by matts@flyvfa.org | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog
A Suitcase at Terminal Velocity and the Traffic Pattern The following is an excerpt from my twenty some years in progress book about my experiences as a commuter airline first officer flying De Havilland Twin Otters. Need I say, “back in the day”? We departed from...
by matts@flyvfa.org | May 15, 2023 | Blog
A BIRD IN THE HAND CAN BE MESSY Pilots can’t help watching airplanes in flight, other pilots land, and birds. Of course, birds are the real aviators. They come in many different configurations just like airplanes. Some are restricted to land operations only while...
by matts@flyvfa.org | May 1, 2023 | Blog
Go With The Flow In the early 1980s we were flying Shorts Brothers SD-30 aircraft in scheduled passenger service. This was “back in the Day” when there were commuter airlines who did the job of what we now refer to as the regional airlines. The commuters were much...
by matts@flyvfa.org | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog
$100 Safety Flight Do you have topics or areas of operation/interest in aviation that you would like to refresh your memory on or learn more about? A $100 Safety Flight may be right for you! At VFA, we understand that flying requires a lot of active skill and...
by matts@flyvfa.org | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
ARE YOU UPSET? We almost instinctively slow down when the air becomes uncomfortably bumpy. I think it’s safe to say that most of us slow down when driving a car when the road gets rough, the motivation being not to break something expensive. The experience of...
by matts@flyvfa.org | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog
ARE YOU UPSET? These days it sometimes seems like there’s a lot that might upset anyone who is paying the least bit of attention to what’s going on around us. However, we need to remember that there’s a whole lot for which we can be thankful. A good example is our...
