Was That For Us?
To help address the problem of runway incursions the FAA co-produced a DVD in conjunction with the Airline Pilots Association and United Airlines. This video is reproduced below and focuses on runway safety best practices for commercial operations at towered and non-towered airports.
The latest edition of the FAA Aviation Safety newsletter just came out and it has some nice articles in it. This is well worth subscribing to if you don’t already have a subscription.
http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news/2008/media/MarApr2008.pdf
You can find more information on FAA Aviation News, links to their past editions and info on how to subscribe to their print […]
Courtesy of AOPA’s ePilot Training Tips email newsletter that I receive each month (this is an AOPA member benefit but hopefully many of you are already members of AOPA, if not please have a look and consider joining) I found out that Rod Machado has just started an email newsletter. Rod is a very well […]
Just a quick note to thank Bob Comperini (fly-ul.com) and Aliseo Flying Boats (flying-boat.com) for their links in to PrepareToTest.com. PrepareToTest is one of the few places that provide online practice for the Sport Pilot exam and its been great to see how the number of Sport Pilot subscriptions has been going up and up […]
I just came across FlightAware, a live flight tracking site that you can use to follow the usual commercial airline flights but also any flight under IFR. This could be a useful tool for individuals watching their loved ones en route or instructors/FBOs wishing to follow their IFR flights out in the field. In addition […]
Propellers - most of us use them in one form or another and we study the basic theory as part of the various FAA written exams. The various prop manufacturers have some great additional resources to learn more about these critical components of our aircraft and how to approach the related safety issues.