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Are FBO Freebies on the Way Out? | 21/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
In an era when airlines report $2.7 Billion in fresh baggage-fee revenue from work they used to handle for free, is anything sacred? Probably not.
In the U.S. though, Fixed Base Operators (FBO) still give away plenty for free and we all know it. But those days might just be coming to a end … and they probably should.
At last ... | | |
ZA005 takes flight | 19/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
The other day we talked about the "[fifth dimension](http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2010/06/fifth_dimension.html)" as our 5th flight test Dreamliner took to the air for the first time.
With some new images now in, I had to share what I think are some really "otherworldly" shots of ZA005 flying above western Washington this week. ... | | |
Who?s on first? Cessna wins Piper award | 18/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
More than a little irony that the Cessna 162 Skycatcher is the winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Piper General Aviation Award for 2010.
And, yes, the Piper is that other major aircraft manufacturer, Piper Aircraft, and one of Cessna’s biggest competitors.
AIAA presents the Piper General ... | | |
Fifth dimension | 18/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
We got our first General Electric-powered 787 flying yesterday. It also happens to be the 5th Dreamliner to join the flight test fleet.
Up, up and away for this beautiful Dreamliner - first flight for the 5th 787
in the flight test fleet.
Leading [ZA005's first ... | | |
Spotted: Cubs heading north | 18/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
After a morning of meetings, I retrieved a voice message from my wife. She had called to report seeing five taildraggers–at least three of them Piper Cubs–heading northeast together near Frederick, Md., earlier today. “That just made my morning,” she said.
I’ll bet lunch that they are en route to Lock Haven, ... | | |
Wounded Warrior Becomes Sport Pilot | 16/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael “Bulldog” Blair successfully passed an FAA checkride Monday in the AOPA’s 2010 Sweepstakes Fun to Fly Remos GX and is now a Sport Pilot.
“I can’t believe I can finally say I’m a pilot,” Blair said after a checkride with Bill Nelson, a veteran FAA examiner based at Chester ... | | |
?Can you hear the rain?? | 16/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
The news this week is full of reports of 16-year-old sailor Abby Sunderland’s round-the-world solo attempt, not to?mention international rescue attempts after she got lost and stranded in the Indian Ocean. Coming so closely on the heels of last month’s news that a 13-year-old boy had become the youngest to scale Mount ... | | |
737 to ramp up further | 16/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
About [a month ago](http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2010/05/34_a_month.html) we told you that we'll be increasing our production rate on the Next-Generation 737.
As I mentioned here, we would keep looking at the need for further 737 rate increases as the economy recovers and customer demand evolves.
Turns out we do see a need ... | | |
First look - 747-8 Intercontinental | 15/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Next year we plan to deliver the first passenger model of the new [747-8](http://www.boeing.com/newairplane/747/design_highlights/).
But for now we can enjoy the fact that fuselage [assembly has begun](http://www.boeing.com/Features/2010/06/bca_747-8_intercontinental_06_15_10.html) on the Intercontinental. Take a look:
... | | |
Flying lean of peak: Such heresy! | 15/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
It seems that at least in some parts of the world, advocating for flying lean of peak is like advocating for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century. You’re going to be persecuted, and perhaps running out of town or worse.
Massimo Levi, secretary general of AOPA Italy, is living proof. During the IAOPA World ... | | |
Becoming a Pilot: Is it a Relevant Choice? | 14/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Is it karma that led NPR to broadcast a story on the dwindling number of student pilots in June? It reported an FAA estimate that this year?s number of student pilot certificates would total less than 60,000, a ?10 year low.? If you remember, June 1989 was the inauguration of the annual National Learn to Fly Month, and that year the FAA ... | | |
One pilot sparks GA in an entire country | 13/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
You don’t know HaeWoon Lee’s name, but he is to Korea what instrument flight pioneer Lawrence Sperry or pilot extraordinaire Frank Kingston Smith is to general aviation in the United States. Lee isn’t a pioneer in general aviation in South Korea, he is the pioneer. He literally brought GA as we know it to his [...] | | |
Aviation as a diplomat | 11/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I’m sitting in the Sheraton Hotel on the lovely Mediterranean Sea beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, as delegates to the IAOPA World Assembly debate resolutions. This part of the biennial meeting is like watching paint dry, but it’s just a small part of the meeting that brings pilots together from around the world. This assembly, ... | | |
Here comes the sun?Oh, no! | 11/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Yesterday a pesky warm front trudged through the Mid-Atlantic states, heralded by low stratus. Morning temps were in the 60s in central Maryland, and it was plenty humid, of course. Things heated up by late afternoon, but not by much. A sole, random break in the clouds sent a shaft of sunlight earthward, and for [...] | | |
5 years time | 10/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Last month marked my 3rd anniversary as Commercial Airplanes V.P. of Marketing - and my 3rd year of blogging.
And it occurs to me as well that [Randy's Journal](http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives.html) has been around for more than 5 years now.
Hard to believe, but over that half-decade-plus we've had 5 million page views from 2.9 ... | | |
Behind the Stearman roll-over at DCA | 10/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
By now, millions of people around the world have seen the ghastly video images of the gorgeous Stearman biplane locking its brakes and flipping over onto its back at Washington?s Reagan National Airport.
The high-profile gaffe took place during the promotion for Legends of Flight, a 3-D, IMAX movie that premiered Wednesday at the ... | | |
Pay Attention to California School Regs | 08/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Flight schools and instructors nationwide should be paying close attention to California Assembly Bill 48 (AB-48), which imposes new requirements (and fees that pay for their administration by the Bureau of Private Post-secondary Education) on those who educate pilots aspiring to an aviation career. (Schools and CFIs that teach people to ... | | |
Cargolux 747-8 | 08/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
It's always great to see a customer livery for the first time on a new airplane.
We got that look last night when a 747-8 Freighter left the Boeing paint hangar in the new-design livery of Cargolux.
Luxembourg-based Cargolux is the launch customer and will receive the first delivery of the 747-8 Freighter in the 4th quarter.
The ... | | |
Winning | 05/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Now this is a great way to end the week.
We've just learned that our Commercial Airplanes Communications & Marketing team has won a 2010 [Silver Anvil award](http://www.prsa.org/awards/silveranvil/silveranvil_results/) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
The award is for Boeing's planning and execution of events ... | | |
Red Bull-inspired Extra coming to USA | 03/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
When Walter Extra designed an airplane for the Red Bull pylon air races, he had no idea that his ?go-fast? airfoil on the racer would have general aviation applications.
But, as it turns out, many buyers of Extra?s aerobatic airplanes ? particularly U.S. buyers ? want greater speed and range, and they?re not necessarily interested in ... | | |
Hurricane watch | 02/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Pay attention to your coastal flying this summer. Weather Services International (WSI) is calling?for 18 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 5 intense hurricanes (category 3 or greater) in its most recent tropical update for 2010. Those forecast numbers are well above long-term averages.
Fly in the northeastern United States??According to ... | | |
Steve Wood: Flying for a Record Purpose | 02/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Pilots earn their certificates for many reasons, but it?s been my experience that they only keep flying after the checkride if they have a goal, a purpose for being airborne more satisfying and fulfilling than the empty aeronautical nourishment of the hundred dollar burger.
For some it?s exploring the backcountry. For others it is ... | | |
Windows 787 | 02/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
No doubt a lot of the buzz when passengers start flying in the 787 Dreamliner is going to be about the windows.
They're really big, and will give everyone on the airplane a view of the horizon. But there's something else special about them - no window shades. They're dimmable electronically.
We've just posted a feature story and ... | | |
Ready to go to Alaska? | 02/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I know I am. It’s been two years since I flew a modified Texas taildragger in Juneau, and ever since then I daydream about going back. In fact, I’ve pretty much decided that no place but Alaska will do to get a seaplane rating. There’s no time and funds to make that happen this year, [...] | | |
Prepping for show time | 27/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Next week I’m set to give a presentation at the Pilatus Owners and Pilots Association (POPA) convention in Tulsa. My topic: Accident Insights. With the emphasis on recent PC-12 accidents.
This ought to be interesting. Telling PC-12 owners how they went wrong. Let’s see, in 2009 there were three fatal PC-12 accidents: a CFIT, ... | | |
Only two tries? | 27/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Tossing a basketball out of the backseat of a Super Cub–in flight–and having it go right through the hoop? That’s the latest feat accomplished by?Dude Perfect, six college roommates from Texas with a history of slick trick shots. Their Cub caper is part of a series of commercials for GMC Trucks.
What may be even more ... | | |
Rocky Mountain high | 27/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
I guess you could say it's been a busy week for the 4th Dreamliner - ZA004 has been down in the desert and up in the mountains.
Pikes Peak overlooks ZA004 as it arrives for testing in Colorado.
ZA004 has been in Colorado Springs for the past couple of days for "high-field-elevation" tests.
Over the weekend the same airplane was ... | | |
Headwinds, headwinds, and more headwinds | 26/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Last weekend I flew my wife and our young son from our home base in Frederick, Maryland, to Cross City, Florida in an A-36 Bonanza. We left Friday after work and planned to take the day Monday to travel back. A weather system coming from the west meant an unplanned overnight on Friday in Savannah. [...] | | |
Coast to coast in a Cub | 25/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
“Pilots return year after year to see familiar faces, including a San Diego pilot who flies a J-3 Cub. It takes him two weeks to get to Sentimental Journey and two weeks to fly back to the West Coast.” That’s what I wrote for “Color Me Yellow,” my article on the Sentimental Journey Fly-In, which [...] | | |
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