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Crave Aviation curates the day's most useful airline, GA, and training stories — plus practical tips from people who fly for a living.
A car fire in a Salt Lake City International Airport parking lot damaged 12 vehicles, local outlets reported. The blaze turned an ordinary parking area into a fire scene — and a headache for travelers returning to their cars.
The Wall Street Journal reports that JetBlue’s creditors have brought in advisers as the airline’s shares and bonds have fallen. Creditor advisers are typically a sign lenders want a closer look at the books — worth watching for anyone following the carrier’s finances.
Bradley International is growing its West Coast footprint with daily service to San Francisco, according to CT Insider. For Connecticut travelers, a daily nonstop to the Bay Area beats connecting through a hub — and it puts Bradley on more transcon maps.
Electric-aircraft maker BETA has FAA approval to conduct market surveys with its A250, ch-aviation reports. Survey work lets an operator test real-world routes and demand before full commercial service — a practical step on the road from approval to customers.
The AOPA Foundation handed out a record $2.2 million in scholarships, General Aviation News reports. For student pilots facing training costs, that kind of funding can be the difference between starting and stalling — and a record year says demand is strong.
Airbus Australia has won approval to certify its own aircraft repairs, Aero-News Network reports. Bringing certification in-house can shorten turnaround times for operators down under — one less queue between a grounded airplane and its next flight.
Flight training is back underway at NAS Whiting Field after storm disruptions, a local report says. Any pause in a training pipeline ripples into student schedules, so a quick return to flying is welcome news for instructors and students alike.
VERTICAL Advanced Flight Training briefed GCAA inspectors on its advanced upset prevention and recovery training standards, according to afm.aero. Upset training is the kind of flying you hope never to use — and the kind regulators want done rigorously.
The regs allow 30 minutes day / 45 night. A 60-minute personal minimum costs almost nothing in planning and buys you every alternate you might ever need. (Tip #1)
The time to turn around is when you first think about turning around. Waiting "to see if it clears" is how the accident reports start. (Tip #2)
Fly the wing down into the wind all the way to the runway, keep the upwind wheel down first, and don't let the controls go neutral after touchdown — increase aileron deflection as you slow. (Tip #3)
Ten quiet minutes walking through flows, checklists, and the "what if" before engine start does more for your performance than ten more hours of rote flying. (Tip #4)
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