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- What’s WAAS !!!!
I’m going to try to explain WAAS without any ”Geek Speak”. This is a very simplified explanation for non-aviation professionals. WAAS :Wide Area Augmentation System is a means of enhancing conventional GPS accuracy to enable precision like approaches where no conventional ground based precession approach facilities exist. There are about 1500 of these approach procedures published [...]
- IAS posts new : Aircraft Completion Project Management Scope of Service
Overall aircraft completion program management consists of monitoring the critical path schedule, participating in vendor and program reviews, and proactively identifying and solving major issues before they manifest themselves. Close attention is paid to quality, cost and schedule when dealing with any issue, including Change Orders. Although each project is very different from start to [...]
- Classic Falcon 20 Instrument panel
I feel like, we used to fly in the stone age when I go through some of my old photos. We really have come a long way in technology. Ivan Klugman Integral Aviation Solutions Inc Join us on FACEBOOK: Integral Aviation Solutions Group
- Corporate Flight Attendant Recruitment / Training & Cabin Provisioning Services by Susan C. Friedenberg
In the fast paced and ever changing world of business aviation, whether your aircraft is on a Part 91 certificate and operated by a corporate entity, a private individual, or on a Part 135 charter certificate, you must have the most professional and qualified in-flight crew. In a Part 135 environment the manner in which [...]
- 16g Seats save lives, All abroad are alive!!
This is an excerpt from an FAA fact sheet: 16G seats: In 1988, the FAA issued regulations requiring that all newly developed transport aircraft use “16g” seats. Using a test dummy, these seats undergo dynamic testing and evaluation regarding injury protection. Similar to automobile crash tests, the FAA tests are designed specifically for the aviation [...]
- Aviation: Legal v Safe
Those of us on the line side of flying or maintenance always here the following words from crew scheduling, maintenance control and our chief pilots. “It’s Legal” my response has always been but is it “safe”. Let’s take a look a the formal definitions of the terms courtesy of Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: Legal: of or [...]
- High Altitude Airport Problems?? solution= Aircraft Performance Group
Airliner Takeoff in Zurich I was challenged last week by a client that wanted to fly an ultra long haul flight from a high altitude airport with a restrictive climb performance gradient. This may be all Greek to my readers so I’ll try to explain. Aircraft don’t preform as well at high altitudes as they [...]
- Capt. Klugman on crew rest
There are many schools of thought on crew rest. Here is my thoughts on the local news. I feel qualified to comment on the subject having flown as many as 6 round trip Atlantic crossings in a two man aircraft in one month. I have flown for a major US airline for over 23 years [...]
- FBO/CHARTER/PILOT/S&D’S/CHARTER BROKERS Food Safety Awareness & Catering Training
The importance of food safety involves safeguarding food from anything that could harm the health of consumers. In this case, it applies to the crews and the passengers that come thru your FBO. For Part 135 operations that order catering for their customers, it is crucial that the catering you order accommodates the galley size [...]
- Consultants roll in Aircraft Acquisition
Aircraft acquisition can be a trying experience for the uninitiated. There are mazes of Manufacturers’ sales teams and aircraft brokers to navigate. Those unfamiliar with the inner workings can end up in the wrong aircraft, paying more than necessary and/or waiting years longer than required for a new aircraft. The people new to the industry [...]
- What makes a Pilot’s Pilot?
I was flattered when a famous aviation author Jane Birch “They Flew Proud” asked me to contribute a few paragraphs for her project for the Piper Museum. Being an instructor for over 30 years she asked me to do a few paragraphs on what I thought made a Pilot’s Pilot. What makes a [...]
- Capt. Klugman on CBS News commenting on Continental-Colgan Flight 3407
Sorry for the poor Quality of the video it takes some time to get the DVD from the station. This is just one segment: there are others on YouTube
- Are we getting carried away with technology?
Here are two example of Boeing Airliners that fly around the world including : Cat III, RNP5, and RNP/SAAR .15. After viewing the Falcon 7X cockpit and the Honeywell Easy displays,I felt this needed to be addressed. Notice how clean the displays are, they show all that’s required for the operation being conducted. Avionics designers [...]
- From Green to Gold
Buying your first aircraft is a giant leap into the unknown. I’ll try to provide an overview of the process of aircraft completion once an aircraft arrives at the completion center. When the designer first shows you all of the different wood selection and fabrics in abundance it seems overwhelming. This is normal and is [...]
- US Airways Flight 1549
Well now that the media blitz has calmed I’ll have a few moments to comment about US Airways flight 1549. My first thoughts as I expressed on ABS news were that the odds are against two engines being taken out by a bird strike. Living in south Florida we see that most of the migratory [...]
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