Podcast

As if operating a small, tightly staffed Part 135 operation or flight department isn’t difficult enough, the FAA doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. The Agency requires periodic recurrency training, and the record-keeping requirements for this can overwhelm a small flight operation or charter company. Jeppesen is addressing this with its GOM (General Operations Manual) […]

When TSO 129 IFR GPS first appeared, it had onboard software called receiver autonomous integrity monitoring to keep track of the nav solution’s reliability. The advent of WAAS diminished RAIM’s importance, but now that many operators are using GPS as primary navigation when operating RNAV, RAIM is again important. Beginning next summer, any aircraft operating […]

Heads-Up Displays (HUDs) are still considered pretty high-tech, but BAE Systems is looking to push the envelope even further with something they call “Quantum HUD” – while bringing the price down into a realistically competitive range. BAE’s Ric Morrow gives us a preview of the technology in this podcast, recorded at the National Business Aviation […]

Can the Gulfstream get any more passenger-oriented? At this year’s NBAA Convention, Pres Henne (senior vice president for programs, engineering and testing) answered that question with a resounding yes, explaining how a bevy of new features in the G250 and a new “cabin-essential” power philosophy are making the airplane (expected in 2011) an even more […]

We reported last week on the formation of a new Wichita Aircraft Club, and this week’s National Business Aviation Association Convention is serving as the group’s gala coming-out party. Executive Director Dave Franson sat down to educate us about the group’s goals and structure. This podcast is brought to you by WxWorx XM WX Satellite […]

NBAA president Ed Bolen told AVweb that association members are concerned about the credit crisis, but the Association’s convention in Orlando is expected to see record participation. Bolen details the outlook in this podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

Topic One at the opening day of the National Business Aviation Association convention is the growing financial and credit crisis. Cessna president Jack Pelton says the company is seeing slowed uptake in orders for new aircraft as credit tightens. The worry is that this economic trouble spot is entirely different than the 2001 slowdown, Pelton […]

The 400-series Beechjet has been a successful model, but as it ages, its fuel economy and performance are dated against newer jets. Nextant Aerospace says it can address that with an aggressive STC program to re-engine the airplane with the new Williams FJ44-3AP and Collins Proline 21 avionics. Learn the details from Nextant’s Ed McDonald […]

If you’re familiar with crew resource management, you may be interested to learn that a company called Century CRM is bringing many of the concepts into the single-pilot arena under the aegis of “cockpit resource management.” Century’s Carl Carmichael explains how the company’s innovative training can teach you to make the best use of your […]

When you’re trying to get comfortable flying in the IFR system, everything’s a bit more challenging when you can’t see out the window. Join Meredith Saini, the editor of IFR Refresher magazine, as she negotiates her way through an actual IFR flight. For more, subscribe to IFR Refresher. There’s no MP3 file associated with this […]