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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, […]
Blue Sky’s Own Hero Read More »
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
$100 Hamburger…. Local Airport Restaurants Read More »
Nowadays there are SO many different sources to get weather information. “Windy” has been one of my go-to apps for a couple years. It is free and it offers lots of weather information that cannot be obtained in one spot elsewhere. Some of the information that it provides is not free elsewhere either, for example
Windy (weather app) Read More »
Recently the Board made a financial decision to end our subscription to XM weather, which was displayed on the yoke-mounted Garmin GPSmap396 in both the C-172 and C-182. The decision was made after an online poll of the membership indicated overwhelming support, since the same weather information is accessible through FIS-B, a component of ADS-B
Inflight Weather Information Read More »
BSAA member Adam Pivonka forwarded this to me. It’s an entire set of videos uploaded to youTube. Given their age, they are very professionally done and very informative too. Watch ’em. If you’re young, it’ll make you feel “retro”; If you’re old, you’ll feel really old. The Secret of Flight
Learn to Fly – video set from 1947 Read More »
AOPA’s Air Safety Institute (an excellent resource) has a newsletter titled “CFI to CFI”. It’s geared towards flight instruction. The most recent issue has an article about energy management in airplanes – a tool that is used on every flight in every type aircraft. I found it interesting and thought that the membership might agree.
It’s that time of year again – coughing, sneezing, wheezing time. We all hope that it doesn’t happen to us but invariably it does at some point during the year. It’s probably a good time to consider what the FAA says regarding the use of meds while flying. This FAA publication contains some good simple
Flying on OTC Meds Read More »
Do you have ESP – Extrasensory Perception? I don’t. But some new Cessnas do. I do a little work as a Check Pilot at Infinity Flight Group in Trenton and they just received a brand new C-172 that has this new Garmin safety feature. ESP – “Electronic Stability and Protection” is an “envelope protection”
Every red-blooded pilot knows the name Chesley Sullenberger but do you remember Al Haynes? Captain Haynes worked for United Airlines and deserves credit and admiration equal to Sully’s. In 1989, he landed a DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa with no flight controls. The hydraulics had all been severed when the #2 engine threw a fan
Rest in Peace, Al Haynes Read More »
Pilots who fly under Part 135 and Part 121 of the FARs are subject to random drug and alcohol testing. There’s no such thing for those of us who fly strictly under Part 91. But the same prohibitions of drug use still apply. It’s up to the pilot to “self-enforce”. Despite the fact that marijuana
CBD Use and Pilots Read More »
