Dublin-based Research and Markets, a company specializing in
global market research for key industries, top companies and new
products, has released a report detailing the efficacy of simulator
technology for use in flight training.
The third of our five categorical choices (covering GA
Piston Single, GA Piston Twin, SA Experimental Kit, E-LSA Kit, and
S-LSA Ready To Fly) for the "Best of Breed" of 2006... a heckuva
good year for aviation, is...
Flight Design CT
Who -- or what -- invented the biplane? Don't answer just yet...
as it turns out, some feathered, tree-dwelling dinosaurs may have
been the first to employ two sets of wings, way before the Wright
Brothers took a stab at the idea.
Gross Navigation Error is used in the flight levels over the
North Atlantic, when a lateral error of more than 25nm from the
centerline of the aircraft’s route is made or more than 300
foot deviation in assigned flight level.
Founded in 1928, the Early Birds of Aviation was an organization of
pilots that had soloed an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916. The
last member, George Debaun Grundy, Jr. passed away at age 99 on May
19, 1998.
"This accident underscores the importance of flight
crews carefully monitoring and cross checking flight instruments
during approach. We would also like to see more progress from the
Federal Aviation Administration on major icing recommendations we
issued a decade ago."
Source: NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker, in a
Probable Cause report issued Tuesday on the February 2005 crash of
a Cessna Citation owned by Circuit City Stores, Inc.