Category Archives for flying

Report compares glass, analog panel safety

 Report compares glass, analog panel safety The report came to the conclusion that glass is no safer than steam and might even be more dangerous. I wonder how much of the higher accident rate should be attributed to the glass panel itself and how much to poor training? I feel that we get a lot […]

Sporty’s Webinar Series

Thanks to Sporty’s Pilot Shop for presenting a very good aviation webinar series. I have only seen the first two webinars as of the date of this post but, they have both been excellent. They are:  Video Cameras in the Cockpit: How To and How Much? and Flying with the iPad: Apps & Accessories It […]

Flying with ForeFlight and iOS 5

Foreflight has issued some cautions (http://blog.foreflight.com/2011/10/14/flying-with-foreflight-and-ios-5/) about using the new IOS5 on your iPad or iPhone. It seems the new version can remove app data from your device if disk space gets low. You have no control over what gets removed so there is the potential to lose charts or flight plan data. The best […]

iPad Proficiency

iPad Proficiency for Pilots from ForeFlight on Vimeo. Thanks to Gary for calling this to my attention.

Please Sign This Petition!

Pilot Kevin Mossey of Marion, Iowa has made it easy for us to express our opposition to the proposed $100 per flight user fee (payable to the FAA) for flight in controlled airspace. Mr. Mossey has created a petition opposed to the fees on the White House web site We The People. Read more about […]

The Flightline

If you can get The Flightline TV show in your area, I highly recommend watching it. Hosts Mark DeJoy and Paul Jackson do a great job of presenting a wide variety of aviation stories. The show is based in Minnesota and has a heavy midwest emphasis but will still appeal to aviation enthusiasts everywhere.

Waukegan Airshow 2011

Use an iPad, Go to Jail?

Lets hope the ridiculous set of proposed  limitations on electronic flight bag use gets dropped by the FAA. If this draft advisory circular, entitled Guidelines for the Certification, Airworthiness, and Operational Use of Electronic Flight Bags EFB, is approved it just might make all portable GPS navigators obsolete. Here is one quote from the Flying […]

Sporty’s “Flying With the iPad, iPhone and Android”

Sporty’s Pilot Shop has introduced a newsletter for pilots flying with iPhone, iPad or Android devices. The first issue of “Flying With the iPad, iPhone and Android” is out now and, while heavy on Sporty’s ads, it does contain helpful hints, tips and news about non-Sporty’s apps too. Since the newsletter is free, it is […]

ForeFlight Updated

ForeFlight has released a new version of the ForeFlight Mobile HD iPad app. Now, for the first time, geo-referenced approach plates and taxi diagrams are supported. The new charts are ForeFlight’s licensed version of ChartData from Seattle Avionics. The catch? To use the geo-referenced charts you will have to pay twice as much for a […]