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Author Archive | Roger Harris
Membership Survey Results – December 2018
Here are the results of the membership survey, taken in December 2018. Thank you for participating. Blue Sky Members Survey Results – Dec. 2018
Wrong Surface Landings
In September 1995 a Northwest Airlines flight departed Detroit, destination Frankfurt. They landed at the wrong airport – Brussels. How is this possible? Like almost all aviation incidents, there was a series of cascading events. This was an “antique” by today’s standards – a DC-10 with no GPS and no magenta line or “moving map”, […]
Learn to Turn
Simple question: “What is the primary control surface you use when turning an airplane?” Ailerons, Rudder, or Elevator… If you answered anything other than Elevator, then this is worth the read (and don’t feel bad – 86% of pilots do). Credit goes to Ron Joffe for suggesting this article. He read an article in “AOPA […]
Chock Talk – Dec 6, 2018
BSAA December 2018 newsletter
Managing Risk – pdf of Safety Presentation – 12/3/2018 meeting
Managing Risk-CLICK HERE
Flying into Oshkosh (IFR) 2018
Every year, it seems, Blue Sky is well represented at Oshkosh. Tom, Paul, Fredy, Aldo, Tyler and I were there this year – along with (non-members) Kurt Krieg and Fredy Jr. Here’s a short video – shot by Aldo, edited by me – of our arrival this year. Unfortunately the excitement of the VFR arrival […]
Nice explanation of Constant Speed Props
http://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/how-a-constant-speed-prop-works/