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Read About Flying Backscatter Security Screening -- Just Say No It's
about your privacy, your government and the 4th Amendment. Pilots and
passengers alike are standing up to the TSA when it comes to electronic
strip searching. At least one pilot may lose his job over his
refusal to enter the backscatter machine or otherwise submit to a
full-body pat down. I spoke with him and here's what he had to say.
Emergency At JFK Flight
2 was an American Airlines 767 out of Los Angeles for JFK on May 4,
2010. As the airliner approached, wind was 320 at 23 gusting to 35.
Once in the queue, the flight was not directed to land on 31R into the
wind. Controllers instead directed the jet to land on Runway 22L with a
gusty direct crosswind. When the pilot responded that "if you don't
give us to Runway 31R, we're going to declare an emergency," the
controller's reaction to the emergency and the recorded
interaction that followed quickly spread through the pilot community.
Listen to the emergency call
and a veteran airline pilot's insights
into the event
by clicking through.
NZ "Flying" Hovercraft New
Zealander (he's half
Australian) Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft
into a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle. Heeman
says he's found the ideal flight altitude to be about 1.5
meters,
over flat water. Theoretically, the
pilot-plus-one vehicle can cruise at about 55 mph for roughly 140
miles. The project includes parts from six different cars, including
what was originally a 1.8-liter Subaru engine, and a gas bottle from an
old barbeque.
A Real Electric Airplane Randall
Fishman has about six
flights on his ElectraFlyer-C. With
real-world experience behind him, plus calculations in front of him,
Fishman believes he may have in this aircraft a single-place
experimental that can fly at about 70 mph for up to 90 minutes.Fuel
cost for that flight? Less than 75 cents. More...
A Different 9/11 For
AVweb editor Glenn Pew, five years of building and many more years of
scheming to complete his one-of-a-kind, (almost) 200-mph, 3000-fpm,
fully aerobatic kitplane would prove its worth in one day -- first
flight. Unfortunately, some things don't work out the way you hope.
The
Day I Saw The LightAs
he closes in on finishing and flying his fully aerobatic experimental
single, AVweb's Glenn Pew figured he should get some decent training on
how to do akro with it. Mike Mancuso, a former member of the Northern
Lights airshow team, agreed to hone his skills and, along the way,
introduce him to the Extra 300L.
So
You're Going To Build A
KitplaneAVweb's
Glenn
Pew has been there, done that and shares his lessons learned.
A Source You Can Trust • Editor-in-Chief, AVweb.com (2002-2006) Each
month AVweb serves up to 300,000 unique visitors and attracts more than
24 million hits.
•
Editor-in-Chief, iPilot.com
(1999-2004)The
then
start-up online aviation resource now offers an inventory of articles,
forums, an e-newsletter, and pilot catalog.
• Editorial
Associate, Boardroom, Inc. (1992-1999)Relevant
products include Tax Hotline, BottomLine/Personal -- paid circulation
1.5 million -- BottomLine/Health, and I-Power Continuous Improvement
Management seminars.
A pilot of 20 years, Glenn
has been published also in Aviation
Consumer, EAA Sport Aerobatics, Canadian
Aviator, BottomLine/Personal, Tax Hotline, Glenn Pew (is one of many
people who) has built his own aircraft and
flown it across the country, VFR, and alone.Current Projects AVweb.com -- Video Editor/Contributing Editor AVwebBiz and AVwebFflash Artifact Design -- Creative Marketing Solutions IFR Magazine -- Supporting podcasts Kitplanes Magazine -- Supporting videos Aviation Consumer -- Articles on assignment |
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