When you don’t understand or appreciate a particular music genre it “all sounds the same.” Let me explain. If you don’t like classical, opera, folk, rap, or hip hop music, when...
The inbound plane is 15 minutes out from the gate, so you pick up your tablet computer and touch the icon for that flight. It displays the performance data of that aircraft, and...
At the Richard D. Shea/Cuyahoga County Airport in East Cleveland, there is a quiet airplane manufacturer hard at work. The Nextant 400 XTi is the result of a revolution in thinking...
Most pilots today probably don’t realize that the average piston-engine airplane in the United States is 40 years old. That’s right — they were built around the same time that...
Recently I was touring a new MRO facility and the host managers were discussing authorized repair capability, PMAs and expediting STCs, and I recognized that it was time for refresher...
Once upon a time it was considered supernatural to even contemplate shedding the confines of the earth's gravity. Sorcerers, wizards, and various mythical beasts had the power...
A recent press release announced a digital entertainment company had just installed its in-flight connectivity solution in its 2,000th commercial aircraft. Today’s passengers ...
After taking the last few months to get settled into the role of executive director, it occurred to me a review of the current status and activity would be helpful for both current...
We have all seen Airworthiness Directives (ADs) in the past that made us fear the further demise of general aviation. I can think back to 2003 when the outrageous proposal on...
Aviation maintenance technicians who support business aircraft fleets often work under their Part 65 mechanic certificate with powerplant and/or airframe ratings and inspection...
Mechanics who work exclusively on business jets flown by high-powered executives, their friends and clients already know this. But for those maintenance technicians who only occasionall...