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[11/8 Video no longer available. Will try to get a copy of it that we can post]. I’ve been in Tampa, Florida this week for AOPA Aviation Summit 2009. One of the great innovations this year is AOPA Live, a live streaming of selected portions of the event over the internet. ...
Garmin’s announcement today of four new portable GPS products—the aera 500, 510, 550 and 560—essentially refreshes all but the high end of their portable aviation GPS product line. To h...
Max Trescott Garmin just came out with 4 new portable aviation GPSs, essentially replacing all but the high-end of their portable aviation units. I've put together a table to make sense of the choices now available. Good news--it now costs less to get a XM Weather capable GPS from Garmin!
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Garmin’s announcement today of four new portable GPS products—the aera 500, 510, 550 and 560—essentially refreshes all but the high end of their portable aviation GPS product line. To help pilots understand these products, I’ve put together a comparison chart...
It’s just 5 days until the start of AOPA Aviation Summit, however IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO DECIDE TO GO! If you’re looking to get fully plugged into what’s going on in the aviation industry, this will be the place to be and here’s why. AirVenture in Oshkosh is the largest U.S. aviation show. Howeve...
Today on the Golf Hotel Whiskey blog, I saw one of the most...
[See update at bottom]The strange case of Northwest Flight 188 that we reported last week got even stranger Monday after the NTSB released details of their interviews with the pilots...
Max Trescott If the two pilots on NWA 188 did actually fall asleep at the controls, which bothers you most? That they fell asleep at the controls or that they may have lied afterwards to cover it up? Or are they in a no win position where they have to lie about?
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The professionalism of two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles is seriously in question. While all the facts are not known, it’s quite possible that the pilots fell asleep at the controls. ...
Since January 15, 2009, Sully has needed no introduction. On that fateful day, US Air’s Flight 1549 had a chance encounter with geese that killed both engines, turning the Airbus A320 into a 150,000 pound glider. ...
Max Trescott Like a lot of people, I was interested in Sully Sullenberger's new book, Highest Duty. Few people know that I met Sully on the Hudson...well actually At the Hudson Books in the International terminal at SFO. In this post, I review his book and talk a little about meeting Sully.
Max Trescott on General Aviation: Book Review: Highest Duty – Captain Sully Sullenberger, American H
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Not surprisingly, the Sully I met in person is identical to the man that America has seen interviewed on radio and television. He’s a tall, distinguished looking gentleman who appears confident and professional. ...
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported the passage today of H.R. 3371, The Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009, by a vote of 409-11. According to Committee Chairman Rep. James L...
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported the passage today of H.R. 3371, The Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009. One of the biggest changes is that it requires all airline pilots, including first officers, to hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, which requires pilots... to have a minimum of 1,500 flight hours. My informal survey of pilots suggests that most feel that the bill is the right thing to do, though it will increase the cost to become an airline pilot and may hurt fulltime flight instructors who will face increase competition from future airline pilots building time by teaching.Read More
Max Trescott on General Aviation: New Air Safety Bill--Good for Passengers, Bad for Future Airline P
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported the passage today of H.R. 3371, The Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009. One of the biggest changes is that it requires ...
While surfing the internet, I read an update on the David Letterman blackmail sex scandal. The key takeaway for me was that Steve Martin and Martin Short are on the show, so I’ll be watching tonight when I otherwise wouldn’t have—so that’s good for Letterman’s ratings. Is the n...
Accidents occur more frequently in localized hotspots. As pilots, we should identify these areas and increase our vigilance when operating near them. Some of these hotspots are generic and are found everywhere while others are specific to a local area...
I enjoy the literary license I have in writing articles for my blog. Most articles relate to general aviation news, safety and advocacy...
Max Trescott Getting ahead in life is tough enough without being convicted of a felon--much less eight of them. But even convicted felons have dreams of a career in aviation. This posts contains my email exchange with a 29-year old who's been crime free for 10 years and would like to fly for a living. What advice would you give him?
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I receive a lot of email from readers of my blog and my books and I try to respond to all of them, though candidly I don’t get to all of them, so I apologize if you’ve written and never...
