Comments for Airspeed http://airspeed.wordpress.com A resource for those who fly and those who want to fly Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on What’s that VFR minimum again? by Paul Petrov http://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/whats-that-vfr-minimum-again/#comment-14 Paul Petrov Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:07 +0000 http://airspeed.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-14 Great! Here's how I did it: less poetic and no rhyme but a bit more logic. :) http://geekswithblogs.net/paulp/archive/2006/09/07/90575.aspx Great! Here’s how I did it: less poetic and no rhyme but a bit more logic. :) http://geekswithblogs.net/paulp/archive/2006/09/07/90575.aspx

]]> Comment on TOMATO FLAMES + FLAPS by Sol Young http://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/tomato-flames-flaps/#comment-12 Sol Young Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:39:15 +0000 http://airspeed.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-12 Thanks for having this in a single, clean, post. I linked to it here: http://solyoung.com/2008/11/22/the-landing-light-172-at-denver-international/ Cheers! Thanks for having this in a single, clean, post. I linked to it here: http://solyoung.com/2008/11/22/the-landing-light-172-at-denver-international/

Cheers!

]]> Comment on TOMATO FLAMES + FLAPS by The Landing Light - 172 at Denver International http://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/tomato-flames-flaps/#comment-11 The Landing Light - 172 at Denver International Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:20:57 +0000 http://airspeed.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-11 [...] The pre-flight was fast and we fired up the engine, but moments later the taxi/landing light blew. Getting a new bulb was out of the question, so we called up AOPA’s member services - closed for the night - and proceeded to whip out the laptop and look up FARs. A landing light was required for commercial flight, but not private VFR-night flight (pilots, remember your TOMATO FLAMES+FLAPS). [...] [...] The pre-flight was fast and we fired up the engine, but moments later the taxi/landing light blew. Getting a new bulb was out of the question, so we called up AOPA’s member services – closed for the night – and proceeded to whip out the laptop and look up FARs. A landing light was required for commercial flight, but not private VFR-night flight (pilots, remember your TOMATO FLAMES+FLAPS). [...]

]]> Comment on About by jacquiephelan http://airspeed.wordpress.com/about/#comment-10 jacquiephelan Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:19:17 +0000 #comment-10 just amazing that my blog about Bruce (Cunningham) champ aviator somehow brought your reader(s) to my site (Jacquiephelan.com) Bruce told me about VFR, and how if ONLY John-john (Kennedy--whom we'd spent a week with in Baja, in kayaks 20 years ago) had been less 'famous' (and thus permitted to use a plane he barely knew how to fly) he wouldn't have had to perish in the fog... just amazing that my blog about Bruce (Cunningham) champ aviator somehow brought your reader(s) to my site (Jacquiephelan.com)
Bruce told me about VFR, and how if ONLY John-john (Kennedy–whom we’d spent a week with in Baja, in kayaks 20 years ago) had been less ‘famous’ (and thus permitted to use a plane he barely knew how to fly) he wouldn’t have had to perish in the fog…

]]> Comment on What’s that VFR minimum again? by Jose http://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/whats-that-vfr-minimum-again/#comment-9 Jose Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:44:57 +0000 http://airspeed.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-9 man, this really helped me memorize it! Thanks a lot (student pilot) man, this really helped me memorize it! Thanks a lot (student pilot)

]]> Comment on Hooked on Phonetics by tango charlie aviation http://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/hooked-on-phonetics/#comment-8 tango charlie aviation Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:24:12 +0000 http://airspeed.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-8 [...] International Civil aviation Organization (ICAO) Phonetic Alfa Bravo charlie Delta Echo Foxtrothttp://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/hooked-on-phonetics/Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 2 (Charlie Chan at the Circus / Charlie Chan at the Olympics / Charlie [...] [...] International Civil aviation Organization (ICAO) Phonetic Alfa Bravo charlie Delta Echo Foxtrothttp://airspeed.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/hooked-on-phonetics/Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 2 (Charlie Chan at the Circus / Charlie Chan at the Olympics / Charlie [...]

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