Anthony On Aviation: January 2011


VIP NOTAM - Indianapolis, Indiana Notice Number: NOTC2788 January 26, 2011 Indianapolis, Indiana 3 NMR - 2,999 AGL Specific instructions and restrictions are available at http://tfr.faa.gov once the NOTAM has been issued. Depicted TFR data may not be a complete listing. Pilots should not use the information on this website for flight planning purposes. For the latest information, call your local Flight Service Station at 1-800-WX-BRIEF. This notice is being sent to you because you selected "Local Air Safety Information*" in your preferences on FAASafety.gov. If you wish to adjust your selections, log into https://www.faasafety.gov/Users/pub/preferences.aspx where you can update your preferences.
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This 118-foot flying yacht makes ekranoplan the Coolest-Gadgets Word of the Day

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20110125/118foot-flying-yacht-ekranoplan-coolestgadgets-word-day/

Paper planes launched from weather balloon

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/24/paper-planes-launche.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Flier beats TSA video recording charge in court

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/24/flier-beats-tsa-vide.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

How-To: Ultralight camp pot from Heineken "keg" can -

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/24/how-to-ultralight-ca.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Monday, January 24, 2011

Grants

http://www.faa.gov/education/student_resources/scholarships_grants/grants/

Miscellaneous Scholarships

http://www.faa.gov/education/student_resources/scholarships_grants/miscellaneous_scholarships/

Aviation Scholarships

http://www.faa.gov/education/student_resources/scholarships_grants/aviation_scholarships/

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Google Reader (125)

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The Inflatable Airplane and 25 Other Bizarre Aircraft That Actually Flew

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/21/the-inflatable-airplane-and-25-other-bizarre-aircraft-that-actually-flew/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Neatorama+%28Neatorama%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Saturday, January 22, 2011

FAA: Charter Pilots Must Have CRM Training

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/faa_charter_pilot_crm_training_final_rule_203997-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Fwd: "Pilot Deviation Safety Tip" - FAASafety.gov

	FAA Safety Team \| Safer Skies Through Education
Pilot Deviation Safety Tip Notice Number: NOTC2781 Some confusion exists as to what a pilot is supposed to do when a "Cleared as Filed" clearance is issued by ATC from an airport, but no Departure Procedure (DP) is assigned in the clearance. ATC at some airports may not issue a Departure Procedure as part of the clearance. However, the pilot is expected to determine a way to safely depart the airport and join the enroute structure defined in the ATC clearance (or flight plan if "cleared as filed"). One way to accomplish this—and normally the safest way in IMC—is to fly the appropriate published Departure Procedure. If a textual DP has been established for the airport, it will be found in the front of the U.S. Terminal Procedures Publication under *TAKE-OFF MINIMUMS AND (OBSTACLE) DEPARTURE PROCEDURES.* (Digital procedures are available at http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications/d_tpp.) If there is more than one Departure Procedure, the pilot should fly the one most appropriate to the route of flight. Absent specific departure instructions from ATC, the pilot may also elect to "climb on course," but only if he/she has determined that adequate terrain and/or obstruction clearance can be maintained until reaching the minimum IFR altitude (MIA), or minimum enroute altitude (MEA.) Weather conditions permitting, a pilot may request a "VFR climb" for the initial portion of the flight. While this will often expedite your departure clearance, note that this provision applies only to the vertical aspect of the ATC IFR clearance. The pilot is expected to follow the ground track as assigned, overflying the fixes or airways stated in the clearance. A "VFR climb" is not permission to deviate from the cleared route. As part of your IFR preflight planning always familiarize yourself with the airport written and graphic departure procedures. You may not always be assigned one by ATC but you are expected to determine a safe departure method—a published DP is one way to accomplish that. Following a published DP is also appropriate if you depart VFR expecting to pick up an IFR clearance en route, especially at night when terrain features, such as mountains, are not clearly visible – just remember to stay VFR until you have your IFR clearance.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Safety Concerns Persist For Electronics Aloft

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/SafetyConcernsPersistForElectronicsAloft_203979-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

UAV Flights Concern Oregon Pilots

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/uav_moa_oregon_pilots_edco_203987-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Threat to GPS, NextGen seen in FCC proposal

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2011/110118threat_to_gps_and_nextgen_in_fcc_proposal.html

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Fwd: "GPS Testing Brunswick, GA." - FAASafety.gov

	FAA Safety Team \| Safer Skies Through Education
GPS Testing Brunswick, GA. Notice Number: NOTC2777 The Department of Defense will conduct GPS tests on January 20th through February 22nd, 2011. During testing, GPS will be unreliable and may be unavailable with in a radius of 370NM centered at 304906N/0802811W or the location known as 105.25 degrees and 52.1 NM from the SSI VOR See link below for further details. https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2011/Jan/GPS_Flight_Advisory_CSFTL11-01_Rel.pdf This notice is being sent to you because you selected "Local Air Safety Information" in your preferences on FAASafety.gov. If you wish to adjust your selections, log into https://www.faasafety.gov/Users/pub/preferences.aspx where you can update your preferences.
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All-Seeing Blimp Could Be Afghanistan’s Biggest Brain | Danger Room | Wired.com

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Monday, January 17, 2011

2009 Edwards AFB Open House

http://home.comcast.net/%7Ebzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html

Groen Brothers to Produce Gyrocopter in China. |

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Carter PAV Now In Flight-Test Mode

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CarterPAVNowInFlightTestMode_203971-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

How we'll fly in 2025 -- NASA's vision | CNNGo.com

http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/airplanes-future-nasa-sees-it-512575?hpt=C2

Vertical take-off!

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/16/vertical-take-off.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Saturday, January 15, 2011

UAV

http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/Moran-visits-UAS-lab-11311

360 Video Nimmo Bay Helicopter Resort

http://www.nimmobay.com/media/360-video/360-video-nimmo-bay-helicopter-resort

Fwd: FW: Two Stories

I don't recall ever hearing about this. Amazing to me.

Two stories - there's an interesting twist at the end :

STORY NUMBER ONE

   Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago . Capone wasn't famous
for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in
everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

     Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was Capone's lawyer for
a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal
maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.

    To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the
money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and
his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the
conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire
Chicago City block.

     Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little
consideration to the atrocity that went on around him.

     Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved
dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good
education. Nothing was withheld.   Price was no object.

     And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to
teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he
was.

     Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he
couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good example.

     One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to
rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities
and tell the truth about Al "Scarface" Capone, clean up his tarnished name,
and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to
testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he
testified.

     Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a
lonely Chicago Street . But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest
gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police
removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a
poem clipped from a magazine.

     The poem read:

     "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell
just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time
you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the
clock may soon be still."

     STORY NUMBER TWO

     World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant
Commander Butch O'Hare.

     He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in
the South Pacific.

     One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was
airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had
forgotten to top off his fuel tank.   He would not have enough fuel to
complete his mission and get back to his ship.

    His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he
dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.

     As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned
his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward
the American fleet.

     The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but
defenseless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to
save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger.
There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.

     Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the
formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he
charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch
wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as
possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.

     Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to
clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible,
rendering them unfit to fly.

     Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another
direction.

     Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to
the carrier.   Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event
surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane
told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect
his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.

This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the
Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of
Honor.

A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His
home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today,
O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great
man.

     So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some
thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of
Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.

SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?

     Butch O'Hare was "Easy Eddie's" son.

     (Pretty cool, eh!)

Fwd: FW: Flying A Drone

For non-pilots, these controllers are in Nevada and are each flying a drone thousands of miles away in the combat zone in Iraq and Afghanistan . Their left hand is on the throttle, controlling the drone's engine. Note all the buttons which perform various tasks without removing the hand from the throttle. The right hand is flying the plane.

Kill a Taliban leader, then go home for dinner! Welcome to the new world order. This is modern warfare. Today's headline: "Missiles fired from Nevada-controlled drone aircraft kill Taliban leader."

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Woman Absconds With Pilot's Handgun At JFK

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/woman_pilot_handgun_jfk_jetblue_203956-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Friday, January 14, 2011

Police turn to drones for domestic surveillance

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2011-01-13-drones_N.htm?csp=34tech&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-TechTopStories+%28Tech+-+Top+Stories%29

FCC Suspends Prohibition Of 121.5 MHz ELTs

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/fcc_suspend_prohibit_1215_elt_faa_stay_203950-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Mandate Shoulder Harnesses: NTSB

http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Mandate_Shoulder_Harnesses_NTSB_203932-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Fwd: "ADIZ, TFR, and Intercept Procedures Briefing" - FAASafety.gov

	FAA Safety Team \| Safer Skies Through Education
ADIZ, TFR, and Intercept Procedures Briefing Notice Number: NOTC2755 The United States Air Force has produced a briefing document to acquaint pilots with the basics of operating in and around Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) and Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). This briefing also includes a summary of intercept procedures that pilots should know. This briefing can be found on www.FAASafety.gov as a pilot resource at http://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/libview_normal.aspx?id=49877. It can also be found under the Airspace category of resources in the Resources for Pilots folder. We encourage pilots to review these procedures. Although it might be thrilling to fly in formation with an F-16, it could really ruin your whole day! Questions can be sent to the FAASTeam Help Desk at Support@FAASafety.gov which will then be forwarded to the appropriate USAF office. This notice is being sent to you because you selected "General Information" in your preferences on FAASafety.gov. If you wish to adjust your selections, log into https://www.faasafety.gov/Users/pub/preferences.aspx where you can update your preferences.
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