Tag archive for "aopa"

Aircraft, Blog

What’s your favorite airplane?

No Comments 29 March 2012

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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Aircraft, Blog, Flight Lessons

Glass Panels Don’t Increase Safety

No Comments 08 March 2012

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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Blog

Things are getting out of control

No Comments 30 August 2010

I'd like to begin this post by asking a question. How many people would like to be taken from your vehicle at gunpoint, handcuffed and detained because several years ago someone stole a car with a license plate number that matches the one the state just assigned your new car? I don't imagine very many... Read more »

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