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14/02/2025

Piper Aircraft's 2024 deliveries hit 291, with a 20% year-over-year growth, bolstered by the success of M700 Fury and expanding global presence.

12/02/2025

Armchair Accident Analysts - Consider the Source -

The online magazine AvWeb published a poll on Monday asking readers whether “armchair accident analysis” has gotten out of hand. With slightly more than 600 people responding, readers said it absolutely is out of hand because “it leads to misinformation and conspiracy theories.” I disagree, ...

03/02/2025

An interesting interview about the state of ATC from a former controller's perspective.

Robert Mark is a business jet pilot and publisher of Jetwhine.com

31/10/2024

If you think the strike at Boeing is the problem, you might want to think again.

The US Chamber of Commerce wants to settle the Boeing strike with little or no regard for the employees walking the picket lines/

20/10/2024

If you've ever thought about becoming an air traffic controller, you gotta read this story at Jetwhine.com. https://bit.ly/4fartcq

The FAA is now hiring a new crop of air traffic controllers to staff control towers and radar rooms around the US.

19/09/2024

Master storyteller Micah Engber thinks back to his first trip aloft.

Jetwhine contributor Micah Engber reminisces about his first flight aboard a Delta Airlines DC-8.

06/09/2024

Republican Dick Cheney says he'll vote for Kamala Harris in November.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over fellow Republican Donald Trump in the November election, warning that the former president “can never be trusted with power again.”

03/09/2024

I thought getting through the training at FlightSafety was going to be the tough part -

Jetwhine A Part 91 corporate pilot tells the story of his first flying job in a swept-wing jet aircraft, both the good and the bad.

31/08/2024

The clock is definitely ticking on 100 Low Lead Avgas. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/california-lead-ban/?

California has passed the U.S.'s first leaded avgas ban effective in 2031.

15/08/2024

I've been following the P-61 Black Widow restoration since 1995, and it is one step closer to once flying.

10/08/2024

How to Make an ATR-72 Spin

Making an ATR-72 Spin I wasn’t in Brazil on Friday afternoon, but I saw the post on Twitter or X (or whatever you call it) showing Voepass Airlines flight 2283, an ATR-72, rotating as it plunged to the ground near Sao Paulo from its 17,000-foot cruising altitude. All 61 people aboard perished in t...

05/08/2024

Remembering Gordon Baxter: A Mentor and One of Flying Magazine's Best.

Each time I stand near my office desk, my eyes naturally stop at a framed magazine cover that includes a column from the August 1983 edition of Flying magazine. That column was originally page 100 of that issue where my “I Learned About Flying from That” (ILAFFT) column first appeared. Scrawled ...

23/07/2024

https://bit.ly/46jD9Gg It's a no-go and time to call it a careeer.

When planning for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, making a pragmatic go/no-go decision is the goal of preflight preparation.

18/07/2024

Imagine what it was like back in the old days when pilots were trained to actually navigate - without GPS - while they learned to fly.

Navigation is just one element of the comprehensive US Air Force combat system officer and Navy's naval flight officer education programs.

18/07/2024

https://bit.ly/3LvQOR4 The military still teaches aviators how to find their way, but it is just one of several responsibilities of combat system and naval flight officers.

Navigation is just one element of the comprehensive US Air Force combat system officer and Navy's naval flight officer education programs.

01/07/2024

Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense -

Decades ago, when I learned to fly, it was well-known that a commercial co-pilot/first officer was allowed to occupy the right seat of a transport airplane only if they’d proven themselves subservient enough to understand that the guy in the left seat was perfectly capable of handling the airplane...

25/06/2024

https://bit.ly/45WdJi9 After a decade, the FAA has updated its advisory circular on ADS-B in-flight information services.

Updating its decade-old predecessor, the AC focuses on flight information services delivered via ADS-B’s Universal Access Transceiver (UAT).