Aviation Products
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October 2008
October 2008 Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission by Richard H. Graham (Zenith, 2008, ISBN: 9780760332399). Able to fly at three times the speed of sound and at altitudes above 80,000 feet, the SR-71 is among the most technologically advanced aircraft ever produced. Retired SR-71 pilot and squadron leader […]
Flight Management Systems
 Airline and bizjet pilots have been using flight management system (FMS) technology for almost 30 years, but it’s new to general aviation pilots. From the beginning, the FMS has appeared to the pilot as a control unit with at least two features: a keypad to enter waypoints and an alphanumeric display to show navigation and performance data. That’s still true for most FMS displays, though some now provide graphical features, and not all GA installations include a keypad. The FMS can also drive navigation instruments (or the PFD on a glass panel). |
September 2008 Readback
 When Vern Raburn talks, people listen. Recently, the visionary behind the Eclipse VLJ was talking about a new light-sport amphibian, the ICON A5. Raburn is an adviser for start-up ICON Aircraft, which aspires to create a sport aircraft that will âdo for recreational flying what personal watercraft did for boating.â |
Sept-Oct 2008 On The Radar
 The most highly anticipated aircraft in Cirrus Design Corporation’s history, âthe-jet,â made its inaugural flight on July 3. The 45-minute flight was conducted from the company’s headquarters at Duluth International Airport in Duluth, Minn. The aircraft performed flawlessly. Designed with the Cirrus signature full-airframe parachute system, the aircraft looked beautiful in its red and white paint (the model and mock-up have been displayed in gold and white), and its roof-mounted Williams FJ33-4A-19 put a 1,900-pound blast through the âVâ of the distinctive tail. |
September 2008
September 2008 Instrument Procedures Tutorial by David Howarth (ASA, 2008, ISBN: 9781560277132). This interactive software tool graphically illustrates the practical application of instrument concepts. A complete how-to system on instrument flight, navigation, procedures, emergencies and more, theprogram offers a four-hour software tutorial and a full-color manual. Around The World With LBJ: My Wild Ride As […]
August 2008
August 2008 Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air by Kathleen C. Winters (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, ISBN: 9780230604117). Best known as the wife of legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an accomplished writer and pilot in her own right. Winters sets to restore Lindbergh to her rightful place in aviation history in […]
