On a fall trip to the West Coast, N377SR got to see the best and
worst of a number of Southern tier FBOs... among those that truly
stood out include:
KICT: Yingling Aviation, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport,
Wichita, Kansas
As I waded back into the world of hard GA IFR over the course of
last year (face it, our old Glasair III was fun, but a hard IFR
mount it was NOT), I found myself scrambling to check out a number
of resources to help me get back up to speed... both for my own
purposes as well as my curiosity about the state of guidance
available to today's up and coming IFR Aeronauts. The folks at
Sportys were kind enough to send me one of their recently updated
IFR training kits and I really liked what I found.
Max Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook
Many of the books currently available haven't kept up with the
times (with the exception of Rod Machado's outstanding works on the
topic) and we're pleased to see our good friend and trusted
contributor, Max Trescott, take the matter on, as well.
The workload has never been more complex and the capabilities
never so impressive, but I have to admit that its getting harder
and harder to keep up... especially with the other job I have...
namely keeping ANN on the straight and narrow. As I looked over the
current crop of materials available, two tomes kept my attention
and impressed with each consult... this is the other book that I
was writing about previously:
Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Handbook
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Teledyne Continental says it plans to increase its presence in
the diesel engine market in the coming years, as technology
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