eAPIS Tutorial for Fltplan.com. Paul, one of the bloggers on Ask a Flight Instructor’s Q & A site, has recently mentioned how he is a huge fan of Fltplan.com – which is also the first company to be approved and certified by the Customs Border Protection for general aviation eAPIS notifications (you can also use their eAPIS system for flights to and from Europe). Hence, Paul has put together a short eAPIS tutorial that includes a video demonstration about how to create an eAPIS manifest using fltplan.com.
Five Basic Exercises. On a different note, Aviatrix, the blogger behind the Cockpit Conversation blog, has recently mentioned that she will try doing 5BX, a set of exercises developed in the 1950s that were meant to keep Royal Canadian Air Force pilots fit – especially when they were confined to barracks in remote locations with inhospitable climates (or in the case of Aviatrix, confined to hotel rooms between flights). Aviatrix also mentions that blogger Angus Watson has more info about the pilot exercise routine that has since fallen into disfavor.
Wings: a History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age. Meanwhile, Rodney from Rodney’s Aviation Blog has recently finished reading “Wings: a History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age” by Tom D. Crouch and he highly recommends the book. According to him, Wings is an excellent read as almost every page contains some interesting fact or snippet (although the end of the book is perhaps more American-focused).
Low Speed Rejected Takeoff. The Digital Aviator blog has recently posted a short video showing why “low speed rejected takeoffs (with high thrust/hi bypass engines such as the 777 – A300 etc), particularly those with a crosswind from the critical side can be a real challenge.” The video is presumably of an Iran bound passenger jet attempting to take-off in Sweden that ended up sliding off the runway according to the Associated Press.
High Octane Gas. For history buffs, Steve Bill Hanshew has recently posted an article on General Aviation News about the history of high-octane gasoline and the more recent attempts to regulate or eliminate it.
Ditching in the Irish Sea. Meanwhile, Sylvia has done a fantastic job in an entry on her blog of summarizing the story of a recent incident involving a pilot named Kate Burrows who was was flying from Guernsey to the Isle of Man in her PA30, a Comanche Twin, when she started to experience engine problems. The account is well worth reading and its important to note that the accident had a positive outcome.
Time Lapsed Video of the Salvaging of US Airways Flight 1549. And finally, David Martin, who lives just above the site of the Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549, spent 72 hours filming time lapsed video of the recovery effort to remove the submerged aircraft and he has posted the amazing video on Vimeo.
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