Winter Landing Techniques
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Even though it is June, you should start getting ready for winter operations by reviewing these important safety tips.
Even though it is June, you should start getting ready for winter operations by reviewing these important safety tips.
Oh no! The FAA (that would be the Fools of April Administration) has begun to implement pilots licenses with photographs. Unfortunately, a technical mishap (which will probably be recategorized as a non-runway incursion incident once the NTSB investigatory team arrives) has impacted image clarity, which is a roundabout way of saying that they don’t know which photos go with which pilots.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to straighten out the mess. Just look at the pictures below and select the correct pilot’s name next to his or her photo. Hint: Although all of these people are MPA members who attended the Gateway MPA meeting on 19 March 2008, not all of them are actually pilots. That doesn’t matter to the FAA, of course.
Vote early! Vote often! Valuable prizes will be awarded for the best score. In case of a tie, the first submission wins.
For a blast from the past, take a look at America’s Flying Salesman (Oct. 1955). It is a reprint from Mechanix Illustrated magazine. Here is the first page of the article. You can see the rest when you follow the link.
