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The Sun N Funs first incident!

The well know Sun-N-fun fly in, in Lakeland, Fl kicks off tomorrow april 13th, 2010.  An arriving airplane skidded off the runway this afternoon, Lakeland Police said. According to a report, Douglas Alan Jones, 59, of Belaire, Md., was landing his Luscombe Model 8-A airplane at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport about 2:47 p.m. when it went off the runway and into the grass. The landing gear collapsed, and the runway was shut down for two hours.Jones, the only occupant of the plane, […]

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Hard Landing? It’s all in the eyes!

During the approach, flare, and touchdown, vision is very important. To provide good peripheral vision and good judgment of height and movement, the pilot’s head should assume a natural, straight-ahead position. The pilot’s visual focus should not be fixed on any one side or any one spot ahead of the airplane, but should be changing slowly from a point just over the airplane’s nose to the desired touchdown zone and back again, while maintaining a deliberate awareness of distance from […]

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“10 Things other pilots do wrong”.

10 Things Other Pilots Do Wrong.

1) Airport Airheads.

    * Prop Blast.

    * Blinding strobes at night.

    * Thoughtless tactics. (Rental or flight school air craft)

        -2000 RPM cold starts.

        -Throttle slam.

        -Unnecessary door slam.

     *Blocking Taxiway. (This may be a problem, However do not allow the “Hurry up”    mentality to cause you to skip a run up)

2) Pet Peeves

    *Pilots not listening before calling. Just stop and listen!

    *Too much position reporting.

    *Too much chatting

 3) Pattern Predicaments.

    *Strung […]

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Georgia House Resolution 1681

Georgia House Resolution 1681, which would allow all revenue generated from the sale and use of aviation fuel to directly fund the Georgia Aviation System, will be voted on in the State House of Representatives by Wednesday, March 24. Currently, this revenue is deposited into the General Fund, leaving aviation-generated revenue funding other state programs. House Resolution 1681, would eliminate this practice, and place all aviation-derived fuel tax revenue into the Public Use Airport Improvement Fund to establish and maintain […]

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Poor Fuel Management

Poor Fuel Management

03-22-2010

I am the proud father of two wonderful children. I have a son which I am very proud of currently serving in the USMC and stationed across seas. He chose aviation as an area of service and is currently working on the helicopters. I also have a daughter which just turned 15 years old this past February. Just like most teens her age there is one major milestone on her mind, the automotive learner’s permit. After more then […]

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