7/3/2009 Master Instructors LLC and its board of review announced the following two additions to the ranks of Master Instructors. Fewer than 700 of the country's 92,000 flight instructors have been... read more 7/3/2009 LetsFly, which bills itself as "the largest aircraft cooperative in the country," is offering quarter shares in the Legend Cub, an updated version of the classic Piper J-3... read more 7/3/2009 United States airlines and business aviation will be exempt from a law limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In an 11th hour move, the House struck aviation from the requirement to cut... read more 7/2/2009 Last week it was an electric airplane reaching 155 knots. This week, we're reporting on Solar Impulse, a Swiss-based project aimed at launching an airplane around the world using only the power of the sun... read more 7/2/2009 Last week, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association met with ASTM International, the independent organization that sets consensus standards for fuels approved for FAA type certified aircraft... read more 7/2/2009 Last Week, the House passed its appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 2010 budget. As part of the bill, the DHS would require the resubmission of... read more 7/2/2009 As of June 12, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended the type certificate of the Eclipse 500. The certification was granted last November after a long delay... read more 7/2/2009 Alan Klapmeier has begun approaching investors in an attempt to purchase the rights to develop and build the Cirrus Vision Jet. For the past two months, the current chairman... read more

Fighting Off the Flight-Review Blues Think of each one as an opportunity, rather than a test.

Is your airplane out to get you? It was around the middle of the 1980s that it occurred to me that I just didn't understand my car the way I once did. The vehicle that I owned and attempted to manage was a 1983 Ford Ranger pickup,... read more Reality Check for TSA: GA is Not the Problem The office of the Inspector General (OIG) is one of those things about American democracy that gives me some faith that his 233-year-old experiment might be workable after all. Unlike any other part of the government, the Inspector General's Office... read more

Aftermath by Peter Garrison The Myth of Gross Weight Minimums, Maximums, & Margins by Richard L. Collins Things to live by. Training by Jay Hopkins Check Final

In your opinion, what is the single biggest safety benefit to a flat-panel primary flight display? Solid-state attitude and heading.   21%   The big horizon.   5%   Improved situational awareness through the big HSI.   35%   Improved awareness of airspeed, altitude and vertical speed.   14%   Actually, there's not a big advantage over steam gauges.   25%   TOTAL ENTRIES: 352 In your opinion, what is the single biggest safety benefit to a flat-panel primary flight display? Solid-state attitude and heading.  The big horizon.  Improved situational awareness through the big HSI.  Improved awareness of airspeed, altitude and vertical speed.  Actually, there's not a big advantage over steam gauges.

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