The best pilot is always a student.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Louis from Fly the LV Sky explains why the land of the gambler makes such great flying territory.
Flying in Las Vegas is a unique experience and makes a great gift! Special thanks to our friends at ExperienceGifts.com for their interview and blog post.
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
S. 3447, as amended, would: “Replace the current system of limits on payments to institutions of higher education on behalf of veterans participating in P-9/11 with a two-tiered payment system, with one tier for payments to public institutions for net tuition and fees and another for payments to non-public or foreign institutions with a cap at $17,500 a year. The bill would make such system effective as of August 1, 2011. “
Here is a statement also from AOPA’s Government advocacy department:
2011 Flight Training College Aviation Directory
Perfect timing! …We’ve had several conversations recently regarding different options for Degree Credit, Financing, VA Programs, etc. Here is a great resource! Thank you once again AOPA.
FAA Proposes Comprehensive New Helicopter Safety Rules
Proposed new rules for helicopter operators, including air ambulances, which, if finalized, would require stricter flight rules and procedures, improved communications and training, and additional on-board safety equipment.
I had forgotten how amazing it is to fly here at night…like flying through a galaxy. Millions of sparkling lights from the dense active core to the dwindling outer darkness. Then back to home base!
Game changer??
Sikorsky X-2 Breaks 250 Knots. (From Vertical Magazine Online)
The Plateau Problem, what do you do when you hit the wall?
(From the August issue of AOPA Flight Training Magazine)
Please remember, everyone has a learning plateau. Stay focused and don’t be discouraged! It is a completely normal part of the process.
Origin of “GPS”
An interesting excerpt from the August issue of Air & Space Magazine:
Ideas for satellite-based navigation had been in development since the 1960s, but the Navy and the Air Force fought over technical details and which service should control it. When the Air Force was named the lead for the Defense Navigation Satellite System, the Navy began dragging its feet, insisting that its own version, Timation, was better. As the Air Force colonel in charge of the DNSS program was making his presentation, Yarymovych says, “a Navy admiral stood up and said, ‘Listen sonny, we’ve been navigating the seas for the last 3,000 years, and I really don’t care to know the difference between the bow and stern of my ship. Just place me on the surface of the ocean.’ ” The meeting fell apart and the program appeared dead.But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his boss, Air Force Chief of Staff General John D. Ryan, and got another chance to get things going. Yarymovych began forging compromises among the Air Force, Army, and Navy, putting together the best pieces from all quarters. One of his tactics involved changing the name of the system, with help from Colonel Brad Parkinson, who headed up the Air Force’s DNSS proposal. “The Air Force was in the middle of Vietnam: they were in no mood to think of fancy new space programs,” says Yarymovych. In a fighter pilot culture focused on pointy jets and dogfights, “satellite was a bad word, so I said, ‘Why call it satellite? You have LORAN, you don’t call it an antenna. It gives your position any place on the globe, right? So it’s a global positioning system.’ And it stuck.”
Read the full article titled “How to Win Enemies and Influence Policy” at:
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/How-to-Win-Enemies-and-Influence-Policy.html
Kurt Robinson on the R66 - Interview Just Helicopters
The most recent update on the R66 certification process.
