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Women are Key to Aviation’s Future

Jetwhine — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:32:17 GMT

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)

FAA InFO Translates Canadian ATC Lingo

Jetwhine — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:20:49 GMT

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)

Why Southwest Grabs My Business, Again and Again

Jetwhine — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:28:09 GMT

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)

Then & Now Explains Present With Past

Jetwhine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:04 GMT

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)

A Middle School Perspective on Aviation

Jetwhine — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:15:22 GMT

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)

Flying Club May Resuscitate Flying Career

Jetwhine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:44 GMT

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)

Jetwhine Tries to Out-Cranky the Cranky Flier

Jetwhine — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:26:55 GMT

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)

Signs of New Aviation Era are Unmistakable

Jetwhine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:30:14 GMT

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)

Will Aviation Biofuel be New Farm Subsidy?

Jetwhine — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:00:20 GMT

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)

Aviation: It’s ALWAYS About The Passengers

Jetwhine — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:51:31 GMT

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)

Will Army Drones Spark Interservice Rivalry?

Jetwhine — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:00:19 GMT

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)

A Monkey in Our Subscription Works

Jetwhine — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:04:41 GMT

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)

Our Monkey Speaks About Your Jetwhine Subscription

Jetwhine — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:34 GMT

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)

VOR Days Numbered in FAA Proposal

Jetwhine — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:00:12 GMT

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)