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American Flyers interview with Julie Zheng
American Flyers published their interview with me about my around-the-world flight in "Pilot's Digest." I incorporate American Flyers' approach to training with my own students, focusing on deep understanding of "ground" knowledge and developing aeronautical...
Chief instructor Julie Wang in the studios of FM1039 Beijing Radio
Chief instructor Julie Wang was interviewed by FM1039 Beijng Radio to talk about her global circumnavigation flight with "Airline Online" hosted by Yang Zhimei. It looks like the first part of the interview had over 125,000 views! Zhimei is a real aviation journalist...
Get ready to switch to the ICAO international flight plan format on June 5th.
June 5 has been set by FAA as the date when use of the international flight plan format, also known as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) format, will be required for all civil flight plans filed with flight service for flights within the National...
Toilets in military aircraft?
"In the period before and after the outbreak of World War II, some combat aircraft have a good condition for the toilet. For example, the British "Wellington" bombing in the following figure, equipped with a small solution of the urine tank pipe - apparently no...
Stall Boeing 717-200
Airliners stall, really they do, and pilots find themselves in unusual attitudes more often than you think. This instance was during a test flight where the pilots were pushing the aircraft to the limits of its flight envelope. The buffet, stall and break happened...