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NATCA?s New Leadership | 18/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
The fact that the FAA and it’s cadre of air traffic controllers will be working with a new leader who will be announced later today is only the beginning of the story of how this union fits into the overall plan of our nation’s airspace system. Outside of aviation, most people didn’t even know there was another ... | | |
Urban vs. rural America and the airport debate | 18/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
In a pivotal moment in U.S. politics, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan said to President Jimmy Carter, “There you go again.” This time instead of debating health care reform as Reagan and Carter were (how’s that for irony from 1980?), it’s the Air Transport Association once again feeding disinformation about ... | | |
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump? | 16/09/09
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
That sound you hear is John J Tormey, an attorney and advocate for the group Quiet Rockland, beating the stuffing out of the FAA’s COO Hank Krakowski.
Quiet Rockland is a group that’s dedicated to fighting the FAA’s actions to restructure airspace and routes in and around Rockland County, which is back east near New ... | | |
NPRM Points to Flight Training?s Future | 16/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
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 school classrooms and online ground schools, concurrent private pilot and ... | | |
Taking a tumble | 15/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
You might remember from your training that your attitude indicator can tumble if the aircraft pitch angle exceeds the gyro’s limits. What does that look like and why should you care? We take a look in this video blog.
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East by southeast | 15/09/09
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
MANILA ? I?m still on the road in Asia where I?ve had the opportunity to present media briefings on the commercial airplanes market outlook for the Asia Pacific region - first at Asian Aerospace 2009 in Hong Kong, then in the Philippines, and later this week, in Beijing.
At Asian Aerospace, my colleague Jim Edgar, our Commercial ... | | |
By the wings of angels | 15/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
At Sun N Fun this past Spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Jon Wehrenberg and Debi Boies, co-founders of Pilots N Paws, an organization dedicated to rescuing unwanted pets from euthanasia.
Jon and Debi are like many dedicated to a cause: they are engaging, focused, and intensely driven to succeed. At their core is a [...] | | |
How many trainees do you have, and how are they doing? | 14/09/09
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
You’d think that a simple question, like “how many trainees does the FAA have, and how are they doing?”, would be easy for the agency to answer.
You’d think that, because you haven’t been paying attention. This is an agency that has lots of trouble getting even the most basic stuff right.
A few years back, ... | | |
System overload?Meridian training days three and four | 13/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
One difference between a single-engine piston airplane and a pressurized turboprop is the level of sophistication among the systems. While your average piston airplane has a simple electrical system and basic hydraulic system if any at all, a turbine airplane is likely to have multiple electrical busses, hydraulics driving numerous ... | | |
9/11: Lost for Words | 12/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Yes, it does happen … a time when I simply don’t know what to say. Or perhaps it is my age showing and I realize that there are times it is better to say nothing than to manufacture prose that comes off feeling contrived. Today, September 11th felt like one of those days to me.
I remember like it was yesterday. It was the ... | | |
Ratify | 12/09/09
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
I voted this week on the contract proposal.
Like many of you, I was pretty ticked that the arbitrator’s decision didn’t provide any form of “make whole” remedy or back pay. I’m even more disgusted than many of my coworkers, because I’ve read through the panel’s written opinion; many people ... | | |
Undercover airplane | 12/09/09
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
As I mentioned the other day, we're moving 787s into position as we get ready to start the "side-of-body" modifications.
Well, now ZA002 has made its move.
ZA002, the second flight-test airplane - in the livery of launch customer ANA - moved today into a temporary structure on the Everett Flight Line.
I just have to say that's ... | | |
Saving an amphib of another kind: Meridian Day Two | 11/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I saved a toad today. Actually, Bill Inglis, SimCom instructor and center manager at the Piper facility saved the toad. And then the little guy peed on Bill! Just as we were about to close up the right side cowling of the Meridian during the preflight I spied the critter. He was just hanging out, [...] | | |
Addiction | 10/09/09
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
I’ve had a little experience in my life with addiction. Fortunately for me, I wasn’t the one addicted; a close friend of mine, though, had a pretty serious gambling problem, and I’ve got a few friends who’ve dealt with drug/alcohol problems. (Most air traffic controllers know at least a couple of alcoholic ... | | |
Sonex Onex Overshadowed by R&D Stars | 10/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Unveiling the projects gestating in the Sonex R&D department, the Hornet?s Nest, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the SubSonex jet and E-Flight Power System (covered last week in Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest) got all the attention, says Sonex Aircraft?s Mark Schaible, ?but what we?re really excited about is the ... | | |
Mastering the Meridian: Day One | 10/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I watched the Pratt & Whitney turboprop engine’s Ng stabilize at about 15 percent and then I lifted the fuel control lever up and slid it forward. The Piper Meridian’s engine lit and within a few seconds it was clear this was going to be a “good” start. It doesn’t always happen that way. A miscue [...] | | |
Mod squad | 10/09/09
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
HONG KONG - I'm just wrapping up a visit here at Asian Aerospace 2009. But I also wanted to get you caught up on what's happening in Everett.
ZA004 moving out of the 40-26 building at the Everett factory last night.
We?re moving two 787 Dreamliners into modification locations this week. What this means is we?re getting them ... | | |
Questions To The Max - Aviation Podcast #165 | 10/09/09
Blog: http://traffic.libsyn.com
This week we begin a two part 'Question and Answer' series with Max Trescott. Write to us with your GPS related questions and hear Max answer those questions on an episode. All submissions due by September 16th, 2009. Please enjoy The Finer Points!Fly Your Best,Jason | | |
Happy news from Wasilla | 09/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I first learned about Wasilla, Alaska, a city of about 10,000, while researching an article about mentors and student pilots. That article profiled a student pilot named Chad Speer from Wasilla, and it appeared in the May 2008 AOPA Flight Training. In September 2008, Wasilla became extremely well known for another of its ... | | |
A New Union Marketing Strategy, Hire a Republican | 08/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
It’s Labor Day again and some fresh thinking is long past due.
Everyone knows the American labor movement has fallen off the edge of a cliff the past few decades and even a blue president isn’t going to be able to fix it all. The big question is why labor has dropped off the radar of most young people. I’d venture to ... | | |
Chitty Chitty Thud Thud | 06/09/09
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Flying cars have been attempted for 100 years. Glenn Curtiss is credited with the first one. | | |
Stuck on an Airport Ramp? ? "You Can?t Fix Stupid!" | 04/09/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
For some time, I have stood firmly on the side of the people who believe a law is needed to keep airline passengers from ending up trapped on the ramp inside an airplane for hours at a time. But I think I’m starting to be swayed. Part of my ambivalence is related to a number of industry folks I’ve spoken to over the past few ... | | |
Hang on | 03/09/09
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Four beautiful GEnx-2B engines now grace the very first 747-8 Freighter. Mechanics completed the job of hanging the engines on the new 747?s wings last Friday.
With this milestone, the 747-8 is approximately 90% assembled. Most of the remaining work is in Systems installation.
Engines on the wings of 747-8 Airplane #1 in the ... | | |
Pilots have needs; they'll tell you what they are. | 03/09/09
Blog: http://blogs.flyingmag.com
Ever since I figured out that economics isn't really about money but, instead, about the way that people behave, based largely on incentives, I've started liking economics a lot more. The book Freakonomics opened my eyes to the really interesting... | | |
Leadership change | 02/09/09
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Scott Carson is all the good things people have always said about him.
He?s hard-working, he?s driven, he?s passionate about our business. He has a great sense of the history of Boeing ? his father worked here before him.
He absolutely loves this company.
Scott Carson walking the 737 wing line last month in Renton.
What you may ... | | |
Hiatus | 01/09/09
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
The Follies is taking a little hiatus. I’ve got to decide whether or not to keep doing the blog… but more importantly, this week I’m going to Washington DC to watch the Seattle Sounders FC beat DC United in the final for the US Open Cup (the oldest trophy in American soccer).
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Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet?s Nest | 31/08/09
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sonex Aircraft pulled back the curtain on its research and development department, called the Hornet?s Nest, and unveiled three projects it?s been working on for the past handful of years. One of them the E-Flight Power System, was covered in a previous post (Old Fashioned Focus Sustains Sonex), but there were ... | | |
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