Avoid Midair Collisions Through Proper Flight Planning and Flight Safety
The goal of SeeAndAvoid.org is to eliminate midair collisions and reduce close calls by promoting information exchange between civilian pilots and the military flight safety community. The website allows users to find and link to all existing military Mid-Air Collision Avoidance (MACA) programs in a single website, while also enjoying new access to information from bases that did not previously have web-based content.
The website is targeting two user groups. The first group is GA Pilots, who are encouraged to include SeeAndAvoid.org as part of their flight planning. From weather to NOTAMs to flight planning, pilots in general and civilian pilots in particular, use the Internet to get their most important flight safety information. As important as the weather, knowing where the military operational flying areas are, and how to avoid that airspace is crucial to a safe flight. Unexpected turbulence, icing, terrain obscured by fog, or a jet flying low at 500 knots; each one is just as deadly to the GA pilot if not planned for prior to takeoff.
The second group targeted are the military safety officers at all military bases.
The interface is simple to use with point-and-click interaction, predominately using Google maps and graphics for ease of use and is designed to include the MACA programs of all DoD aviation installations in the CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.
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Financing Aircraft Improvements
Reprinted with permission from AirFleet Capital, Inc. - IFA's Aircraft Finance Program partner
Historically, active aircraft owners tend to trade-up to a newer aircraft every three years or so. Today, that trend has shifted and we are seeing owners keep their aircraft longer, likely a result of recent economic conditions and its impact on personal income, net worth and liquidity. The most economical option for some in today’s market is to keep their current aircraft, and upgrade some of the components.
In conjunction with this, we are often asked the question “Can I finance upgrades on my aircraft?”. The answer is yes.
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Inadvertent Ground Loop - Piper PA-18-150
Aircraft: Piper PA-18-150
Where: Reno, NV
Injuries: 1 Uninjured
Phase of Flight: Landing
The airplane ground looped during routine pattern work. The pilot made one successful touch-and-go landing. About 300 feet from touchdown, he noticed he was experiencing a quartering left tailwind. He considered performing a wheel landing with partial flaps, but decided to make a full stall landing with full flaps.
Learn more.
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Travel Insurance When the Hurricane Hits Home
Reprinted with permission from www.insuremytrip.com
Often, when people think about travel insurance policies, they consider what kind of coverage they might need if something happened near their destination, or if there happened to be some issue with their transportation, whether by land, sea, or air. Rarely does anyone consider what would happen if they woke up on the morning of their planned departure to find their basement awash in flood water, or their local airports shut down by a hurricane, blizzard, tornado, or locusts. (Hey…it could happen.)
In other words: What happens when you really, really wish you were on vacation, but a disaster at home prevents you from getting there?
Get broad coverage at competitive rates through the IFA Travel Insurance Program to cover those hundreds of circumstances that could cause you to:
- cancel your trip
- return home early
- force you to seek emergency medical treatment
Coverage is available for U.S. and travel abroad. Click here to find out more.
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Pilot Quiz - Aviation Heritage
Test your knowledge of aviation’s heritage. Aircraft companies and the people prominent in development of aviation over the years are featured in the questions below.
1. What aircraft company manufactured an early DC-6?
a. Douglas
b. Cessna
c. Dassault
2. In the name Piper J3, what does the J stand for?
a. Walter Jamauneau, Piper designer
b. Sequence of design evolution (A,B,C, etc)
c. From appendix J in FAA regulations
Continue the quiz and find out the answers.
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