…I don’t know what does.   Despite sky-high new aircraft sales,
overall traffic is down — way down.

Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the
number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number
closed.  According to today’s announcement, so far this year only 17
new airport restaurants have sprung up – all across the country —
while 143 have closed.

This is scary.  Although we’ve seen "blips" of activity this year,
overall we’re still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past
years.  The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their
doors bodes ill for all of us.

Get out there and fly, ladies and gents.  Our infrastructure is
dissolving beneath our wings…
—
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We were just sitting here watching football on a lazy Sunday afternoon
when a single engine plane droned over our house, at low cruise
setting.

Mary and I looked at each other.  She voiced what we were both
thinking:  "I wonder if that’s Joe?"

He’s up right now trying to get ten more hours of solo time before he
can take his check ride.  I know it would be almost irresistable for
him to fly over our house, his school, his friends…

What a weird feeling, knowing that the kid you taught to ride a bike,
and who’s been flying with you since he was in a car seat, is flying
overhead, solo…
—
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

After dealing with the doctors and the FAA for the last six months I
finally got my class 3 renewed. It’s been a year since I last flew.
and I can’t believe how fast that time went by.

 So this month I am getting back into the cockpit and in addition to
all of the standard maneuvers, I feel I especially need to work on
emergency off-field landings. I’ve had  my ticket for over 8 years,
but financial concerns always seem to keep me from flying as much as I
would like. So I do not get to practice as much as I  should. Which
brings me to the point of this post.

While doing emergency off-field landing practice I am still trying to
get some consistency in planning the descents from different altitudes
to be at 1000′ agl heading downwind and abeam the touchdown point.
Seems like most of the time I was doing them last year, it was hit or
miss. (perhaps a poor choice of words).

Trying to put all the variables together to put the aircraft in the
right place at the right time on a consistent basis is still an
elusive endeaveor.

Do you experienced pilots just have a sixth sense about how to get the
aircraft exactly where it needs to be? Is it something you consciously
analyze throughout the descent or just instinctlvely do?

Kirk
PPL-ASEL

Hello

I now this is a long shot, but I’m seeking information about Billy
Brock.  This is in regards to a book I’m writing about an incident in
the 1920s.  Does anyone have any kind of information, biographies,
etc. on Brock?

You can email me at ar…@arniebernstein.com. Thanks so much!

Arnie

Reading about Jay’s son Joe soloing over the house and eventually
asking for the Pathfinder for a date reminded me of a funny story.

My oldest brother had recently gotten his private cert. in the 70s
and, in my dad’s absense, convinced my mom that "dad said I could take
my girlfriend on a plane ride." My dad was on a day-long trip training
a pilot in the Howard 500.
My brother had convinced mom to give him the keys to the Cessna 182 so
he could take his girlfriend (now wife) flying. So they climb into the
family plane, which dad had NOT given permission to do, and fly up to
Austin (from San Antonio) for a nice lunch.
During lunch, dad happened to land in Austin and taxi the big Howard
up to the FBO and, looking at the ramp thought; "WHAT is my airplane
doing up here?"
Can anyone say; "OOPS?!"

Ricky

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I read about Singapore Airlines taking delivery (finally) of its first
A380. The article said the plane was configured with 471 seats, which
I found odd seeing as the plane’s 550-pax capacity has been pitched by
Airbus since day one (never mind the 800-pax max density seating aka
cattle truck) I realize every airline will configure the plane to fit
their own needs, but that sounds like a big drop in seat count. Makes
me wonder why they didn’t just buy more 747-400s.

Wasn’t this my idea a few weeks back?

 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters appears to accept that general
aviation is not to blame for flight delays at major airports and says her
department will impose scheduling restrictions on airlines, if necessary,
improve on-time records. The first target could be JFK in New York. Peters
has called a meeting between airline representatives and the FAA for Oct.
23-24 to discuss the problems. "Our first choice is to find market-based
incentives to fix delays so we can preserve passenger choice, but we will
consider imposing scheduling restrictions as one option to avoid a repeat of
this summer’s delays," Peters said in a news release. As part of their
campaign to create a user-fee system for FAA services, the airlines have
alleged that general aviation traffic is largely to blame for airline delays
but Peters doesn’t mention little airplanes in her release. She notes that
in the 18 months ending in August, airlines boosted the number of scheduled
flights into JFK by 41 percent and the number of arrivals being delayed by
more than an hour went up 114 percent. The airport’s overall on-time record
dropped to 59 percent. Last month, Peters formed the Aviation Rulemaking
Committee, which will report to President Bush in December on ways to reduce
airline delays. At the same time, she said, her department is monitoring
chronically delayed flights and looking at ways to improve consumer
protection, such as requiring increased compensation for passengers who are
bumped.

What kinds of calculations would you like me to add to www.fast-math.org
for pilots?
Thanks,
– Jeff

Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.

Big John