FAR 91.17 states (a) No person may act or attempt to act as a pilot crewmember of a civil aircraft…(3) While using any drug that affects the person’s faculties in any way contrary to safety… Air Transport pilots are required to sign in – “Fit for Duty” – prior to every flight, but for us General […]
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A few tidbits that have come across the glare-shield recently…. Thank you Bob Doyle and Tom Bubb: Although most of us are unlikely to be getting a Covid vaccine any time soon, the FAA has given the go-ahead to pilots getting the “jab”, as they say in England. One provision: 48 hours of not flying
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The world lost an intrepid aviator this week. Much has been written about Chuck Yeager over the last few days and I’m sure you’ve read some of it. I just listened to an interview with him from 1988 that I thoroughly enjoyed; maybe you will too. It’s about 27 minutes long and just covers some
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December 8, 2020 Recently, Paul and I flew both the East River and the Hudson River Exclusions. It was a magnificent clear day [CAFB]. We worked as a crew; Paul flew as Captain and I was his First Officer, on the radio and helping with navigation and checklists. I know that there are some Blue
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December 8, 2020 A concise presentation on the issues surrounding winter flight – both from a Blue Sky operating perspective and from a safety perspective. Presented by Tom Halvorson on Monday, 12/7/2020. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON WINTER FLYING
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Chock Talk – November 30, 2020
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Chock Talk – Sept 30, 2020
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(updated with additional article – 10-2-2020) Just ran into these two articles today, both mentioning former Blue Sky member and WW2 pilot extraordinaire – Bob Vaucher. Some of you, no doubt, heard Bob’s presentation at our annual banquet several years back. Bob was to participate in the “Arsenal of Democracy” flight a couple days ago,
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Sept 23, 2020 (updated Sept 26) Thanks to John Horan for bringing this handy list to our attention. It is maintained and hosted by PAFT (Princeton Airport’s Flying Tigers) and is fairly current. Additionally there are plenty of phone numbers to double check prior to departure. CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT PDF
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