Airports 1.3.3 Review. For those of you with an iPhone, AviationReviews.com has posted a review of Airports 1.3.3, an iPhone and iPod Touch application that offers a basic airport guide for airports around the world along with weather and note capability. Airports can be searched via its IATA, ICAO or name and information provided includes latitude and longitude, ATIS and elevation. The application can be downloaded and purchased for US$2.99 or €2.17.
iWeather 1.0. In addition, AviationReviews.com has also posted a review of iWeather 1.0, a freeware application that offers both day and night weather forecasts for 30,000+ locations. Data provided includes wind, wind-chill, humidity, temperature, pressure, visibility and sky conditions from the present to the next 7 days.
Cessna 152 POH. For anyone looking for a Cessna POH (technically its a PIM) in PDF format, Paul of AskaCFI.com has posted an entry with an embedded link to one that can be used as a flight training reference (and NOT in lieu of the required POH). To download the file, simply go to the post and click on the link.
Five Items That Should Never Leave a Pilot’s Flight Bag. Meanwhile, Vincent of Plastic Pilot has posted an entry about the 5 items that never leave his flight bag. They are a handheld radio, sunglasses, a pen (and a couple of spare ones), logbook and a portable GPS. He also outlines his reason for having these, along with several other suggested items, with him at all times.
Lessons Learned from Surviving a Downdraft. On a serious note, Jason of the MzeroA blog has written about an incident during the previous week where he was caught in a downdraft that took him from 5,000 feet to 2,000 feet in only 20 seconds. He was lucky to have come out of the incident unscathed and with a new respect for mother nature.
Piper Stuck in a Tree. On an odd note, the Associated Press has reported an incident involving a single engine Piper being found stuck 20 feet up in a tree in Northeastern Pennsylvania and nobody seems to know who was flying the plane – let alone how the pilot was able to get out of the plane and leave the scene. We suppose that the pilot somehow climbed down the trunk rather than jumped or parachuted out of the stuck plane.
Talk Like a Pilot Day. And finally, Blake of Fly With Blake has noted that May 19th is International Talk Like a Pilot Day. If you are also not so sure about what “Talk Like a Pilot Day” is or for that matter, how to “talk like a pilot,” Blake suggests a helpful website that also includes a Monty Python RAF Banter video to help you get started.
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