McGuire ATC recently held a webinar briefing on ATC issues within their airspace. It conflicted with our Blue Sky BBQ meeting, so members may have missed it, but you can watch a recording of it now: Click here to watch The presentation is a little wonky and sometimes downright boring, but there are some nuggets […]
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Civilian flight operations in the vicinity of military aircraft near McGuire AFB. That’s the topic to be discussed during a webinar this coming Monday – June 7th. 7pm. This is a direct conflict with our monthly Blue Sky membership meeting, but if you’re unable to make the meeting or a good multitasker…. “This webinar will
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Remember that RV-9 that was based at Solberg? The guy was always tinkering with it. It was tied down just a short ways towards the hangar from our birds. I remember seeing him working with the cowling off and then an hour later the cowling was back on and he was in the pattern. He
Ever wonder where the term “Squawk” comes from? I actually never paid it much attention, but when you think about it, it’s a pretty strange term. Thank you Bob Doyle for bringing attention to this article on the development of aircraft surveillance systems. If you want to find the answer, take a look at this
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A Harrowing Tale of Ditching in the Pacific The history of successful ditchings can be written on a small piece of paper. We all know the story of the USAirways “Miracle on the Hudson” – callsign ‘Cactus 1549’, but the story of ‘Clipper 6’ was news to me. I came across the story of the
The amazing story of Bob Vaucher. Read it here.
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Bob was a member and former president of Blue Sky, but those are the least of his accomplishments. He died on Sunday – 102 years young….”young” because he was the among the liveliest, most spirited, and thoughtful people you could meet. The epitome of gentility. Bob was born a Texan, but married a Jersey girl
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