Things you never want to see in D.C.

The F-16 that suddenly appears off our left wing is obvious. It wags its wings as it goes by, and its engine, in afterburner, shakes the sky like an aerial earthquake. An identical airplane that trails a few miles behind and slightly above us, however, isn’t visible to us at all. It’s there to intervene if we take some sort of hostile or evasive action. (www.aopa.org) 기타...

Engine Out Caught On Video, Well Performed

A 22-year-old instructor suffered an engine out while flying with his 18-year-old student in a Jabiru J-170 at Victoria Point, Australia, two weeks ago and all ended ruggedly, but well, for the pair in a sequence that was captured by an in-cockpit video recorder (www.avweb.com) 기타...

Blue Angels, military outreach back on

The Pentagon on Friday said it will reinstate the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flying teams, port visits, service weeks and band appearances, but at 45 percent of what the public outreach effort used to be.......The Navy will return the Blue Angels and the Leap Frogs parachute team to their full schedules, said Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon. (www.utsandiego.com) 기타...

General's Bold Account Of US F-22, Iranian F-4 Engagement

He slipped the fighter under the wings of one of the Iranian jets "to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there." And then, according to Welsh, Sutterfield "pulled up on their left wing" and "called them and said 'you really ought to go home.'" (www.avweb.com) 기타...

Could Google's new glasses work for pilots?

Google is going to start selling glasses with computers in them, the New York Times's Nick Bilton has been reporting. The computer "screen" will be graphics layered over the lenses, kind of like a "heads-up display" or "HUD" in a figher jet. (www.sfgate.com) 기타...

FAA plans to close 168 air-traffic towers April 1

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said that sequestration will not compromise safety. But the Federal Aviation Administration has released a list indicating that it may close 46% of all air traffic control towers in the U.S., leaving pilots to radio each other to declare their intentions. (www.bloomberg.com) 기타...

Mysterious American Jet Spotted in Iran

A private jet bearing the American flag was spotted this week at an airport in Tehran, an oddity considering the fact that the U.S. is not currently doing business with Iran. The reason for the plane’s visit: Unknown. The plane’s passenger: Also unknown. (www.nytimes.com) 기타...

Unidentified Aircraft Seen Over Southwestern U.S.

The identity of what appears to be a blended wing-body aircraft type photographed over Amarillo, Texas, on March 10 remains uncertain, with the U.S. Air Force declining any comment on the aircraft. Three aircraft were observed flying in formation southwest of Amarillo around 4:20 p.m. CDT, by photographers on the fence line of the city's international airport. IbOne of the aircraft could be a B-2, but the clearest color photos and monochrome images enhanced (for contrast and resolution)… (www.aviationweek.com) 기타...

NASA SOFIA Airborne Telescope is LIVE

NASA airborne science lab with SOFIA telescope flight tracker is live. (flightaware.com) 기타...

Are Airplane Pilots Too Dependent on Technology?

I happened to catch this on TV the other night (ABC's 20/20). It was really hard for me to watch. I would love to hear more ATP rated pilots wage in on this. (abcnews.go.com) 기타...