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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... 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

• 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... Posted Sep 22 2009, 05:41 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... 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

• 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... Posted Mar 24 2009, 01:05 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.... Posted 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... 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

• 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... Posted Dec 01 2008, 05:57 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... Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:06 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... 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