Blogging Posts

If I had to list things I would never have expected to see on Google Earth – the snappy video mapping software service run by the online giant – a flight simulator would probably be pretty high on the list.As you’ll read about at …

I gave a talk this week about airports at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta and I used Chicago Meigs Field as an example of how people can rally to save an endangered field the way Steve Whitney and the Friends of Meigs did to save the “Coolest L…

I’ve just returned from the first international aviation blogger conference held in a luxurious downtown Chicago hotel overlooking Lake Michigan, not far from where Mayor Daley destroyed Meigs Field (CGX) just a few years ago.Conference atten…

I was thinking about blogging as I tend to do these days with the first anniversary of Jetwhine approaching. What makes blogging valuable to those of us in the aviation industry is the direct link we offer between the writer and the reader, somethin…

Today’s an anniversary of sorts.It was just over 30 years ago today that I told a student named Jeff something that kept him from becoming an accident statistic. It didn’t seem like such a big deal then, but it does now.Looking back on…

The lesson Northwest Airlines management seems to have just re-learned is that no carrier can staff enough pilots to cope with flight-canceling job actions when cockpit crews think they’ve been wronged. Crew shortages at Northwest have forced …

In a recent speech before a large group of teachers from around the nation, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey was waxing poetic about the importance of building solid educational foundations for our kids, a topic I actually she and I happen to agree.…

Jethwhine’s man in Brazil, Marcelo Alves, said today´s edition of Folha de S. Paulo reported an important leak from the Brazilian Air Force investigation into last fall’s midair between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 and a U.S. registered Em…

A week sure flies when you’re having fun. I just returned from the Paris Airshow where among other things, I had an opportunity to fly Dassault’s new Falcon 7X. More on that later.If you’ve never been to Paris, you might be thinki…

Most of the time I find myself constantly juggling a series of stories trying to decide which is the most important to write about here on Jetwhine.com. Today though, the decision was easy.About 10 this morning the DHL folks dropped off a box fill…

Boy I love this video!Curiosity coupled to the Internet means a chance to uncover a few thousand nooks and crannies that often hide some impressive content.You Tube been a favorite in our house for some time with my 12-year old being a devoted fan…

Since it’s a beautiful spring afternoon in Chicago – sunny, temperatures in the high 70s (around 25 for you Celsius folks) it seemed like the right time to blog a bit about a piece of aviation that’s not quite as serious as the FAA…

Andrew H. Broom and I don’t know each other. We’ve never met and I don’t owe him any money, nor he any to me. At least none that I recall. What we do have in common is an infatuation with an incredible airplane concept and the nee…

Honestly, I don’t watch a lot of television, except for a few favorites like Doctor Who, The Daily Show, 24, maybe an odd movie from time to time, or the Sunday political talk shows.Until last week, I’d say I actually never did more tha…