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Plane Answers: 5 things to look for on your next flight {Gadling}
Nov 12th 2009 12:31AM There are a couple of websites that I really enjoy visiting before a flight.
The first is www.aviationweather.gov, the site that has all the undecoded aviation weather information for the 50 United States. My focus is mostly on the Terminal Area Forecasts for my departure and destinations (http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/tafs/). I also look at the winds aloft, prognostic charts, and radar images to get a sense as to what weather I'll be crossing.
The second is www.flightaware.com. I look to see if my flight has a proposed route posted (I'm not sure if it's the official or not), and I plot it the best I can on www.skyvector.com to see what sort of landmarks I'll be flying over, like the Grand Canyon.
It's fun to be a plane geek!
Plane Answers: Is there a pilot shortage coming? {Gadling}
Oct 19th 2009 1:50PM I must admit that there was a bit of a panic over that congressional bill last week here at Embry-Riddle. Yet some people higher up at the university here sent out emails emphasizing that some schools like ERAU would get exemption from the mandatory ATP rule. How many of us believed it would make any difference is still up in the air.
I'm a first year student, and I probably won't be looking for any sort of airline job until 2013. It seems that every faculty member here, every person at the career fair, and every flight instructor who can't find an airline job right now is telling us first-year students that we are in a wonderful position. I hope they're all correct.
Thanks for addressing this, Kent.
Happy Birthday Gadling! Enter to win FREE TICKETS to anywhere Virgin America flies! {Gadling}
Oct 15th 2009 3:06AM Happy Birthday, Gadling! Keep it up!
Gadling gets an exclusive look at Virgin America's cockpit technology {Gadling}
May 6th 2009 5:50PM Wow, I should have known. I live about two miles from that airport- I can pick up the tower on an Icom from the back of my house.
Gadling gets an exclusive look at Virgin America's cockpit technology {Gadling}
May 6th 2009 5:14PM Nicely put together, Kent. It looks like you filmed this at a red carpet event of some sort. Was that the maiden flight for that plane, or something like that?
Cockpit Chronicles: Groundhog day - The St. Thomas turn (with video) {Gadling}
Mar 12th 2009 6:26PM I'd say that the "Groundhog Day" effect happens with almost any line of work. You're lucky to have it with something as interesting as flying!
On a side note Kent, you always seem to mention in your posts that you were taking pictures above 10,000 feet, or with the parking brakes set. Are these rules that you are following set by the FAA or by American?
Plane Answers: Aircraft inspections, air filtration and stalls {Gadling}
Nov 5th 2008 7:30PM Thanks for the answer, Kent! Now, what to do about a CFI who insists on flying despite being infected with a cold...
Cockpit Chronicles: St. Elmos Fire, Falcons and Segway-ing through Paris {Gadling}
Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM Ah, now all the videos fit together. Fun stuff! I really like how on the Fat Tire tours website, the people aren't wearing those blinding green vests.
Plane Answers: Customs, hurricanes and those annoying 'dings.' {Gadling}
Sep 14th 2008 7:05PM Very interesting read, Kent! You're getting some great questions in.. many of which I would never have thought of myself.
Plane Answers: Takeoff and landing concerns {Gadling}
Aug 26th 2008 9:43PM I live near John Wayne airport in Southern California, and it has one of the shortest commercial runways around- 5700 feet. And they land 767s there! It's always interesting to watch commercial operations there; the airliner guys pretty much do short field procedures all the time. That, plus the noise abatement procedure which requires a rapid climb followed by a power reduction after take off makes flying out of there seem like a roller coaster ride.
Good read as usual Kent.
