http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog Flight Training, Pilot Supplies, Aircraft for Sale, Aircraft Insurance, AOPA, sportys, pilot shop, pilot mall, pilot store, mypilot store Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AOPA is raising the alarm after combing President Barack Obama's first budget and finding the term "direct user charges" in relation to FAA funding. In fact, the Obama administration targets raising $7 billion annually, roughly half the FAA's budget by "repealing some aviation excise taxes and replacing these taxes with ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=42 .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} The plane, Flight TK1951, left ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=41 The stimulus package recently passed by congress is partially targeted at airplane owners as states try to spend up to $1.1 Billion that was intended for airports.  It will be seen as an accelerated depreciation to give the manufactures a way to begin recovering from the economic downturn. Todd Tiahrt, a ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=40 A proposed rule from the Transportation Security Administration aimed at general aviation could have "serious implications," says AOPA. "This proposed rule is an unprecedented imposition of security requirements on the general aviation community, affecting 10,000 individual operators and hundreds of airports," said Andy Cebula, AOPA executive vice president of government ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=39 USAirways 1549 (AWE1549), January 15, 2009 FAA Air Traffic Control communications Please note that all air traffic communications for LaGuardia tower (LGA), Teterboro tower (TEB), and the New York Tracon (N90) in the time period surrounding the accident are included below. However, most of the communications with the ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=38 Space enthusiasts around the world waited to see todays unveiling of space bound White Knight Two.  Deep in the Mohave desert, hanger doors peeled back to reveal the worlds largest all carbon-composite aircraft, named White Night Two.  Richard Branson and Burt Rutan were stationed inside the craft waving to the crowd ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=37 FINALLY some good news for the aviation industry.  The FAA has recently announced new terms to the FAA Medicals.   Pilots who have not yet turned 40 years of age now have 5 years between medicals if they are operating under 3rd class priviledges.  As of July 24th, a third class medical ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=33   The FAA has approved Micro AeroDynamics vortex generators for the tapered wing series of the Piper Dakota's.  The new STC covers PA-28-151, PA-28-161, PA-28-181, PA-28-201T, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, and the PA-28-236. Flight test have shown that the Vortex Generators provided a nine percent decrease in stall speed, a faster roll rate and ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=27 What checklist to follow when a F16 intercepts your aircraft. Chaff - Check,  Anti-Missile Lock - Verified,  Spare UnderWear - Check, Ammo - Locked and Loaded, After Burner - Standby, NASA forms - check.     An F16 intercepts a Pilatus PC-12 and a Beech Premier while flying legally in a MOA in Arizona. This will definitely ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=26 By one of the narrowest margins in Red Bull history, Arizona native Kirby Chambliss, pilot of the Red Bull Aircraft, won the Detroit Red Bull Air Race title with a final race time of 1:12.08 beating runner up Paul Bonhomme by a mere 0.15 seconds. Austrian pilot Hannes Arch and Mike ... http://www.pilotterminal.com/blog/?p=22