Airlines Hurt More By Crashes, written 1 day ago, A major crash usually weighs heavily on an airline's stock, but the impact is felt less heavily in the share price of the plane's manufacturer, according to a recent study. Airlines typically suffer for as long as three months after a major catastrop...

Saturday 04 October 2008, written 3 days ago, Avwest's Challenger 604 VH-VRE returned to Queenstown early this afternoon from Brisbane.Acemus Citation 510 Mustang ZK-MUS arrived at Wanaka from Wellington via Nelson.Air Pacific have wet leased United Airline's Boeing 747-400 aircraft for the next two...

VFR Paths over the Rockies, written 2 days ago, You need to be careful flying through the Colorado Rocky Mountains in a small non-turbocharged plane, but it can still be done safely. There are many paths over the Rockies. What path to use depends on each particular situation: clouds, winds, weather,...

Happy Happy 1st Year!!, written 2 days ago, Happy 1st Blogday to On a Wing and a Prayer!I was hoping to make it to 100 posts today, but alas, I did not. I'm really close, but when it comes down to it, I would rather have quality posts that I wouldn't feel bad about.Thank you to my readers, the few a...

New Mod, New Helpers, written 5 hours ago, Took in new students with the mod start. Assigning to sections with team leaders. Still waiting on a reamer to arrive.

Flying Cars - The Dream is Still Alive, written 4 weeks ago, Flying cars have never seemed to move out of the concept phase and yet they remain a fascination for many. The challenge is kind of like designing an all-in-one printer/fax/scanner. At the end of the day you get a product that is mediocre ...

Missed a flight? Just hop in a cab!, written 1 day ago, That's what one guy did in Portsmouth, UK.  The catch?  The ride was a 740 mile trek to Munich. After missing a flight for a friend's stag night the guy needed to get to Munich as fast as possible.  For some reason it never occurred to him t...

MS Flight Sim - NDB RWY 8R KSUS, written 2 weeks ago,

Babushka, written 4 days ago, My best friend has just been to visit with her two little girls - one who's nearly two, and her new baby, who's just a month old.I really wasn't sure how I was going to feel when I saw the baby. To tell you the truth, I had been putting off going to see her, aware that ...

Random Line Check, written 1 day ago, Position: Over the threshold; KABQ (Albuquerque)Passengers on board: 87Time: 0900 hrs localWe hit the deck at o'dark hundred this morning in LAX for an o'dark thirty push. Five legs today and this is leg number two. My co-pilot is not new to the airline, but is ...

If You Think You Can,, written 14 hours ago, You can:Thanks OPD!

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News: Update On TSA Friendly Laptop Cases, written 6 hours ago, After months from our previous posting several companies have started selling checkpoint friendly laptop bags. Full ArticleRelated: None

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A 15 year IT professional, working on a pilot's license while trying to find time with his family and still fix a motorcycle or two.

All work and no fly #2, written 2 days ago, Today we needed to disassemble two gliders and trailer them to get ready for next weekend's club trip to Coyote Dry Lake. We plan to spend next weekend winch launching using a new two-drum winch that is being developed for sale by a fellow from San Diego. ...

Honeywell Technology Helps Pilots Maintain Stable Approach, written 1 day ago, Honeywell has announced a software upgrade to its Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) that will alert pilots if their approach to an airport is not within a safe tolerance envelope of speed and glide path. Approac...

Frozen plane, written 4 weeks ago, Plane gets a cold blast THIS frozen jet looks like it has been caught in a new ice age. The F-4E Phantom fighter is being put to the test at the aircraft testing centre in Seosan, South Korea. The centre can measure the capabilities of the country's military planes...

Need for the Bailout Explained (in 2007 by John Cleese), written 1 week ago, I saw this in 2007, after that first big blip in the market, when the first cracks in the thin veneer of mortgages began to appear. Rather astute for a few comedians, wouldn't you say? Call or write you congressman and tell...

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