Seen that? - Be A Pilot Nets Nearly 33,000 Pilot Prospects in 2004

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Be A Pilot Nets Nearly 33,000 Pilot Prospects in 2004 at The Aviation Weblog

What will $49 buy you? How about an hour in the air for your first flying lesson? That's an offer Be A Pilot makes to first-time students at over 2,000 flight schools, and almost 33,000 prospective pilots took them up on it last year. Neither of the FBOs in my small town, both of which offered flight instruction, had this offer available, so I payed full-fare, though that was only [...] Read More


Aviation Expert John Nance on Private Pilot Entering Washington DC Airspace at The Aviation Weblog

In a column on ABCNews.com, expert aviation analyst John J. Nance gives a more measured response to the incident involving the two pilots who veered into restricted airspace twice above Washington DC. In his column Nance asks the question how could a pilot just "stumble" into restricted airspace. His response... It seems bizarre, but the truth is that from the air, downtown Washington, the White House, the Capitol building, and all our [...] Read More


FAA May Axe Paper Pilot Certifications at The Aviation Weblog

FAA - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: The FAA is proposing changes to its airmen certification and aircraft registration requirements. Two years after the final rule becomes effective, paper pilot certificates may no longer be used to exercise piloting privileges. Five years after the final rule becomes effective, certain other paper airmen certificates, such as those of flight engineers and mechanics, may no longer be used to exercise the privileges authorized by [...] Read More


Insignia Pilot at The Gadgets Weblog

I had a chance to try out the Pilot Portable Media Player from Insignia, and found it an enjoyable experience. The Pilot went from out-of-the-box to software downloading to practical use in just a few minutes. The features of the Insignia Pilot include 4 to 8 GB of memory and a 2.4 display. It can play audio files such as MP3 and WMA, as well as video files like MPEG-4 [...] Read More


SAP Acquires Pilot at The CIO Weblog

In a move to strengthen its portfolio of analytic applications, SAP AG has agreed to acquire privately held pilot Software Inc., a maker of strategy management software in Mountain View, Calif. SAP intends to integrate Pilot Software's core product, the business analytic application PilotWorks, into its suite of business software products that run on the NetWeaver integration platform, the company said Tuesday. The PilotWorks application provides analytic tools for executives to [...] Read More