Aviation has weathered a number of economic storms in its history, most notably the Great Depression and the collapse of the GA boom that followed World War II. How the industry met and survived past challenges unfortunately will not predict aviation’s...

Published Mon, Dec 1 2008 5:57 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, pilot shortage, Aviation Future, Pilot Training, peak oil, airframe manufacturers, layoffs, aviation bankruptcy
In Defense of the Contract Pilot

Do you know this guy? He’s Jeff Beck, a contract pilot of some renown. Contract pilots essentially lead a vagabond life from airplane to airplane until they’re no longer needed with no single place to really call home. They wait only for the...

Published Wed, Oct 1 2008 5:06 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Business Aviation, air travel, Jetwhine.com, Pilot Training, Jeff Beck, contract pilots
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...

Published Mon, Aug 25 2008 2:43 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

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