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Ben Sclair

Is the DPE program sustainable?

By Ben Sclair · October 7, 2024 ·

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37% of all DPEs administer three-quarters of all tests, while just 21% administer half of all tests.

Living With Your Plane directory tops 700 airparks

By Ben Sclair · September 28, 2024 ·

I’m certain there are more, but I’ll need your help to point them out to me.

Do you have what it takes to be an Air Traffic Controller?

By Ben Sclair · September 21, 2024 ·

Michelle Khare, host of Challenge Accepted, attempts to be an Air Traffic Controller.

The Sept. 4, 2024, video “I Tried Air Traffic Control,” offers an interesting view of what happens on the other of the mic.

Memento mori

By Ben Sclair · September 18, 2024 ·

26,000 Days is a short film about Eric Tucker.

The nine-minute film is the “story of Eric Tucker, an air show pilot who turns most pilots’ nightmare into a beautiful dance. Through flying dead-stick — turning his own engine off and falling out of the sky — Eric confronts the challenge of how to make the most of life and live without regret.”

Enforcement before or after

By Ben Sclair · September 15, 2024 ·

What if we changed the order of FAA oversight of aircraft development and manufacturing to match that of the automobile industry?

Restaurants, lodging, and camping on or near airports mapped

By Ben Sclair · September 14, 2024 ·

The Airport Based Restaurants map includes 398 on-airport restaurants and 528 within one-and-one-half miles of an airport.

They don’t want to be pilots

By Ben Sclair · September 4, 2024 ·

“People that want this are the same people who want self-driving cars,” wrote Brand Neumann. “They don’t want to be pilots, they just want to be passengers.”

A proud passenger

By Ben Sclair · August 26, 2024 ·

It was an absolute joy to watch Brenna as pilot in command. From preflight to shutdown and securing of the aircraft — and everything in between — she was in command.

An airplane for people who don’t fly airplanes

By Ben Sclair · August 12, 2024 ·

Personally, I’ve often wondered how an airplane would be designed if Orville and Wilbur had started their efforts today.

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