July 25th, 2007 by Ron
This brilliant sketch manages to encapsulate my daily life as a CFI in the wilting summer heat. At 8 a.m. I’m Dean Martin. By 8 p.m., I’m Foster Brooks. Yes, it has quite a familiar ring to it, right down to the part about running an...
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March 8th, 2007 by Ron
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey is fond of reiterating how controller staffing levels are sufficient. Yet something tells me this guy might disagree with her. It seems to me that anytime a controller tells a bunch of pilots “you guys...
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February 18th, 2007 by Ron
I see go-arounds all the time at John Wayne Airport. And not just with general aviation aircraft. The big runway is only 5700 feet long, so there’s not much room for error, especially with some of the larger transport airplanes that...
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January 21st, 2007 by Ron
Most corporate aircraft have no identifying marks on them at all because the company doesn’t want competitors knowing where their executives are going. They even go so far as to have their N-number blocked from sites like FlightAware. But...
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