Recent content by jnmeade

I'm curious as to your take on pilots who use non-aviation credentials as part of their signature on an aviation forum. Does a PhD in agronomy lend credence to a post about a Saratoga? Does having an MD add weight to a comment about a Twin Comanche? Does your JD.....no, I won't go there! :)...

What did you think of the Soaring Rx column by Dr. Daniel L. Johnson in the November 2012 edition of Soaring? He talks about how pilots should be advised of trouble and uses several specific examples, including the Lark crash in Texas that killed three. He cites a number of examples of how...

http://www.ntsb.gov/legal/pirker/5730.pdf The NTSB has reversed the decision by Geraghty to vacate the FAA fine of Pirker in the U VA case. NTSB discusses at length what constitutes an "aircraft" and determines as quoted below. This means don't fly your paper airplane at a NFL football game...

We all know aviation trip planning software that lets us put in several stops or routings. Is there a trip planner for cars that offers that? Let's suppose you wanted to drive from Davenport to Denver and wanted to stop every 3 hours or every 200 miles and would like some recommendations and...

This is a very well written description by a man I know slightly who had a catastrophic engine failure in Texas with his Jabiru 250. Some interesting commentary and insights plus his discussion of lessons learned. Well worth the read, in my opinion...

From the FAA website: "Law Enforcement Engagement with Suspected Unauthorized UAS Operations There is evidence of a considerable increase in the unauthorized use of small, inexpensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) by individuals and organizations, including companies. While the FAA retains...

In a rather strong proposal, the Australian aviation agency CASA proposes to restrict the use of Jabiru engines due to what they consider an excessive number of failures. (They show some numbers comparing them to Rotax.) Students would not be allowed to fly them solo. Pilots couldn't carry...