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July 29, 2013

Recency of Experience

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Recency of experience is one of the major safety challenges that we face in general aviation. Although it doesn’t seem to get a lot of direct press, it’s lurking just under the surface in many accidents.  It’s one of the less tangible causations…

July 24, 2013

Caffeinate your flying!

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Disclaimer: the inspiration for this post comes from my minor obsession with coffee.  It real doesn’t matter where you are in the spectrum of aviation, sometimes we just need a little jolt to remind us why we have embarked on this journey. Indulge me as…

July 19, 2013

You are never too old and it’s never too late!

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! My philosophy is to try to learn from everyone I come in contact with and I highly recommend this approach to life. I had occasion to learn something really cool last weekend. It was a lesson I have experienced before, but I will…

July 14, 2013

Three things that scare pilots

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Pilots don’t agree on much, but if you were to ask what are the scariest things that could potentially occur in an airplane you will almost universally get this answer: Fire, Structural Failure, and Midair (in no particular order). Not that we sit…

July 5, 2013

How To Be a Good Student. This applies to all of us!

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! This post may sound like it is targeted at folks in training, but it really applies to all of us. It assumes that we are all “students” in some form or fashion. Let me explain. You see it doesn’t matter if you are…

June 28, 2013

The Big Move

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Ok, since I like to mix it up on the blog occasionally you’ll see some stories about my personal flying life. Since this is one of those stories, I am giving you permission to move on until you see something of interest. If…

June 23, 2013

Is there hope for the future of GA?

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Last week our EAA chapter hosted a monthly meeting – nothing too noteworthy about that. It was at one of the local airports, which was cool because it meant I could fly in vs. taking the dreaded four-wheeled conveyance. The noteworthy part was…

June 22, 2013

Why do we suck at being safe?

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! I wrote a recent article for AirFactsJournal.com that highlights what I feel is the larger issue around light aircraft safety. It has very little to do with inadequate training or marginal equipment or antiquated regulations. I think the current training programs are fine…