Aero-Craft 101 With Tom Turner: Deciphering 'The Rule Of Tens'

Accurately flying an IFR approach  is all about... just that, flying the airplane. Especially as you get closer to your destination (and to the ground) proper pitch, heading, and airspeed control is crucial --- and too often, pilots are most concerned with 'chasing' the needles, instead of heeding basic piloting skills. That can result in having to go missed -- or something worse.

Aero-Tips 01.03.06

When is a Flight Service briefer or a DUAT-generated flight brief not required to tell you about Notices to Aviators (NOTAMs)? When those NOTAMs are “published” as Class II NOTAMs.

Aero-Linx: DC-3 Movies Some people have a favorite airplane; if yours happens to be the DC-3, here’s the site for you -- for movies “starring” the DC-3 and oh yeah, some humans too.

8130-3 Officially titled Authorized Release Certificate the form is the FAA's preferred method for documenting the approval of products, parts, and appliances that are considered approved by the Administrator. Despite everyone’s belief, duct tape does not come with an 8130 tag.

"Today we must announce that we will be ceasing scheduled service operations this Thursday evening, January 5. The financial pressures in the industry have prevailed. We have run out of time." Source: From a letter posted on the website of Flyi -- parent company to Washington, DC-based Independence Air -- announcing the airline's demise. Formerly a contract carrier for United and Delta as Atlantic Coast Airlines, Flyi becoming a stand-alone airline in July, 2004 -- becoming another player in the crowded low-cost carrier market along the east coast. While almost universally praised for its customer service (it was named one of Zagat's top five domestic carriers in 2005,) Independence executives said the business simply was never there.