EZ Radar TX 2.1.1 and Kestrel 4000 Reviews. AviationReviews.com has posted a review of the EZ Radar TX 2.1.1 (an iPhone application) and the Kestrel 4000 (hardware). The EZ Radar TX 2.1.1 divides the USA into 23 regions and provides animated RADAR information for selected areas – including tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings. The Kestrel 400 is a portable handheld weather station that can measure or record a variety of weather data (barometric pressure; dewpoint; density altitude; exterior temperature; heat stress index; humidity; pressure trend; wet bulb temperature; wind speed; relative humidity; wind chill; air, water, and snow temperature; and current, average, and maximum air velocity) and calculate altitude. The EZ Radar TX 2.1.1 can be downloaded for US$0.99 or €0.67 while the Kestrel 4000 can be purchased US$239.00 or €162.64.
Taking a Cub up for a Spin. Meanwhile, Steve has posted a video of taking a Cub up for a spin (literally) on a mile of runway will take you anywhere. As Steve writes: “I think that this is one of those flights where I’ll let the video speak for itself…” In addition, he has also posted a second video in another post where he just “cruises around” in it.
2007 Cirrus SR22 G3 GTS For Sale. Should you be in the market for a Cirrus, Hamid Shojaee in Arizona is selling his for US$348,000. The purchase price was US$500,000 and as Hamid explains, he hardly has the time to fly it anymore after buying it 2 years ago (definitely a lesson here for any pilots or would be pilots out there…)
Being Married to a Pilot Video. On a completely different note, Sulako who is an Operations Manager for a corporate flight department in Toronto, has posted a video on his blog where his wife talks about what it is like to be married to a pilot – perhaps more than a few spouses of readers could relate to her story!
A Visit to the RAF Museum Hendon. And for any readers interested in historical aircraft, Rodney Maas has recently visited the RAF Museum Hendon and has posted a huge number of pictures spread out over more than a dozen entries on his blog. The pictures are absolutely fantastic.
A Visit to Embraer’s Facilities. And finally, Jon Ostrower has recently visited Embraer’s Sao Jose dos Campos and Gaviao Peixoto facilities down in Brazil and he has posted a number of photos from his trip in an album on his FlightBlogger blog. However, he was only allowed to photograph selected portions of their assembly operations but nevertheless, his pictures do provide a glimpse of the company’s biggest facilities.
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