This is for misc club documents (help, tips, etc). It’s up to the member to determine if the document should be public or private.
A few tidbits that have come across the glare-shield recently…. Thank you Bob Doyle and Tom Bubb: Although most of us are unlikely to be getting a Covid vaccine any time soon, the FAA has given the go-ahead to pilots getting the “jab”, as they say in England. One provision: 48 hours of not flying …
The world lost an intrepid aviator this week. Much has been written about Chuck Yeager over the last few days and I’m sure you’ve read some of it. I just listened to an interview with him from 1988 that I thoroughly enjoyed; maybe you will too. It’s about 27 minutes long and just covers some …
December 8, 2020 A concise presentation on the issues surrounding winter flight – both from a Blue Sky operating perspective and from a safety perspective. Presented by Tom Halvorson on Monday, 12/7/2020. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON WINTER FLYING
Chock Talk – November 30, 2020
Request from McGuire ATC.
(updated with additional article – 10-2-2020) Just ran into these two articles today, both mentioning former Blue Sky member and WW2 pilot extraordinaire – Bob Vaucher. Some of you, no doubt, heard Bob’s presentation at our annual banquet several years back. Bob was to participate in the “Arsenal of Democracy” flight a couple days ago, …
Sept 23, 2020 (updated Sept 26) Thanks to John Horan for bringing this handy list to our attention. It is maintained and hosted by PAFT (Princeton Airport’s Flying Tigers) and is fairly current. Additionally there are plenty of phone numbers to double check prior to departure. CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT PDF
Chock Talk – July 31, 2020
Chock Talk May 31, 2020
Nowadays there are SO many different sources to get weather information. “Windy” has been one of my go-to apps for a couple years. It is free and it offers lots of weather information that cannot be obtained in one spot elsewhere. Some of the information that it provides is not free elsewhere either, for example …
