AVIATION- EYE CANDY
Silver Spitfire Mark IX– 76 years old On a world tour Pilots Steve Boultbee-Brooks and Matt Jones Aviation is a vocation with inordinate visual enjoyment or in the WW II vernacular—eye candy. In preparing a…
Articles by Mike Rioux
Where is General Aviation on ADS-B Compliance?
ADS-B: Who Will Make the FAA Deadline? Lots of questions about business and general aviation Considerable data on equipage A look at the GA fixed wing piston and turbine equipage The deadline is coming. The…
FAA on bringing Safety Culture to GA
Risk Based Safety Management is coming to GA Resources and Tools designed for Individuals Safety Briefing has exceptional articles on this subject The introduction of the FAA’s Risk Based Safety Management (RBSM) has devolved from the…
FAA Administrator (A) ELEVATED the UAS Safety Standards at Uber’s summit
Uber Elevate | Summit | 2019 Comprehensive, deep agenda Discussion of FAA safety, especially SMS, was exceptional FAA Administrator (A) indicates that UAS sector will be held to very high safety standard You have to…
FAA Part 5 Accountable Executive Safety Culture Audit = EXCEDRIN
Part 5 requires that an Accountable Executive be named Accountable for effective SMS implementation Like Financial Audit, Safety Culture Audit is a BEST PRACTICE So you are the accountable executive of a Part 121 air carrier,…
What the FAA would require to charter the Super Bowl LIII plane?
Check out the New England Patriots’ Boeing 767 private jet that flew the team to Super Bowl LIII P125 has operational definitions Most difficult limits are economics Well designed LODA is critical Mr. Kraft’s Super…
The 1st Around-the-World Commercial Flight
Pan Am flight in mid-Pacific headed West December 7,1941 Continued to LaGuardia Aviation history should be part of any professional’s knowledge (‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’) This story of…
Requiem in Pace to President George H.W. Bush, 1st Aviator to occupy the White House
From Pilot to President 41st was First Pilot President At time, youngest pilot to qualify Survived horrific crash It wasn’t until the 41st President that the person occupying the Oval Room was a pilot [since…