Did you know……
Did you know: That at any given time here are about 61,000 people airborne over mainland USA. That air travel is the second safest public form of transportation, second only to elevators/escalators. That airlines often cruise at 35,000 feet. It sounds high but compare it to the size of a globe and an airplane at that height would only be […]
Read More →Third Class Medical Reform
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that Congress finally passed third class medical reform into law last July. They gave the FAA one year to implement the law. The latest FAAST Blast from the FAA includes this paragraph, entitled FAA Making Progress on New Pilot Medical Qualifications: The FAA is working to implement Section 2307 of […]
Read More →Sorry, no FNL Pilots Association Christmas Party this year
In years past we held our Christmas party in the modular terminal building, but that’s now occupied by Greenride. Last year we co-hosted the party with EAA Chapter 515 at Rick Raez’s home. But this year we weren’t able to secure a spot. EAA Chapter 515 and jetCenter have sent out invitations and are hosting their own holiday gatherings — […]
Read More →Airport Emergency Drill
As a part of the Federal regulations to keep our airport’s Operating Certificate, FNL is required to perform an annual review of their emergency response. This includes everything from snow and ice removal to emergency training. Usually they create an event and with the help of a table top unit, they work through how to solve the problem, but every […]
Read More →IMC Club
Last Spring, a pilot friend flew down to Centennial Airport to attend an “IMC Club” meeting put on by Independence Aviation. He enjoyed it very much, and told me he thought it would be great if we could create such a club at FNL. The idea of the IMC Club is to present a scenario of something going awry during […]
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