Mar
29
Picture of Bullet Hole in US Airways Flight Deck
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The first ever incident of a gun being discharged in the flight deck happened last week. These are brand new images showing the bullet hole in the Airbus from the inside and outside of the airplane.
The incident happened aboard Flight 1536 from Denver, Colorado to Charlotte, North Carolina, as the plane was getting ready to land. It was [...]
Mar
21
The awesome ForeFlight Team has introduced yet another feature for the ForeFlight iPhone edition for pilots! Along with weather, aircraft data, and logbook, the team has introduced File! It allows pilots to file their flight plans via the iPhone on the go! The best thing of all it is being made for FREE for all [...]
Mar
15
Windy Landing in Germany - Lufthansa Jet
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I am sure all of you have seen this video already, but here is info behind it:
The Lufthansa jet, with 137 passengers on board, struggled through the strong winds of a powerful winter storm to land at Hamburg Airport, Spiegel Online reported. After skidding along the runway and rocking violently, the pilot was forced to [...]
Mar
15
Southwest Airlines has been a huge topic over the past week with their maintenance discrepancies and flying airplanes past inspection times. Southwest pulled 38 planes out of service this past Wednesday to check for cracks in the plane above and below the passenger windows, and they are being repaired. The planes should be back [...]
Mar
12
PilotJohn.com with Twitter and Skribit
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PilotJohn.com now has Twitter and Skribit. You can follow all the site updates via Twitter at http://twitter.com/pilotjohn.
The awesome new blog feature Skribit has also been added to the left sidebar. With Skribit, it allows you as readers to suggest awesome topics to blog about and some say in the direction of PilotJohn.com. It will also [...]