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Visual Scanning

Visual Scanning

Visual Scanning is very important to keep yourself from being involved in a midair collision. The FAA talks about it, but it is a difficult thing to illustrate. But luckily there is a way to dramatically show how your eyes can play tricks on you so that you can lose sight of (or never find ...

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The Greenness of Electric Aircraft

The Greenness of Electric Aircraft

OK, so there is no doubt that electric aircraft are way cool. But a lot of people make big claims about how ‘green’ an electric vehicle can be. I suppose that is true if you just look at the electrons poured into your batteries vs. the gasoline the fossil-fuel burner pours into his fuel tank. ...

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Cloudy Skies Ahead for Ethanol

Cloudy Skies Ahead for Ethanol

This story from Kent Misegades is good news, sort of. Rules set by the central planning committees in Washington for what we can buy and burn in our engines seem to be going sideways since they can’t respond quickly enough to market forces. Somehow, I suspect that it will still be the consumer that will ...

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Rotax Training Classes at CPS

Rotax Training Classes at CPS

California Power Systems has Rotax certified training classes scheduled from February 14th through the 23rd. CPS is conducting the classes in their new training facility at the Chino Airport (CNO) in Southern California. The classes range from 2 Stroke Service and Maintenance Training all the way to 912/914 Heavy Maintenance Training. Professional mechanics as well ...

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Rotax Engine Training at Aero Technical Institute Before LSA Expo

Rotax Engine Training at Aero Technical Institute Before LSA Expo

For those planning a trip to the Sebring, Florida U.S. Sport Aviation Expo (January 19-22, 2012) and want to get more done for your travel dollar, you should consider coming early and attend Rotax engine maintenance classes at the Aero Technical Institute (ATI). The classes are good for several different levels of expertise including Airframe ...

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FAA Safety Forums at Sun ‘n Fun

FAA Safety Forums at Sun ‘n Fun

When making the trip to Sun ‘n Fun, the last thing a lot of pilots think about is attending safety seminars or even regular forums. After all, there is so much else to do there at the event that sitting still for any length of time seems somehow wrong. However, there are a lot of ...

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Airport on Lockdown

Airport on Lockdown

Airport boards are often filled with people whom don’t fly. Worse, those same people don’t have any kind of financial stake in the success of the airport or the businesses. They may be volunteers or they may be paid some. Either way, it is the rare airport board member that will question the FAA, the ...

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As We Fill Our Skies with UAV’s

As We Fill Our Skies with UAV’s

One of the unwritten basics of flight is that everyone has a life-and-death stake in midair collisions. That rule has been turned upside-down by the CIA, the military, and now policing organizations by using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The link below takes you to a story at Defensetech about a collision between a UAV and ...

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Are Digital Charts Supposed to Subsidize Printed Charts?

Are Digital Charts Supposed to Subsidize Printed Charts?

Five million dollars is a lot of money. And apparently that and more is what the FAA has made off of sectional, airport/facility directories (A/FD), IR enroute charts, terminal charts, and coded instrument flight procedures. We know of the five million dollars because that is what the FAA is now managing to lose in their ...

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The FAA’s New Effort at Adding User Fees. This Time Through Digital Charts

The FAA’s New Effort at Adding User Fees. This Time Through Digital Charts

The FAA is something of a victim of their own success and to undo their victim status, they may also undo their success. The success has been the acceptance and use of their digital charts. Many pilots are opting to go with the digital product in their cockpits and are foregoing the purchase of paper ...