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October 31, 2023

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.31.23)

Aero Linx: The International 180/185 Club The International 180/185 Club is a social organization whose 1200+ members have one thing in common: they all own or have a passion for Cessna Skywagons. Pilots pride themselves in flying these “workhorses” of the sky. These planes have fixed gear and a tailwheel framework. The Skywagons’ unique characteristics require these planes be flown on the ground as well as in the sky.

Radio Magnetic Indicator An aircraft navigational instrument coupled with a gyro compass or similar compass that indicates the direction of a selected NAVAID and indicates bearing with respect to the heading of the aircraft.

“It is not an easy process for them to get back into the cockpit. They will have to go through these evaluations by a psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist to do that. … This is a pilot who basically is being responsible saying, ‘I am not up to flying because of my grief or whatever.’” Source: Dr. Brent Blue, a physician and senior aviation medical examiner who works with pilots battling drug and alcohol issues, in media discussions following off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson's attempts to deploy the engine fire-suppression systems of an in-flight Horizon Air Embraer E-175.