I finally had a chance to view Frontline's special from February entitled "Flying Cheap". This program is a little under an hour in length and is worth watching, especially if you're interested in flying, the aviation business, or government safety regulation ( Read more... )

I may be writing this a bit prematurely, but I think it's better to think ahead and be prepared for what may come ( Read more... )

German for Pilots ( Read more... )

I frequently fly through Bangor, Maine. It has the longest runway in the furthest Northeast corner of the United States for launching transatlantic flights, and has U.S. Customs for processing those returning to America. For those reasons, and a few more, it is a popular tech stop on the way to or from Europe for flights carrying U.S. military ( Read more... )

Here are some reports relating to the Oprah charters that World recently did:

Oprah books charters out of Rockford airport - "Oprah Winfrey is flying 1,500 of her employees and their families from Chicago Rockford International Airport to Spain..."

The Oprah charters were handled by RFD without a hitch - "What got the whole thing started? Bob was ( Read more... )

We left off our little adventure in D.C. Our next stop on the trip was at Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home. We spent much of the day there and were all quite impressed with the facilities and staff. Unlike many of our other destinations, Mt. Vernon is not tax-payer funded. From an educational standpoint, the kids may have gotten more out of ( Read more... )

After several days of history, maybe with a more 'adult' focus, it was time for some fun. Two days ago, we got up in Allentown, PA, and made our way to Easton. In downtown Easton, Crayola has set up an attraction called the Crayola Factory (though it's not the actual factory). They have lots of fun stuff for kids including places to color and ( Read more... )

This is my first trip back flying since surgery two months ago. The last time I actually flew was in January. It feels good to get back into the swing of things, but they sure didn't break me in easy. I'm in the middle of an eight-day stretch that contains six Atlantic crossings ( Read more... )

Two significant fatal aviation accidents occurred today. These add to a string of accidents over the past few months. There were two with no fatalities: Continental off the runway in Denver (many injuries), and USAirways in the Hudson River. Then there was the Colgan Air (Continental Connection) accident in Buffalo killing all aboard and two ( Read more... )

I departed Manchester this morning for a week of recurrent training. When I went to go through security, I noticed the longer that usual line. There are two checkpoints in Manchester, one of which is really two checkpoints in close proximity to each other. Half of that checkpoint was closed as was the other checkpoint, leaving just 1/3 of the ( Read more... )