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Aviation Haiku
Blend Japanese Haiku with the modern, technical field of aviation. Haiku is really simple. It’s an ancient form of poetry that originates from Japan Approx.1600AD. A haiku has three lines. There can be any number of words, but there must be 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the…
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It’s Money, Honey
Congratulations to the Reddit message board, the Robinhood investing App and all their Merry Men. Finally, a chance for the “little guys” to get into the market and build a sound base of financial security. The past weeks have introduced a paradigm shift in investing. Robinhood has been around a lot longer than many of…
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Um Al Naft, 1991
To say that Abdullah looked filthy would be a massive understatement. Abdullah had passed filthy-looking weeks ago. In fact, there wasn’t an adjective strong enough to describe his looks as he stood in the evening shade behind the Hussein Center carefully appraising the crowd of Ramadan shoppers. He wore a baggy shirt drooped over the…
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Bermuda Aircraft Registry
Hamilton is the capitol of Bermuda, a British colony made up of 300 coral rocks, islets, and islands in the North Atlantic. It lies roughly 675 nmi east-southeast of Wilmington, N.C. It’s also home to the low profile and internationally convenient aircraft registration recognized by the three-letter prefix VR-B (Victor Romeo Bravo), followed by two…
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For Safety’s Sake, Salon Issues Strict Rules for Display Pilots
The 41st Paris Air Show flight director, Claude Martin, is in his fifth year bearing the responsibility for Presentations en Vol – flight operations safety. He ensures that all flights are conducted in accordance with safety rules specifically developed for this show. In view of his “day job” as a test pilot for the French Flight Test…
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Love/hate Relationship with the FMS, a Critique
The Airbus A340, with its fly-by-wire controls commanded through a sidestick, is arguably the most highly automated airplane flying today. Its introduction has presented pilots with an entirely new realm of aviation. Airbus Captain P. Chandler wrote as part of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s discussions on the Future Flight Deck, “As a result of the…
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Measuring EVA for Corporate Aviation
What’s a flight department worth? If you’re a responsible aviation manager, EVA (Economic Value Added) is another acronym you’ll be learning. EVA and ABC (Activity Based Costing) have both been around for eight to 10 years. ABC has not caused much excitement since its exposure has been primarily in accounting journals, which are not exactly…
