Author Archive for JetAviator7
John White is an ATP Pilot with several type ratings including the venerable Douglas DC-3. Over the years he has been both a charter pilot, flight instructor, corporate flight department head and retired from a 30 year career in the aviation insurance business in 2004.
Air Race and Air Show Safety
On September 16th 2011 a disaster occurred at the Reno Air Races involving the pilot of a highly modified P-51 Mustang aircraft and the crowd of spectators. In addition to the pilot 10 others died along with dozens more injured. The question becomes as to whether or not air races and air shows should be [...]
How Do You Know if Your Aviator Sunglasses Are Blocking UV Rays?
I learned to fly while I was in the USAF, not as a military pilot, but rather taking flying lessons at a nearby airport while I was receiving training from the Air Force in Texas. After I left the Air Force I attended Michigan State University where I continued to acquire advanced pilot ratings while [...]
Business Aircraft Safety Record Slips in 2011
All of us who fly are concerned with business aircraft safety, and at the end of each year Robert E. Breiling Associates issues its report on aircraft safety for the previous year. Air travel on the major airlines in the United States has remained excellent in recent years, but what I am most interested in [...]
Why Polarized Sunglasses Don’t Work for Pilots Flying Glass Cockpit Aircraft
One of the more important tools a pilot has available today are a good pair of sunglasses. It has been well documented that long exposure to strong ultraviolet light can cause damage to your eyes like cataracts, macular degeneration, pingueculae and pterygia and photokeratitis that can cause temporary vision loss. A number of years ago [...]
How to Properly Fly a C130J Hercules Transport Aircraft
When it comes to flying airplanes, the most exciting part is putting the aircraft through its paces. This is true whether or note its a Piper Cub or a C130J Hercules transport. Well, each year at the Paris Air Show a lot of business is done, and the US Government is there selling all of [...]
The Essence of Flight
Those of us who love airplanes and flying love anything that flies. Whenever we hear the sound of an aircraft engine we look skyward to see if we can spot the aircraft, or when we drive by an airport we slow down as we watch an aircraft taking off or landing. You know the feeling. [...]
A Pilots Thanksgiving Day Spent Flying Turkey
For those of us who love to fly airplanes we never like to be far removed from our passion. So on this Thanksgiving Day we celebrate our passion by sharing the following video of 3 guys honing their flying skills by flying turkey: These guys have wayyyy too much time on their hands! Until next [...]
