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Flight with my son: Morristown NJ to Georgetown DE with the North East Flyers

Mike Bennett — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:01:40 +0000

Earlier in the week Gary from the Northeast Flyers had invited me to his lunch run at Georgetown DE. As always it would give me one more chance to meet some fellow pilots and explore a new airport so I made the call to go for it. All I had to do now was figure out who I was going to take.

EAA AirVenture 2010 Sean Tucker airshow

Mike Bennett — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:02:40 +0000

Watch as Sean D. Tucker performs in the Oracle Challenger III at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010.

Small airplane ditches off Put-In-Bay Video of the crash.

Mike Bennett — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:26:45 +0000

Video: SOUTH BASS ISLAND, OHIO- Small plane ditches into the waters just off South Bass Island late Friday morning following an engine failure.

Sean D Tucker (an AOPA interview with Craig Fuller)

Mike Bennett — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:31:00 +0000

AOPA president Craig Fuller interviews legendary airshow performer Sean D Tucker. Watch as Sean gives us some some insight into how he got his start in aviation. You just have to love his enthusiasm!

“Beyond this historic Brown Gate” Airventure 2010

Mike Bennett — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:59:47 +0000

Once again Slickhutto has outdone himself with another great AirVenture music video! Check it out and subscribe to his YouTube channel. This guy is going places!

EAA AirVenture 2010

Mike Bennett — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:49:53 +0000

Well it really came down to the wire on this one but at 16:00 local we made the final GO call for our trip to Oshkosh this year. We had delayed the trip due to conditions at the north 40 aircraft parking grounds since we are flying in Frank's Cirrus SR22 and the wheel pants go for around $2000 each! But everything changed when I got a last minute hard surface parking reservation at the Baslier FBO. So as of now we are a go for launch!

F-35B Taking STOVL to a New Level

Mike Bennett — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:58:29 +0000

Check out this short video outlining some of the advantages of the F35 over previous STOVL aircraft. The F35 truly takes short take off and vertical landing to a whole new level! Enjoy!

Lunch flight to York PA with my son and the Northeast Flyers

Mike Bennett — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:24:58 +0000

Yet another chance to meet-up with my fellow pilot friend Gary http://gmflightlog.blogspot.com of the Northeast Flyers and also get some more IFR experience along the way. I had originally planed to fly our Cessna 182RG since I had just earned my complex / high performance endorsements and logged the required 10 hours in the aircraft, but due to a failure of the gear warning system the aircraft was grounded so we took our trusty friend N159SP.

Dinner flight to Hamilton NY Attempt 1 (divert to Lincoln Park)

Mike Bennett — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:32:07 +0000

On Monday 6/7 my friend and fellow flying club member Stephen asked if I would like to fly to Hamilton NY for dinner on Friday night. As I am always looking for a chance to fly under the hood and check out new places I agreed. The original plan was to leave work and head directly to the airport but since I left my camera and change of clothes at home I stopped by the house on the way. As soon as I got in I saw my son. I was hoping to avoid running into him since he always makes me feel bad about flying without him. What can I say, he loves spending time with his daddy and his daddy loves spending time with him. Sure enough, after checking with Stephen to make sure it would be ok to take my son I quickly got him ready and ran to the car just in time for rush hour traffic!

ADS-B Out Mandate (AOPA Video)

Mike Bennett — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:54:58 +0000

This is something that has gotten my attention especially since we are in the initial phases of upgrading our Cessna 182RG avionics. Source credit AOPA: http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100527adsb.html?WT.mc_id=&wtmcid;&WT.mc_sect=tts The FAA on May 27 published its final rule mandating what owners will be required to have on board their aircraft in order to operate in the new satellite-based air traffic control system known as NextGen. By 2020, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) will be required equipment in all airspace that currently requires a transponder.