Jump For The Cause (JFTC) just set a record on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, for the largest female-only formation parachute jump of 181 women. Not being female and not being a skydiver, Dr. Brent Blue decided to tag along anyway. Good thing, too, since Brent learned quite a bit logging air time with several dozen parachuting women and one talking lamb.
A Pilot's History: Chap. 10 -- Aircraft Conversion, Part 1 By Carl Moesly Surplus airplanes were cheap after the war, and everyone had ideas for how to turn them into aviation "gold." Carl Moesly just had to fly them to their new owners.
Around the World in 70 Days, Weeks 6 & 7: Asia By Mary Grady "We've been gone over 50 days now, and had just one weather-related delay," says Thierry Pouille, organizer of Air Journey's unique round- the-world GA tour, now in Asia. "It's just chance, really!," he admits, noting that several times weather would have been a factor if they had planned to fly just a day before or after. "We've been lucky." Part of the group's luck stems from Pouille's work ethic. Back in Florida now, he is staying up nights and sleeping during the day, to manage the needs of his group of five world-spanning aircraft.
Around the World in 70 Days, Weeks 4 & 5: The Middle East By Mary Grady In the last two weeks, Air Journey's group of general-aviation pilots flew up the Nile to Luxor, visited Dubai and Oman, and now prepares to launch for Asia.
Around the World in 70 Days, Week 3: The Mediterranean By Mary Grady The RTW pilots left Paris behind them and took off for Marrakech, in Morrocco, on the northwestern coast of Africa. The distance of about 1,100 nm meant only the PC-12 and the Cessna Conquest could fly nonstop. The TBM 700 and Cessna Mustang crews planned a stop in Gibraltar, near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
Around the World in 70 Days, Week 2: On To Paris By Mary Grady Last week, we left our intrepid band of GA pilots in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, where they all had landed safely in VFR conditions, after a few changes of flight plans to accommodate the weather. The group spent the night there and by 5:30 the next morning they were up checking the weather in hopes of launching for Reykjavik, Iceland.
