Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Some say that baseball is America’s favorite pastime, but if you ask me, no sport is more American than football. There are so many more traditions built around the Super Bowl than the World Series. The parties. The commercials. The half-time show (I thought Bruce Springsteen was the best!). The tail-gating. The beer. The wings. [...]

Although some mechanics are qualified to work on only certain aircraft components, airframe and powerplant mechanics (A&Ps) are certified by the FAA to work on every part of a plane, except instrumentation. An A&P performs regular and routine inspection of the aircraft and keeps accurate records and documentation, ensuring compliance with FAA regulations. A&Ps are [...]

    In 2011, owners and operators of private aircraft participated in many charitable activities and organizations. Find some inspiration for 2012 from these accounts of philanthropy. In Chandler, Ariz., John and Diana Walkup of Chandler Air Service hosted their 20th Annual Toys for Tots Hangar Party. At the Dec. 9 party, more than 1,500 [...]

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After talking about the NBA lockout and private jets I did some follow up research and found some interesting news related to the NBA and corporate jets.  I have actually met and talked with Mark Cuban in Las Vegas in 2007 and he had flown into Vegas on one of his own private jets to [...]

With the NBA lockout now well past the 100 day mark and no real agreement being seen on the horizon, it makes me wonder about private jets of athletes, owners and others.  As talks begin the heat up in the NBA lockout a private jet would be used as a way to get from meeting [...]

I interested is always peaked when watching movies that have cameo appearances of private jets.  Most of them are quick shots to set the scene of the stage or in this case screen.  I have talked about this in previous posts when we see private jets.  The latest occurred last week as I was watching [...]

The whole country was watching the 83rd annual Oscars last night in Los Angeles and I was curious if there was an increase in the number of private jets or corporate jets that flew in or out of the city.  It seems that many private jet charter companies increase their advertising and their offerings for [...]

Many people increase their travel in and around the holidays.  This means good news not only for the commercial travel industry but for the private and business aviation as well.  The travel increase means that for most charter companies that provide jet travel saw an increase in their booked flights and saw prices increase a [...]

I don’t suppose we will see this headline in many of the experts’ outbox as they begin to look forward to 2011.  In fact, I hesitated writing the title this way in case I might have a chance to jinx the possibility of it actually being the case.  It appears that the slide has stopped [...]