If like me you’re not a rotary-wing pilot, the most important
thing to learn from special helicopter approach procedures is that
a report a helicopter has landed out of a low-IFR approach does not
necessarily mean conditions are good enough for a fixed-wing
airplane.
From French dirigeable meaning steerable. Dirigible was
the more commonly used name for these aircraft in the early days of
their history, whereas airship is the more modern term.
"When avgas gets to $6.00 a gallon you aren't going to
see many general aviation pilots flying their planes, just for
fun."
Source: Will Johnson, director of operations at
Yuut Yuqungviat Flight School in Bethel, AK, on the potential
damage rising aviation fuel prices may have on general aviation in
Alaska... and throughout the rest of the country.
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