Child radios pilot at JFK

3/4/10
The other day at JFK airport in New York City there was an incident with the air traffic control where one of the controllers had his son with him that day and let his son do some transmitting to Jet Blue airlines. Nobody was hurt and no accidents took place but according to the FAA it was completely unprofessional and could have ended up to be a disaster. The pilots that the child communicated with the child found joy in the day and wished that there kids could go to work with them. But never the less the FAA is very much up set about this and is making very clear statements about why this is a problem and should never happen with such inexperience. Personally I say big deal if the father was right there telling his son exactly what to do. You can find this article in the Ithaca Journal 3/4/10 or on there website.

3/4/10
Last two week I have been busy. I have to get through chapters one and two to get to my first flight lesson. Chapter one is broken into many sections, section A goes over the basic of being a pilot. I'm taking Cornell notes on the sections as I read them, some terms I am using flash cards for. At the end of each chapter there is a test but I am confused on where I take it. One of my goals this week is to contact my instructor and find out about testing. Something I learned this week that I never knew is that you need to be at least 17 years old to hold a pilots license. I'm studying FAR which is Federal Aviation Regulations, these are rules not only for flying a plane but for construction for planes as well. I'm surprised on how easy it has been getting through this chapter has been. even though there is a lot to read I am enjoying it. I have also been working on my bibliography that i submitted to wise I added a article to my blog that was in today's Ithaca Journal and watch several movies during the snow days. I've decided to do a blog a day and I'm happy with my progress

My First Chapter

3/3/10
My first chapter has been interesting and I am starting to catch on really quickly to this whole flying business. I have been learning about types of planes I will Be flying and different category's. Also I have been reading about the Federal Aviation Admission (FAA), which governs commercial and general aviation, and i have also learned about a less commonly known regulation committee the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) these are all the rules that apply to any aircraft and rules to any flight operations. These are just some things I have picked up in the past week but am still plugging away to get these two chapters done with so i can get up in the air.

The Memphis Bell

2/29/10
The Memphis bell was about a USA bomber in WWII that was on it's 24th mission. The importance of this mission was that no one yet had ever made it home safely from being in the air as a bomber. But these group of guys were heading out on there last mission and to become the first bombing squad to ever make it back home alive. During the the last mission they come into an close encounters and just barely make it back home but almost crashing at the end. They became famous by being the first boys home and were forever remembered by that. I really enjoyed this movie even though the acting wasn't to great but the story was wonderful.

The Tuskegee Airmen

2/30/10

The Tuskegee Airmen was a interesting movie. It was about a U.S government experiment to see if African Americans were set to fly not just in the sky but to fly for the military. Many men in this movie die of stupid and ignorant mistakes but when they do succeed they go out with a band. Even though they are not respected by any of the white pilots or higher officers they push on and fight for what they believe in. During the film the men grow and become more respected by white pilots and At the end the main character is rewarded a medal which had never happened before in the history of the USA military. I Really enjoyed this movie and it made me think about how hard it must have been for those men to fly and how even though i might get frustrated with this i will never have to deal with the struggle that they did.