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October 30, 2012

How To Fly a Taildragger: 201

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! How To Fly a Taildragger: 201  We pick up where we left off in 101 and venture into more of the nuances of conventional gear aircraft. If you haven’t read How To Fly a Taildragger: 101 go there first. One area not mentioned in…

October 29, 2012

Hawker Beechcraft to emerge from Bankruptcy as Beechcraft Corp

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Hawker Beechcraft to emerge from Bankruptcy as Beechcraft If you own a propellor-driven Beechcraft hopefully this is a spot of good news. The idea of having the tooling that makes our precious parts being shipped halfway around the world in China (if that’s…

October 28, 2012

How To Fly a Taildragger: 101

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! How To Fly a Taildragger: 101 I have taught dozens of pilots how to fly taildraggers and in this article, I summarize how it’s done. Note: This information should not be used in lieu of actual flight instruction. Also the terms taildraggers, tail…

October 27, 2012

Smoke in the Cockpit

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! Smoke in the Cockpit If there is one thing that strikes fear in the hearts of any pilot, it’s an inflight fire. Talk to pilots and ask what risk do they worry about the most and they will almost universally tell you, fire…

October 26, 2012

What Should You Do To Help The Declining Pilot Population

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! What Should You Do To Help The Declining Pilot Population Editorial There has been a lot published lately on the deterioration of our sport, but I haven’t seen much on what we should be doing to help. Setting aside the barriers, we all know…

October 25, 2012

What would I Buy….Kolb

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! What would I buy….Kolb This is the first installment in a new series of articles based on a hypothetical set of airplane ownership criteria. Note: This information is strictly the opinion of the author. Your mileage may vary. The goal will be to…

October 24, 2012

EAA Leadership Transition

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! EAA  Leadership Transition Monday the EAA announced the ‘resignation’ of their President/CEO, Rod Hightower. I met Rod a few years ago when our local EAA chapter hosted him on one of his grass-roots tour stops his first year. While I don’t think he’s…

October 23, 2012

NAIA Days: My Flight School Experience

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! NAIA Days: My Flight School Experience Dateline: 1991 With my private license in my pocket I set out to obtain my ratings at the tender age of 20. The plan was to leave my hometown and go to a big school to get…

October 21, 2012

Right Break

Check out their line of headsets, camera cables, and LED lighting today! In the spirit of the article published here today on formation flying, I thought I would share this simple video with you. It was a mid-day flight and rough down low so forgive the camera shake. The video was shot at Port Columbus…