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December 13, 2010

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 12.13.10

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 12.13.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.13.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Why Dwell on Accidents? - 12.13.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves)

New Life For Hard-Flown King Airs

While walking the static display ramp at NBAA 2010, there was no lack of eyeball candy to feast one's aero-orbs upon... and a rather aggressive upgrade program for elder King Air 90s (one of my favorite birds of all time) definitely deserved the attention of ANN's crack Aero-TV journalists.

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Aero-TV: Sleeping On The Job -- JetBed's Solution for In-Flight Napping

While Aviation May Be The Most Exciting Biz in The World, A Nap, Now and Then Couldn't Hurt...

Face it... we work in the one of the most exciting industries in the world... but every now and then, one needs to take a break and catch a few ZZZs in order to be ready for the business and excitement to come. SO... it made sense that the JetBed caught our eye after a LONG hard day of slogging through the halls of NBAA 2010.

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Barnstorming: Life Is More Than Just A Dream

No, I Don’t 'Blame' Aviation… And I Never Will

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ~ Richard Bach I have changed so much since the summer of 2009, when my life tumbled as a function of losing someone so very dear to me. And since that loss involved an airplane, I’ve been asked time after time after time why I don’t hate aviation now… i.e., how I can possibly keep on flying, how can my life still revolve around all that flies… since someone I loved with every ounce of my bein

Klyde's Just Not Feeling The Holiday Joy...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

TWIP -- Terminal Weather Information for Pilots TWIP is an FAA service, available only in the U.S., which uses ACARS to send airport weather advisories such as windshear, microburst, and precipitation information to an aircraft cockpit display. Because TWIP obtains information from Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), airports need to be equipped with TDWR to provide the TWIP service.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.13.10)

Aero-Linx: FreeFlight -- Introduction to GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radio-navigation system consisting of a constellation of satellites and a network of ground stations used for monitoring and control. A minimum of 24 GPS satellites orbit the Earth at an altitude of approximately 11,000 miles, providing users with means to accurately determine their position, velocity, and time while anywhere in the world irrespective of weather conditions.

"I realize that there are dangers to aviation… but the same is true of life itself… as none of us is getting through this life without an end at some point… the trick is to live as much as you dare, and experience all that you can between the time the Doc slaps you on the rump and hands you to your Mom and the last breath you take. And flyers do a heckuva job of making their lives count. After all, the act of just living is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else." Source: From Jim Campbell's most recent 'Barnstorming' editorial effort... in memory of Vicki Cruse on her 43rd Birthday.