A Fond Farewell
I’ve enjoyed serving you as President of FNL Pilots Association for 3-1/2 years. But my career path is taking me to Kansas, so I’ve resigned as of July 1, 2019. I leave the Association in the capable hands of your new President, James Hays. I have an opportunity to check an item off my bucket list and work in an […]
Read More →“Stop Buzzer”
I was participating in a discussion with other pilots about GPS jamming, and someone commented that there’s a way to get the military to stop the jamming if it is affecting your flight. Just say Stop Buzzer on the radio. I experienced a jamming event in 2017 on my way back from California. From Wells, NV (KLWL) all the way […]
Read More →April 30: Water Board Open House
As you know, there is a shortage of hangars at our airport. One significant policy is inhibiting new construction. Each hangar building is required by the building code to have a bathroom. Each bathroom requires a water tap. The water tap is prohibitively expensive because the Water Board requires purchase of an acre-foot of water per year for each new […]
Read More →What will 2019 bring us?
Remote Tower All this talk about getting a remote tower comes to a head in a few months, as our combination mobile tower / remote tower begins operating sometime in Spring 2019. While the remote tower is being tested and certified, we’ll have a mobile tower sited between the commercial ramp and Taxiway A. Initially, we’ll be controlled from the […]
Read More →METAR Remarks
Typically I ignore everything after RMK (Remarks) in a METAR, because I haven’t learned what they mean (did you know that METAR stands for MEteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report? Me neither…). But our AWOS shows some additional codes every three hours, and I got curious, so I’ll share what I’ve found. Here’s our recent METAR: KFNL 031156Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM BKN100 15/08 […]
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