Aviation

One of the hardest places to land, in the world! Disclaimer: I am not a pilot, just an airplane enthusiast. This is all from a passenger’s perspective. One of the most exciting approaches has to be the Expressway Visual Approach into New York’s LaGuardia airport. It is apparently a very challenging approach that has to be done manually, which is alien to most pilots in this day and age where most of the flying, approaches and landings are all automated by technological awesomeness. ...

The way you respond to a situation is almost as important as the remedy itself. Every now and then, while in our line of duty, we are faced with a crisis. This is the story of Speedbird 38. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~ JFKWhen dealing with technology; computers malfunction all the time, code always has bugs and users will always falter. Avoiding all those is nearly impossible, but minimizing the detrimental impact is definitely achievable. Its not about if something goes wrong, its always about when. ...