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Ben Sclair

Airparks: The ultimate aviation lifestyle

By Ben Sclair · March 28, 2021 ·

Airpark living, for an aviator, is the ultimate aviation lifestyle. Start your search at Living With Your Plane.

Time to increase residential hangar size limits

By Ben Sclair · March 25, 2021 ·

Current code limits residential hangars to 2,000 square feet. Increasing that limit will allow for needed flexibility.

Don’t let a ‘gotcha’ get you

By Ben Sclair · March 3, 2021 ·

56 Seconds to Live

Whether flying an aircraft – unintentionally – into IMC or falling asleep at the yoke on a perfectly clear day, things happen. And those are just two examples of mistakes we can make.

Drones one step closer to NAS integration

By Ben Sclair · January 7, 2021 ·

There should be no misunderstanding: Drones WILL be fully integrated into the National Airspace System at some point in our future. Would you prefer a seat at the table or just wait to see what happens?

Zenith CH701 goes virtual

By Ben Sclair · January 6, 2021 ·

Caution for elephants near the runway.

An old-fashioned barn raising, RAF-style

By Ben Sclair · January 3, 2021 ·

Fittingly, the barn is “a tribute to Ben Ryan and the sacrifices he and his wife Butchie made for the country. Ben flew a P-38 in the Pacific during WWII, and Butchie served as a nurse with the Army Nurse Corps.”

Are we out of control?

By Ben Sclair · December 21, 2020 ·

Words matter. We shouldn’t use uncontrolled airports as the common term for non-towered/pilot-controlled airports.

Are GA airports red-headed stepchildren?

By Ben Sclair · December 6, 2020 ·

It is not enough for us to say, “we were here first” or “it’s not our fault you don’t understand the value of an airport.”

Trouble in paradise

By Ben Sclair · November 12, 2020 ·

Because the civil and military operations at Dillingham co-exist so well, the Army would very much like to continue to allow civilian access to the field.

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