I just got home last night from Atlanta, Georgia where I spent the weekend in a class with about thirty other Flight Instructors. Like the rest of them, I was there to renew my own Certified Flight Instructor certificate (CFI). [...]
Who flies private and why? What a loaded question. If you look to our political leaders and ask this question the answer is only wealthy fat cats that use their personal aircraft to take luxurious trips all over the world. [...]
Oh! No! What will we ever do? The sky is falling . . . ! At least some would have you think that it is. It seems as if the last few years have had us bouncing from one disaster [...]
And by madness, I am not referring to the recent sequestration and its' affects on aviation. That will be a topic by itself in an upcoming blog post. By madness, I am referring to what is about to begin in [...]
For pilots, “change” is a way of life. Change in weather, change in our aircraft and systems, and change in regulations just to name a few. Pilots are also dependent on signs – signs that label locations, point the way, [...]
We occasionally get questions from people who wonder how we choose our pilots and why some pilots would choose to fly charter vs. airlines. Well, I'm going to try to answer parts of those questions here. Lets start off with [...]
To some questions, there is only one answer. But some questions can have many correct answers. Some answers may be correct to one and incorrect to another depending on specific relative factors. This certainly applies when determining the level of [...]
When interviewing a pilot to fly our airplane, we always want a pilot with a pleasant personality, right? We want a pilot who’s always cheerful, always smiles, never complains, and always exudes confidence and always says “yes” even when the [...]
It is great news for the park at GMU! The public park opened last fall as an open green space and was conceived to fill a void since over 10,000 school children a year can no longer visit the local [...]