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Lookingback, we waited far longer than wise to decide to equip our heads with active-noise-reduction headsets; even with a significant amount of sound insulationinstalled in our classic Piper Comanche, the physical impact of segments lastingthree and four hours usually left us tired beyond necessity. Money – actuallythe shortage of it, as is usually our case […]
“Life insurance.” These are two words almost guaranteed to glaze the eyes of even the most attentive pilot and cause many others to look for a way — any way — to quickly change the subject to something more stimulating — like wall paint or 8-track tape players. They conjure up, in my mind anyway, […]
It’s probably no coincidence that the publishers of the new nonfiction aviation book, Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel, chose to release it at the beginning of the peak airline travel season. The book is written by James Fallows, and may become the book of choice this summer for frustrated […]
How frustrating this could be, my mind kept musing. Not three hours earlier the magnificent Three Sisters mountain peaks reached upward through clear skies toward the window seat of a Southwest 737 flying me to Portland International (PDX). No overcast blocked my view until we flew to about 40 miles south of PDX. But the […]
LATEST FROM GAMI! GAMI has received its long-awaited STC for the installation of GAMIjectorsTM on TCM IO-360 and TSIO-360 engines found on the Mooney 231, Piper Turbo-Arrow and Seneca, Cessna Skymaster (including Turbo and Pressurized), etc. Only the TSIO-360-MB engine (Mooney 252) is excluded from the STC. GAMI is also now offering GAMIjectorsTM for Lycomings! […]
LATEST FROM GAMI! GAMI has received its long-awaited STC for the installation of GAMIjectorsTM on TCM IO-360 and TSIO-360 engines found on the Mooney 231, Piper Turbo-Arrow and Seneca, Cessna Skymaster (including Turbo and Pressurized), etc. Only the TSIO-360-MB engine (Mooney 252) is excluded from the STC. GAMI is also now offering GAMIjectorsTM for Lycomings! […]
When completing an application for life insurance as a pilot, there are several tips you should know that can save you time, money, and frustration. Just as you would put a new airplane through a pre-buy inspection before buying it, insurance companies put you through their underwriting process to determine whether or not to offer […]
There is no piece of luggage closer to the heart of any pilot than his or her flight bag. The one I use at work is your basic black, square model with little combination locks on the clasps. It is standard airline issue – something that every airline pilot you see will have some version […]
In the aftermath of Part One of this two-part series on installing and flying with Unison Industries’ Limited Authority Spark Advance Regulator ignition system, or LASAR, for short, many readers wrote me, complimentary and kind, inquisitive about various points and, ultimately, impatient for the appearance of this Part Two. Patience may not be its own […]
I‘m really glad that using the latest version of Unison Industries’ Limited Authority Spark Advance Regulator (LASAR) is far easier than installing it. Through no fault of the Unison’s LASAR hardware itself, a team comprised of one aircraft owner, one experienced IA, and one factory field representative from Unison managed to take six or seven […]
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