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2012-03-08T04:13:57Z

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Women are Key to Aviation’s Future

2012-03-07T02:32:17Z

Did you know that March is Women’s History Month, and that Women of Aviation Worldwide Week started March 5? I didn’t, until a friend shared an e-mail from Penny Hamilton, a pilot with a Ph.D. who’s invested a lot of time studying just about every aspect Read More......(read more)

FAA InFO Translates Canadian ATC Lingo

2012-03-01T01:20:49Z

In an attempt to keep current with all aspects of aviation, I subscribe to all manner of e-mail updates. In this arena, the FAA is prolifically focused. My latest discovery is the InFO, short for Information For Operators. Produced by the FAA’s Flight Read More......(read more)

Why Southwest Grabs My Business, Again and Again

2012-02-27T16:28:09Z

Word of Mouth marketing (WOM) is a bit like the Superman of campaigns. Nothing can stop it. That’s because the company the campaign focuses on has little or nothing to do with the effort. It’s all customer driven. People recommending products Read More......(read more)

Then & Now Explains Present With Past

2012-02-22T14:00:04Z

If there’s a poster child for the public’s misunderstanding of the physics of flight, it has to be the stall. Every time some poor reporter in print or on TV, who hasn’t dug deep enough, relates it to the airplane’s powerplant, haven’t we all shaken our Read More......(read more)

A Middle School Perspective on Aviation

2012-02-12T21:15:22Z

A judge for “What’s Your Story,” the Wittman Regional Airport writing contest for those in grades 3-12 in Oshkosh-area schools, I feel compelled to share some observations gleaned from the entries I’ve just read. As our future, I found their participation Read More......(read more)

Flying Club May Resuscitate Flying Career

2012-02-09T02:00:44Z

CLEAR! TV doctors bark this sharp-elbowed warning before they shock a restive heart back to a regular rhythm. It is also the warning pilots issue to bystanders before they energize an airplane’s air processer. Seemingly disassociated warnings, several Read More......(read more)

Jetwhine Tries to Out-Cranky the Cranky Flier

2012-02-05T19:26:55Z

I’m made quite a career out of whining about the aviation industry, but even I need someone’s shoulder to moan on every so often. As I sit here in a hotel room in Bordeaux trying to get back to the states from France using an American/Iberia Read More......(read more)

Signs of New Aviation Era are Unmistakable

2012-01-31T02:30:14Z

From aviation’s infancy, the US military has been a leading source of aerial innovations and educator of those who put those winged aviation innovations to work. With the end of each conflict, pilots, technicians, and engineers used their training and Read More......(read more)

Will Aviation Biofuel be New Farm Subsidy?

2012-01-23T03:00:20Z

First thing last Monday morning I read that US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was scheduled to hold an hour-long meeting with aviation officials from Boeing, Honeywell, and United Airlines later that day at Boeing HQ. The announced agenda Read More......(read more)

Aviation: It’s ALWAYS About The Passengers

2012-01-19T15:51:31Z

Last Saturday was not a good day for transportation, but for once the bad news was not about aviation. An immense cruise ship — the Costa Concordia — capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the west coast of Italy where rocks near the shore Read More......(read more)

Will Army Drones Spark Interservice Rivalry?

2012-01-12T02:00:19Z

Wandering through a Google collection of aviation news, Combat Aviation Brigade Welcomes a New Unit, New Aircraft , grabbed my attention. I’m a dedicated rotorhead, helicopters comprise the majority of the US Army’s fleet, and I was hoping to learn about Read More......(read more)

A Monkey in Our Subscription Works

2012-01-11T17:04:41Z

A college professor of mind told me a story years ago — OK … MANY years ago — about how solving one problem often creates another. Boy … did our switch from Feedburner to Mail Chimp subscriber software — not to mention my Read More......(read more)

Our Monkey Speaks About Your Jetwhine Subscription

2012-01-09T20:00:34Z

In case today’s title has you wondering, don’t worry. We haven’t decided to farm our content production out to a cheap, new labor source. In 5 and a half years of writing Jetwhine, the world has continued to evolve around us although Read More......(read more)

VOR Days Numbered in FAA Proposal

2012-01-03T16:00:12Z

In a general sense, I knew that NextGen would be the end of the VORs that have reliably led aviators for decades. But 10 days before Christmas, the retirement of these familiar white cones is much more real. That’s when the FAA published its request for Read More......(read more)