Posts by any Blue Sky member.
Many thanks to TJ for putting together this tutorial on how to start the Blue Sky snow blower. It can be difficult if you don’t know the specific steps. Attached is a picture of the back of the snow blower that has been annotated to show the various steps necessary to bring the beast to life. […]
Starting the Blue Sky Snowblower Read More »
Autopilot tips, tricks and traps
Autopilot Tips, Tricks and Traps – April 2019 Read More »
Ever been planning a route or actually out flying and encounter a fix that makes you wonder, or makes you smile, or makes you admire someone or something? As far as I know, there are only three rules about fix naming: 1. It’s got to have five letters – no more, no less. 2. It’s
Until recently, only 6RE was equipped with Flightstream. Now all three of our planes have this wonderful tool. I’ve resurrected and edited Tom’s previous “cheat sheet” and posted it here. It should be easy enough to download onto your tablet to use if you need a reminder. Flightstream Connection
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Here are the results of the membership survey, taken in December 2018. Thank you for participating. Blue Sky Members Survey Results – Dec. 2018
Membership Survey Results – December 2018 Read More »
In September 1995 a Northwest Airlines flight departed Detroit, destination Frankfurt. They landed at the wrong airport – Brussels. How is this possible? Like almost all aviation incidents, there was a series of cascading events. This was an “antique” by today’s standards – a DC-10 with no GPS and no magenta line or “moving map”,
Wrong Surface Landings Read More »
Simple question: “What is the primary control surface you use when turning an airplane?” Ailerons, Rudder, or Elevator… If you answered anything other than Elevator, then this is worth the read (and don’t feel bad – 86% of pilots do). Credit goes to Ron Joffe for suggesting this article. He read an article in “AOPA
Every year, it seems, Blue Sky is well represented at Oshkosh. Tom, Paul, Fredy, Aldo, Tyler and I were there this year – along with (non-members) Kurt Krieg and Fredy Jr. Here’s a short video – shot by Aldo, edited by me – of our arrival this year. Unfortunately the excitement of the VFR arrival
Flying into Oshkosh (IFR) 2018 Read More »
http://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/how-a-constant-speed-prop-works/
Nice explanation of Constant Speed Props Read More »
