Dear American
Flyer® Subscriber,
Welcome to the
October issue of The IFA American Flyer®. Feel
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information.
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So What’s All This About VLJs?
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by
Mary Pat Baxter
Reprinted with
permission from FAA Aviation News
They’re definitely
coming…. the Cessna Mustang, Eclipse 500™, Embraer Phenom,
ATG Javelin, and Diamond D-Jet. Cirrus is developing a “personal
jet” and Piper has one in the works too. Take a look at some of the
manufacturer’s Web sites; these are some pretty impressive and no doubt
fun to fly aircraft.
A VLJ is a Very Light
Jet, generally under 10,000 lbs., with four to six seats (including pilot
seats), speeds of about 300+ knots, capable of flying at altitudes of up to
41,000 feet.
This segment of aviation is so new and has
already changed so much with ever-smaller entrants in the arena that any
definition would probably quickly become obsolete.
Continue reading about this exciting new aspect of
aviation…
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Headaches Can Be a Pain In The Neck
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by Charlie Spence,
Aviation Writer
“It’s just a little headache. I’ll be fine.”
Have you ever said this as you did a preflight of the airplane before a
flight? If you do not have a history of headaches, that’s probably true,
but medical experts say some headaches can seriously impair your ability.
The International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO), in its medical publications, warns that some headaches can
materially affect decision-making. Sometimes they reduce the ability to
properly read instruments; sometimes a headache can produce scotoma (a
dimming of vision or blind spot), making it difficult to determine height
above the ground resulting in landing problems; sometimes double vision
can be present. These major problems usually relate to migraine or
cluster headaches. However, even a mild headache can detract a pilot’s
attention from flight duties.
More than 150 diagnostic headache categories
have been established, ranging from simple aches to migraines or
clusters.
Read
more about these types of headaches…
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by Michael Lenz
Reprinted with
permission from FAA Aviation News
It all started innocently enough…somebody
realized a LORAN receiver from a boat would work in the air. It was the
90s and things were changing fast. Everyone was looking forward to the next
new innovation in navigation. Then came something called GPS and it all
seemed too good to be true.
First hand-held appeared—heavy and bulky. Once
again many were from marine applications. Then the real aviation panel
mounts showed-up on the scene. It was hard to “Just Say No.” Everybody
was doing it and it looked like GPS had become the navigation means of
choice. At first they were just novelties rather than our “real” means of
navigation. “With “Direct-to” capability and a database full of useful information
like the “nearest airport” and frequencies for Air Traffic Control (ATC)
and Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), we quickly forgot about the
venerable VORs, NDB’s and DMEs that had faithfully served us for so many
years.
Some pilots couldn’t get enough. Let’s face
it. We’re all GPS hooked! That’s not a bad thing. What we’re really
hooked on is the area navigation or RNAV capability when using GPS.
Click here to continue reading...
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