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Spectacular 787 Dreamliner Air-to-Air | Movie Monday
I know it's been a while since I last posted since I took a bit of a winter break for the holidays. I did a lot of strategic thinking, which I will discuss in another post. For now, I want to share the first Movie Monday post of the new year. This video, which is... Read more »
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Nice Pitts S2S Routine | Movie Monday
If you live in the US, I hope you had a nice holiday last week, if not, I hope you had a nice week. We hosted the family for Thanksgiving, so I spent the week preparing for that. It was a nice get together, but I opted not to write last week in order to... Read more »
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A Case for Your “Aviation-Enabled” Tablet
So I was perusing the usual collection of techy blogs and websites when I came across an interesting video promoting a couple of iPad cases. If the question, "Ooh, and iPad case, why do I care?" sprang to mind, let me answer you directly--the ad features airplanes, skydivers, and free-falling iPads. Now I admit, the... Read more »
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Building a Maule on How It’s Made | Movie Monday
Today's movie is from a more mainstream source, so I ask that you ignore the over-simplification of the process. The video offers a little tour of the production process at the Maule factory down in Moultrie, GA. Maule's are tube and fabric, so you Cub flyers and Kitfox builders take note of the fabric covering.... Read more »
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Chinook Craziness | Warbird Wednesday
I know that they are helicopters and that they are still in active service, but I've found a couple of videos of CH-47 Chinooks doing some crazy things. I feel it is certainly an aircraft worthy of the term warbird since it has been through quite a few of them. Of all the things I've... Read more »
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Landing Gear Failure? No Problem! | Technique Tuesday
So, you're flying along in your 727 and the time comes to put the gear down. Everything appears normal until the nose gear stays retracted. What do you do? If you're like the Iranian pilot in the video above, you follow all the troubleshooting procedures and then land without it. What's the best bet for... Read more »
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One Way In, One Way Out | Movie Monday
I don't know about you, but sometimes I wish there were some awesome back-country airstrips around here. I'd probably make a sorry bush pilot and I might fold up anything I tried to fly into those awesome back-country strips, but I can dream. Now, instead of doing productive things that might make that dream come... Read more »
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Airspeed is Life, Altitude is Insurance
Today's post is more of a public service announcement than anything. It isn't flight instruction, especially since I'm not yet qualified, but I want every pilot to learn from it. While perusing YouTube recently, I saw the video above in the side bar. I was a bit put off by the title, but I watched... Read more »
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17 Reasons Not to Litter in Texas | Warbird Wednesday
If you're a fan of warbirds and you're (presumably) not a fan of littering, have I got a treat for you. It's a long lost (I'm basing this on some of the comments) commercial from Texas. It was born out of a partnership with the State of Texas and the (then) Confederate Air Force. At... Read more »
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Like Bush Flying? Check Out this Film | Movie Monday
If bush flying is your thing, I've discovered a little known movie from Canada that may interest you. I found it on Netflix in the streaming selections (believe it or not). The film, called the Snow Walker, features Barry Pepper as a bush pilot based in Yellow Knife in the early 50s. While it isn't... Read more »
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Hello, my name is Matt Everett and as of 1/1/2010 I am a private pilot ASEL. I started this blog early in my training and used it primarily as a place to keep notes of my lessons. Since then it has grown to much more than that, but my main focus is still on aviation experiences. It is my sincerest hope that this blog is a resource for others as much as it is a resource for me. Looking for more?
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