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Helicopters Make Their Mark at AirVenture

Performing missions no other aircraft can accomplish, helicopters are a vital part of the aviation industry. But they are a minority among flying machines, so their presence is often overshadowed by their fixed-wing peers, especially when they gather...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 5:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, EAA AirVenture, Military, HAI, HAL-3 Seawolves, heli, Heli-Center, seawolf, seawolves
User (as in you pay) Fees (as in you pay more)

The Friday before AirVenture is supposed to be a really exciting time with friends gathering from all around the world to come hang out for good times and a week of spouse-numbing airplane speak. We’re actually hosting the Plane Crazy Down Under...

Published Sun, Jul 24 2011 5:46 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, AOPA, GAMA, EAA, aviation user fees, NBAA, NATA, fees, user, Australian general aviation, dial, GAAC, user fees
Three Cheers for ATC on its 75th Anniversary

Any pilot who says an air traffic controller hasn’t saved his or her butt at least once is either lying or stopped flying after solo. Air traffic controllers are my best friends, and you couldn’t pay me enough to attempt their job at any facility or at...

Published Mon, Jul 18 2011 12:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, ATC, 75th, centers, hypercritical, replaced, tracons, transition, vilified…until
America in Space: An Ambivalent Future

Having grown up with the US space program (which celebrated the golden anniversary of Alan Shepard’s fight on May 5, 2011 ) and come of age when Apollo 11 touched the moon, I’m not sure how I feel about the final flight of Atlantis, which is writing the...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: General, Blogging, ambivalent, atlantis, exploration, final, Final Space Shuttle Flight, Future of Space Exploration, madonna, shuttle, space, spaceflight
Technology Behind the Panic Button

When I penned an article about the Panic Button the Rockwell Collins folks announced at Paris a few weeks ago, I was upset … not with the Rockwell folks, but with the plummeting airmanship skills that the development of a device designed to save a big...

Published Mon, Jul 11 2011 4:38 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, abc, aircraft reaches, autonomous, backup, collins, evanschwartz, panic, rockwell
Safety Management System: NTSB Most Wanted is Big Investment With Little Return

The NTSB just published its top-10 Most Wanted improvements to transportation. Beware of Number Three, Safety Management Systems , aka SMS. For newcomers, here’s the FAA definition : “SMS is the formal, top-down business approach to managing safety risk...

Published Tue, Jul 5 2011 4:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, NTSB, Aviation Security, 121, alberta, amo, Canada Approved Maintenance Organization, FAA Repair Station, holders, NTSB Most Wanted, paperwork, Part 121 Operators, Safety Management System, sms
Who Knew: 60-Month Student Pilot Ticket?

Am I the only one who missed the news in July 2010 that the FAA nearly doubled the life of a student pilot certificate (and the third-class medical certificate) for those 40 and younger, from 36 months to 60 months? This discovery came with a question...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2011 5:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, flight instructors, Flight Schools, issued, lifespan, medical, student, Student Pilot Certificate, studentpilot, telling—number , Third-Class Airman Medical Certificate, ticket’s, younger
Pilot or Panic?

There’s no small amount of irony in the fact that Rockwell Collins announced it’s new “One Touch Safe Mode,” button at the Paris Air Show this week … at least to me. The button, integrated into the avionics giant’s popular Pro Line Fusion integrated...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 9:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, airline pilots, Airbus, Air France 447, professional pilots, Aviation Security, Garmin Perspective, Rockwell Collins
Southwest Offers NextGen Lesson With RNP

Reading government documents isn’t very much fun sometimes, but it often reveals informative tidbits, such as this table found on page 43 of the FAA’s NextGen Implementation Plan of March 2011 . It’s clear that GA is way behind the airlines when it comes...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 4:45 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Southwest Airlines, General Aviation, NextGen, Next Generation Air Transportation System, Required Navigation Performance, rnp, ADS-B, comm, Data Comm, ramifications, southwest’s, van, ven
Geekdoms Collide Saturday at Udvar-Hazy

This Saturday morning at 10 AM EST, the earth will move … or stop I guess, whichever is cooler I guess. For me, it means the first time that I’m going to visit the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian at Washington Dulles Airport. I’ve been meaning to...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2011 8:52 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, Aviation Marketing, AOPA, Benet Wilson, @avweekbenet, Become a Pilot Day, Flighttime radio, The Airplane Geeks, Things in the sky, Udvar-Hazy Center, What just flew by
Corporate Terror BARR None

The Department of Transportation’s recent notice that it will dismantle most the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program , which hides corporate aircraft activity from online flight-tracking programs, has caused quite a stir. Aviation’s alphabet...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 7:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, NBAA, Aviation Security, barr, Blocked Aircraft Registration Request
Vertical Flight: Two Ends of the Spectrum

After seeing its inaugural (public) flight at EAA AirVenture 2008 , I’ve been following the the development of the Martin Jetpack. Beyond the syfi coolness of the Kiwi project, a few questions came to mind, like what happens when the engine fails? With...

Published Mon, Jun 6 2011 2:30 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Martin Jetpack, prize, American Helicopter Society, ballistic, brs, BRS Ballistic Parachute, helicopter, Human Powered Helicopter, jetpack, martin, rotors, skikorsky, Skikorsky Prize
Air France 447 Pilot Error? Probably, but …

It’s been an exciting few weeks in the search for Air France 447. In just 20 days or so, searchers located the fuselage and both the cockpit and flight data recorders in 13,000 ft. of water on the floor of the South Atlantic. More victims are also still...

Published Wed, Jun 1 2011 4:59 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, General, Flight Training, 1994, 447, error, france, pittsburgh, stalled, unfortunate, usair
Old-School Alaska Fly-In & FAA Flexibility

In the last century, fly-in were about flying. Unlike today’s events, which cater to passive participants there to shop and watch other people fly, the pilots who flew in honed their skills by competing in takeoff and landing contests, flour bombing/message...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 3:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, sport aviation, Student Pilot, bobby’s, bombing, competition, flour, Flying Compeitions, poker, Ramp Check, stol, valdez, Valdez Fly-In Air Show, wired
User Fees: Gone, but not Forgotten

The message from the White House came and went so quickly last week that some people thought it was actually a mistake. But like the ghosts in A Christmas Carol, the release of a draft of The Transportation Opportunities Act (TOA), actually did happen...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 2:59 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, draft, fees, highway, infrastructure, obama, toa, user, white

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Helicopters Make Their Mark at AirVenture

User (as in you pay) Fees (as in you pay more)

Three Cheers for ATC on its 75th Anniversary

America in Space: An Ambivalent Future

Technology Behind the Panic Button

Safety Management System: NTSB Most Wanted is Big Investment With Little Return

Who Knew: 60-Month Student Pilot Ticket?

Pilot or Panic?

Southwest Offers NextGen Lesson With RNP

Geekdoms Collide Saturday at Udvar-Hazy

Corporate Terror BARR None

Vertical Flight: Two Ends of the Spectrum

Air France 447 Pilot Error? Probably, but …

Old-School Alaska Fly-In & FAA Flexibility

User Fees: Gone, but not Forgotten