I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to pass this along. It is the story of a nine year old kid who told ATC “REBEL BASE, THIS IS RED 5. WE ARE STARTING OUR ATTACK RUN ON THE DEATH STAR”. And ATC responded with “RED 5, YOUR CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH TO THE DEATH STAR. REPORTS […]
Do you know what altitude your plane gets the best fuel economy at? Are you sure? How about given the winds aloft forecast do you know exactly what altitude will be the most economical to fly at? Probably not.
CruiseAlt comes to the rescue. Enter in the performance data from your POH and CruiseAlt will remember […]
I’m going to slowly start putting together a series of articles about different Aviation Technology tools… specifically software or websites that offer tools for use in flight preparation. This will be the first post in the series and many of you probably know of this website.
The ADDS (Aviation Digital Data Service) provides text, digital, and […]
Today I’m flying home (commercially) for the holidays. I’m a GA pilot and I enjoy flying. I like trying to think in my mind what the crew up front might be doing, learning a little bit about how the big jets operate, and the airline I typically fly offers the ability to listen to the […]
A week ago two planes collided on the ground at Chautauqua County Airport in Dunkirk, NY. One was a Malibu and the other was an Aerostar. You can read the initial NTSB summary for the Malibu and the Aerostar. All of the facts are not known yet, but given the information in the NTSB reports […]
I remember the first time I was on TV. At the time I was a snowboard instructor and the local TV station was interviewing people about this “new” sport. Although nervous, I thought I answered the reporter’s questions well. That is until I saw it air…
I couldn’t believe some of the things that came out […]
A nearly new Cessna Skylane, N184TA, has been reportedly stolen from an airport in California. According to reports, the owner was going out to fly his plane after flying it since sometime in August. While the hangar was double locked with no signs of forced entry, N184TA was missing… So were the maintenance log […]
Through an almost historic agreement with NASA, The GlobalFlyer will be arriving at the Kennedy Space Center soon to prepare to set a new world record. The flight aims to be the longest flight ever in an airplane.
Steve Fossett will attempt to launch the GlobalFlyer from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and fly around the world […]
RANS has announced that the RANS S-7LS has been certified into the light sport category of aircraft. The aircraft start at about $75,000 and typically come with a Rotax 912S 100hp engine.
“It is a charmer, a well loved plane with outstanding STOL performance, 91 to 100 kts cruise with about 500 pounds payload. It is […]
Michael Viscardi wasn’t a well known name among aircraft designers, but that has changed. Back in the 19th century Lejeune Dirichlet came up with a a mathematics stumper that nobody has been able to solve until now.
His answer to the problem has many potential benefits in the areas of engineering, physics, and wing design. […]
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