New Member Orientation
http://www.blueskyaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BSAA-New-member-orientation.m4v
Videos
This is for links to YouTube or other videos that the club members want to share. Just paste your embed code into a new post. In general members should make links to videos, open to the public
Flying the NY River Exclusions – Video
December 8, 2020 Recently, Paul and I flew both the East River and the Hudson River Exclusions. It was a magnificent clear day [CAFB]. We worked as a crew; Paul flew as Captain and I was his First Officer, on the radio and helping with navigation and checklists. I know that there are some Blue …
Learn to Fly – video set from 1947
BSAA member Adam Pivonka forwarded this to me. It’s an entire set of videos uploaded to youTube. Given their age, they are very professionally done and very informative too. Watch ’em. If you’re young, it’ll make you feel “retro”; If you’re old, you’ll feel really old. The Secret of Flight
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 …
New Graphical Features – aviationweather.gov
Here’s a brief (well… 9+ minute) overview of some of the nice new features at the government’s aviation weather site. Some of these features turn self-briefing for weather into a pretty easy process. Check it out: http://aviationweather.gov
Pre-Heating in Winter Weather
Blue Sky policy on cold weather ops is to pre-heat the engine any time the temperature has been 32F or below within the two hours prior to flight (unless it has flown and is already warmed up). Pre-heating is very important to the life of the engine; please protect your asset. The Pre-Heater lives in the …
Use of the Electric Tug to Move 3DS
Here’s a brief video on the use of the new battery-powered tug to move the DA-40. Similar to the pre-heater, the tug will live in the shed and its battery will remain charging with a small solar panel. The tug has a front end (the fork) and a rear end (the wheel frame, battery, and …
Leaning the Diamond with the VM-1000
Here’s a 1 minute video on a leaning technique with the VM-1000.
Archived Videos
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