Mon, Oct 13, 2008
Aero-TV Special Series: Understanding The Critical Pilot Shortage (Part Five)

This Episode Features A Presentation By John Dixon, Director of Pilot Recruitment for American Eagle (Part 5 Of A Series)

We've been hearing about it for years... a pilot shortage... a critical one, at that. For many in the aviation community, it sounded like good news... at least if you were on the bottom rungs of the pilot hiring ladder and working desperately to climb your way up. However; after engaging in discussions thorough the industry over the last year and in attending a particularly pointed (and very well-organized) presentation at the FAA Forecast Conference some months ago, ANN and Aero-TV are left with the troubling impression that aviation has a BIG problem on its hands.

Fri, Oct 10, 2008
Above It All... The Goodyear Blimp Takes Aero-TV For A Ride

One Of The World's Most Recognizable Aircraft Plays In The Skies Above Oshkosh

At the recently concluded Oshkosh 2008 aerial extravaganza, ANN and Aero-TV, yet gain, got to play with the Goodyear Blimp. We admit it... we love the big monster gas bag and we thought an update and additional look at this amazing and gentle flyer was worth a second look from Aero-TV.

Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Aero-TV Chills Out With NASA-Glenn's Icing Encounter Flight Simulator

A Vital Topic... Deserving Of NASA's Attention (and YOURS)

Late last year, ANN's Aero-TV crews spied a truly marvelous piece of flight simulation technology... NASA Glenn's icing flight training simulator. Demonstrated at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), we were incredibly impressed at the apparent accuracy of the model (ANN's Jim Campbell has plenty of Twin Otter time -- the aircraft used in the icing encounter sim model -- and knows only too well that the icing behavior they displayed is what he has experienced, personally, in real icing conditions).

Wed, Oct 08, 2008
Aero-TV At NBAA2008: Day Three, The Industry Perseveres

Cautious Optimism Remains The Watchword For A Show Almost As Popular As 2007's

This is Aero-TV's final daily update from the floor of the National Business Aviation Association's 61st Annual Meeting & Convention.

Wed, Oct 08, 2008
Boogying Through The Flight Levels In A TBM 850 With Aero-TV

The G1000 And PW's Finest Make This An Exceptional Way To Travel

It would be hard to improve on a such an impressive performer as the TBM 850 single-engine turboprop...  but that said, if there was one area the previous generation aircraft came up lacking, it was in cockpit integration. That concern has been nicely addressed by EADS Socata for 2008, with a simple one-word explanation: Garmin.

Tue, Oct 07, 2008
Aero-TV At NBAA2008: Day Two, With A Lot of Surprisingly Good News

The News Keeps Soaring At NBAA2008....

Despite the turmoil outside the sunshine state, the business avation industry is still doing business... and lots of it. NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen welcomed Attendees of the NBAA 61st Annual Meeting & Convention at this morning's Opening General Session, which featured distinguished speaker Roberto Kobeh González, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) president, along with Ron Kaplan, executive director of the National Aviation Association Hall of Fame, who announced this year's recipient of the Combs-Gates Award.