FAA Administrator Arrested For DUI

The leader of the Federal Aviation Administration get busted for drunk driving.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/babbitt_drunk_driving_faa_arrest_dui_205839-1.html

update 12/7/2011, Babbit resigns:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/babbitt_faa_administrator_resigns_drunk_driving_dui_dwi_205844-1.html

Real Aviation "Heros" - Mr. Buzz the Neighborhood Pilot

What NOT to do, from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation.

New FAA NextGen maps

The FAA has updated their ADS-B Surveillance and Broadcast Services maps and information. It's now a much more readable/usable format.

http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/portfolio/trans_support_progs/adsb/broadcastservices/

http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/flashMap/index.cfm

Kenmore Air's 66Z DeHavilland Beaver

A well done video by AOPA of a day in the life of Kenmore Air's 66Z DeHavilland Beaver near Seattle, WA. If you've ever flown the DHC mission in Microsoft Flight Sim X, you'll recognize many of the landmarks.

Article on AOPA

Somewhere Under a Rainbow

I'll chalk this up in the "you don't see this everyday" category. On my return flight from DC, had an up close and personal encounter with a rainbow.

Somewhere under a rainbow from Craig Gomulka on Vimeo.

I plan to post some more pictures and detail from another flight into and out of DC's Flight Restricted Zone again soon.

Near Latrobe, PA

Amen brother

"And no avian society ever develops space travel because it's impossible to focus on calculus when you could be outside flying."

xkcd: The Corliss Resolution

The Toughest Plane Ever Built?

The Toughest Plane Ever Built? Take a Look | Wired Science | Wired.com: "We should never glorify war, for there is nothing more horrid; and World War II was the most horrid of all: slaughter in every quarter, and a world of hurt that still rings loud. Yet I find it hard not to admire the resilience of both the people who fought the war and some of the machines they built. I’m not quite sure how to square the horror and the admiration."

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