Last December, the final production F-22, tail number 4195, rolled off the line in Georgia and entered a lengthy test program. The flight home Last week, on the second of May, testing was completed and the aircraft was accepted by the Air Force during a ceremony at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. After the ceremony, it... Read more »
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What Michael Bloomberg can teach us about buying aircraft
Do you like airplanes? What about helicopters? If you like both, and I'm sure you know where this is going, for the low, low price of only about 5 to 30 million dollars you can buy an AW609. Well, more realistically, you can buy a spot on the waiting list with 70-some people like the... Read more »
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Sun ‘n Fun 2012: a quick look at warbirds and vintage | Flying Friday
I just wanted to post a quick little video update from Flying Magazine. It's only about 4 minutes long, but it offers nice views of FiFi, some other warbirds, and other aircraft. It's a little like being there. While I'm at it, here's a little night airshow action. It's from two years ago, but it's... Read more »
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What’s your favorite airplane?
Upon realizing that it is 10 pm and I didn't post anything for the day, I thought I would put up a quick note regarding an interesting challenge bracket AOPA have put together. Today is the day to vote on the quarter-finals of the AOPA Favorite Aircraft Challenge. Tomorrow and Saturday will decide the semi-finals,... Read more »
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Airline passengers: the FAA doesn’t care about letting you use your iPad on the runway
Yesterday I was confronted with a lot of chatter regarding the FAA and approved personal electronics. Most of the articles cite a post on NYT's blog Disruptions. The post itself seems to be largely speculative, but has set off a storm of chatter amongst the general media. Most of this chatter centers on the general... Read more »
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Shuttle Launch from the POV of an SRB | Movie Monday
Today's movie was selected from a position of sentimentality. It was selected because, even though it hasn't been that long, I miss the Shuttle Program. For the critics, yes I'm aware intricacies of the spacecraft that more or less dictate that they be grounded and the costs associated with the program (and almost every other... Read more »
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Getting to Know Your Aircraft | Flying Friday
I just read an interesting post over on Sporty's blog called Getting to know your airplane. It's not a huge post, but it did remind me of my flight training. The post contains a few suggestions for ways you can get to know your aircraft. If you have a few minutes it is definitely worth... Read more »
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Glass Panels Don’t Increase Safety
I'm not sure if any of you saw Robert Goyer's recent post, Function not Form, or Pia Bergqvist's piece, Glass Cockpits Provide No Safety Benefit, Study Says, on Flying Magazine's website, but you need to read one or the other. Both pieces were born out of an AOPA Air Safety Institute study, The Accident Record of Technologically Advanced... Read more »
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C-130 Hercules: World’s Most Versatile Warbird? | Warbird Wednesday
Much like my obsession with the U2, which has outlived another 'replacement,' I am always amazed by the C-130. Obviously, considering its long life of service, so is the military. I'm hard pressed to find any area where the C-130 doesn't do something amazing. I guess maybe if you compared it to a Cessna 150... Read more »
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Some (Big) RC Fun | Movie Monday
My dad emailed me this video and, after seeing some of the 'toys' these people had, I felt compelled to post it here. I'm not really sure how you convince your wife that a 1/4th scale RC plane is a good idea. I'm serious, one of these RC planes is big enough that a kindergartener... 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.
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