Today's post is inspired by conversations born out of Sporty's post The 7 deadly sins of radio communications. When I initially weighed in, I hadn't actually read the post, but I have now and I encourage you to do the same. What actually prompted me to weigh in were questions regarding the phrase "roger." In... Read more »
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Final production F-22 delivered to its home in Alaska
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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I’m making some changes
I'm afraid of something. Before I address that directly let me say, I'm sure you've noticed a bit of silence around here lately. I hope you have, but that's actually what I'm afraid of. See, the thing is I'm not so happy with the stuff I've put out here in the last while. Don't get... 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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Win a flight in a P-51 | Warbird Wednesday
So, are you familiar with Stallion 51? If not, let me bring you up to speed. You give them money, they let you fly their P-51. Now, ordinarily this costs several thousand dollars--after all it isn't exactly cheap to operate a P-51--but, thanks to a raffle being put on by SAFE, you could have this... Read more »
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New boss = new ideas for Sun ‘n Fun
Last summer the nonprofit Sun 'n Fun organization got a new president. John "Lites" Leenhouts, a veteran Naval aviator, was named president of the organization. He brought a multitude of new ideas and a level of enthusiasm for the show that is positively contagious. According to a recent AvWeb report, the two big focuses this... Read more »
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This week is Sun ‘N Fun, are you going? | Movie Monday
Today's movie is a clip from The Aviators on Sun 'N Fun. Why Sun 'N Fun? Well, if you don't already know, it is this week. I'm not there, but I'm keeping tabs on all the goings on. If you are there and you feel like sharing, feel free to send your photos, videos, etc.... 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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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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