Archive for the ‘Just For Fun’ Category

Winter Landing Techniques

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Even though it is June, you should start getting ready for winter operations by reviewing these important safety tips.

Help the FAA (May Game)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

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.

Grand Prize The winner will receive a free hour on St. Charles Flying Service’s new Elite PI-135 BATD Instrument Simulator. This is brand new and Part 141 approved. You can use it for up to 2.5 hours of the instrument portion of a private pilot’s license or for maintaining instrument currency.
Photo “Pilot’s” Name
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Set ‘em Straight:

Vote early! Vote often! Valuable prizes will be awarded for the best score. In case of a tie, the first submission wins.

America’s Flying Salesmen

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

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.

Tri-Pacer in Flight