The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE). Last week in Zurich Switzerland was the conclusion of the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), Europe’s largest dedicated business aviation show. This year, there were more than 60 state of the art aircraft on display, 400 companies with exhibits and an estimated 14,000 attendees – a good sign that despite the economic downturn, business aviation is weathering the storm. Flightglobal.com has a page dedicated to the event containing news, blog posts, videos and pictures – definitely worth a browse for anyone interested in business aviation.
The Brimpton and Popham Fly-ins. Meanwhile for lovers of vintage aircraft and country fly-ins, the Light Aviation BLOG takes readers to the recent Popham vintage Cessna fly-in and the Brimpton fly-in (a benefit held to raise money for the Air Ambulance service) and treats them with an album of photos of vintage and not so vintage aircraft.
Air Traffic Controller Review. And for pilots who wonder what it is like to be a air traffic controller, AviationReviews.com has posted a review of Air Traffic Controller 4.0 1.4, a multi-level game that allows you to route aircraft over a city while confronting everything from night and snow conditions to hurricane winds and presidential visits. Definitely a change from the usual flight simulator games.
Installing the Flight Model Simulator(FMS). And speaking of flight simulators, the RC Airplanes blog points out that the free and fully functional Flight Model Simulator is available for download from several sites and tells you how to go about installing it.
Is it a “Crash” or a “Ditch” or Something Else? Meanwhile, the Cockpit Conversation blog has an interesting post that begins with a report about a plane that was ditched into the sea in British Columbia and the media described the plane as having “crash landed.” The writer writes that she has “had enough of the term crash landed used to describe every airplane accident that involves an airplane coming to rest on the surface of the planet” and further points out that “In media terms, accidents (and many things that aren’t accidents) are ‘crashes’ and incidents are ‘scares.’” Already, the post has drawn thoughtful comments from readers that are also worth reading.
The Captain as Seen By… And finally, in what must be one of the most hilarious aviation related cartoons that I have seen in a LONG TIME, the PassionAviator has stumbled upon a collection of images entitled “The Captain as Seen By…” on a website owned by a certain individual named Eric. If you think the excerpt posted here is hilarious, wait until you see the rest of the images on Eric’s website!
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