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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Things are getting out of control
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 »
Continue ReadingHigh Flight – FAA Annotated Version 1996
I recently encountered a bit of humor regarding a popular aviation poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. It's pretty funny and also pretty accurate to the FAA/TSA definition of flight. First a few words: If you are concerned about my recent silence, I must offer my apologies. We (my wife and I) bought a house about... 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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