Aviation

Tips On Alaska Floatplane Flying

A life of adventure – doing what you love and getting paid for it – does this sound interesting to you? Maybe if you’re thinking about a career change you should think about heading to Alaska to be a float plane pilot or a bush pilot. At the very least it’s an excellent summer vacation idea if you can’t manage…

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Reference Education

Pilot Training Getting In The Air

If flying is something that you have dreamed about, then pilot training can and should be part of your future. This type of learning is one of the most exciting because it takes individuals to places that they could never be otherwise. Being in control of a plane is something that is amazing, a feeling that is truly unmatched. If…

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Careers

Pilot Jobs The Ever Changing Market

If you are looking for work as an airline pilot, you can’t help but notice that the news is constantly filled with information [mostly negative] about the job situation for the industry as a whole. Unfortunately, newsmakers only get part of the story right as the airline industry is always in a state of flux. Pilot jobs are available, but…

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Movie Reviews

Macgyver Dvd Review

A unique and different kind of TV action series, MacGyver made its television premiere in the Fall of 1985 to much fanfare. Audiences immediately responded to the title character and his unusual penchant for turning everyday items like chewing gum and paperclips into elaborate life-saving contraptions. In this way, it maintained a slight resemblance to The A-Team, and this recurring…

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Book Reviews

Violet The Pilot In Canada Review

Violet the Pilot in Canada is the first in the series of children’s book series written by commercial pilot and mother of two, Bettina Bathe. In this book, Grandpa Cliff along with young Chantel and Mathias are going on a camping and fishing trip in Ontario, Canada. Violet the pilot and her trusty animal and insect friends are hired to…

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Reference Education

Flight Training Get Up There

If you love heights and you simply can’t ignore the satisfaction flying can give you then enrolling in flight training is a solid choice. Basically, if you want to be a pilot someday, you have to undergo excessive flight training and proper schooling in an accredited flight school. Flight training should give you the skills on how to handle, take-off,…

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Trucks Suvs

Navigating Across America With The Garmin Street Pilot

The Garmin Street Pilot has set the standard for automotive GPS navigation. It seems that are more brands of automotive GPS on market than any other type of GPS receiver. Each day a new model is brought on to the market with more high tech features. The new models have voice, blue tooth and XM radio capability. Screens are larger,…

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Tennis

Top Ten Aviation Gifts

If you are searching for a gift for a pilot there are many options to consider. The fact of the matter is that this industry is always growing and expanding. With that in mind you should not have any problems finding the perfect aviation gift for the pilot in your life. But if you are having a bit of trouble…

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Weather

The Versatile Field Of Avionics

Avionics is an exciting field. When you have watched movies where they show the cockpit, you must have noticed the large number of controls and displays. That is what Avionics is all about. Avionics is a contraction of the two words Aviation and Electronics. Formerly Avionics was all about military application; in the 40’s most of the operating systems which…

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Tennis

Aviation Having Fun In The Sky Part 2

So what can one do with an aviation license? What activities are fun and available to a fully licensed pilot? First is the possibility of owning your own plane. If you own your own plane, the possibilities for recreation are endless. Where have you always wanted to go but could not because of time constraints and lack of money? When…

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