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There is no I in team and other motivational considerations

By Jamie Beckett · December 22, 2010 ·

Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. I suspect there is not a single man in America who hasn’t heard a coach bellow through the locker room, “There is no ‘I’ in ‘team,’ gentlemen!” Winning or […]

Prediction 2011 – Growth

By Ben Sclair · December 22, 2010 ·

2011 will be an amazing year for General Aviation. The following is the first in a series of absurd (unless they come to fruition) predictions. The quotes are manufactured (by me) and the only thing standing in the way of making these a reality is the cajones to make it so. Growth is coming In […]

FAA certifies Santa’s NextGen-equipped sleigh

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

WASHINGTON, D.C – FAA safety inspectors at the North Pole have certified Santa One, the reindeer-powered sleigh piloted by Santa Claus, for its Christmas Eve round-the-world delivery mission. FAA officials report that Santa One, led by Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is outfitted with new satellite-based NextGen technology, which will allow Santa to deliver more toys […]

Breezing through the Bahamas

By Dan Johnson · December 22, 2010 ·

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. When my former home state of Minnesota grappled with enough snowfall to collapse the Metrodome’s inflated roof, I was still hanging out in the Bahamas (yeah, I know, tough job…). After the first International Sport Pilot Fly-In concluded, all […]

NTSB seeking comments on emergency revocations

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

The NTSB has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments from the public regarding amendments to its procedural rules dealing with review of FAA certificate actions, such as emergency revocation or suspension of a pilot’s certificate. The ANPRM indicates that certain parties have approached the NTSB concerning emergency certificate actions, which involve […]

MT composite prop flight tested on Warbird

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

Flight Resource, LLC, the world’s largest volume MT- Propeller distributer, has completed the successful flight testing on a newly developed 4-bladed composite propeller on an Allison-powered P-82 Twin Mustang. The propeller, governor and accumulator system (pictured below) was designed and built for use on the only two remaining Twin Mustangs that are being restored to […]

Give the gift of flight

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

Looking to give more than just “stuff” for Christmas this year? How about giving a first flight lesson to that aspiring pilot on your gift list? PilotJourney.com offers a $129 real flight lesson redeemable at more than 500 flight schools nationwide. Included with the flight package that puts your pilot in the air for a […]

Symbolic Flight delivers ‘Perceptual VFR’

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

Symbolic Flight has released an update to Symbolic Flight, delivering a portable, synthetic vision experience for general aviation pilots. Symbolic Flight 4.0 provides threshold-to-threshold route planning using current FAA enroute and terminal data: Airports, Airspace, Airways, Approaches and Obstacles, marked-up in three dimensions, allowing pilots to actually see what they are doing in relation to […]

Vertically-challenged pilots get a boost with Sporty’s Elevator Cushion

By Janice Wood · December 22, 2010 ·

Pilots and students who have trouble seeing over the nose or need another inch or two to reach the rudders can now use Sporty’s Elevator Cushion. Sporty’s Elevator Cushion measures 14”w x 12”d x 2 1/2” thick on the seat bottom, and 14”w x 18”h x 2 1/2” thick on the seat back. It uses […]

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