Safety Alert from McGuire ATC
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Misc Docs
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.
Blue Sky’s Own Hero
(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, …
$100 Hamburger…. Local Airport Restaurants
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 – July 31, 2020
Chock Talk May 31, 2020
Chock Talk May 31, 2020
Windy (weather app)
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 …
Inflight Weather Information
Recently the Board made a financial decision to end our subscription to XM weather, which was displayed on the yoke-mounted Garmin GPSmap396 in both the C-172 and C-182. The decision was made after an online poll of the membership indicated overwhelming support, since the same weather information is accessible through FIS-B, a component of ADS-B …
Energy Management
AOPA’s Air Safety Institute (an excellent resource) has a newsletter titled “CFI to CFI”. It’s geared towards flight instruction. The most recent issue has an article about energy management in airplanes – a tool that is used on every flight in every type aircraft. I found it interesting and thought that the membership might agree. …
Rest in Peace, Al Haynes
Every red-blooded pilot knows the name Chesley Sullenberger but do you remember Al Haynes? Captain Haynes worked for United Airlines and deserves credit and admiration equal to Sully’s. In 1989, he landed a DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa with no flight controls. The hydraulics had all been severed when the #2 engine threw a fan …
CBD Use and Pilots
Pilots who fly under Part 135 and Part 121 of the FARs are subject to random drug and alcohol testing. There’s no such thing for those of us who fly strictly under Part 91. But the same prohibitions of drug use still apply. It’s up to the pilot to “self-enforce”. Despite the fact that marijuana …