So, with all the advancements in electronics over the last few years, are you still using paper charts or have you converted to an electronic format? These days, many newer aircraft come equipped with a full glass panel cockpit. Usually, [...]
Situation Awareness (SA) is how one sees and perceives the environmental and circumstantial elements within a specific measure of time. SA involves understanding or comprehending information and events and their potential impact on goals and objectives. Lacking or having inadequate SA [...]
Although private aircraft travel may be one of the best values today, the regulation of its use is highly sophisticated. This reason and the complexity of aircraft operations, we believe, mandates professional aviation consultation, advice and guidance to be considered [...]
We sometimes get calls, usually in the middle of the night from companies that arrange air transportation for organ procurement teams, or for the donated organs, themselves. I have a friend in NC that runs one of these companies and [...]
Title 55 is the South Carolina code of laws that establishes the Division of Aeronautics and their authority. This code defines the aviation system in SC. The South Carolina Aviation Association in correlation with the South Carolina Division of Aeronautics [...]
Business conditions will remain unstable, at least, until cash investors can plan a return on their investment (ROI). Other investors are repeatedly hearing, "just say no" to finance terms, while both investor types are desperately awaiting a longer term tax structure to [...]
How many of you participate or have participated in the FAA's WINGS Proficiency Program? Did you know that the program has undergone a major overhaul? Here are some of the highlights of the new system: 1. The system has 3 [...]
Several years ago, we witnessed the debut of a new class of aircraft – the Very Light Jet, or VLJ. By definition, these aircraft weigh less than 10,000 pounds and are designed for single-pilot operations. They are powered by two [...]