Author Archives: David Megginson
Do you like your ADF? (Not as much as these guys.)
The ADF radio, vintage 1940’s AM radio-direction-finding technology, inspires a lot of love and hate among pilots. Some pilots twitch violently when they remember the trauma of partial-panel NDB approaches during instrument training, some love the simplicity of the little … Continue reading
Blog: Yankee Alpha Foxtrot Bravo
I have complained to people that it’s hard to find good aviation blogs: they all seem to be rants about politics, hype about technology, or moaning about teenagers’ social lives. Fortunately, I have found one exception, Hamish Reid’s Yankee Alpha … Continue reading
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French Navigation
After reading my posting on the Rule of 60, Malcolm Teas kindly pointed me to a 1996 Usenet posting by Barry Silverman (originally written ten years ago, in October 1994) describing the French method of teaching pilot navigation. He also … Continue reading
Review: "Practical Risk Management for Pilots" and "Practical Risk Management for Weather" (King Schools)
I recently ordered my first two CD-ROMs from John King and Martha King, who are very well known for their training down in the U.S.: Practical Risk Management for Pilots (USD 49.00) and Practical Risk Management for Weather (USD 49.00). … Continue reading
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Thumbing it: Playing with the Rule of 60
I enjoy the numbers in flying. That’s not to say that I’m one of those people who try to calculate everything to five decimal places like the FAA and Transport Canada (unrealistically) require on their tests; rather, I like the … Continue reading
747 Crash at Halifax
I woke up to the sad news that a Boeing 747 carrying cargo and seven crew members crashed and exploded during takeoff from Halifax this morning. The only positive note in all of this is that no one in the … Continue reading
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In Praise of the Altimeter
My Warrior’s altimeter is probably the simplest instrument on the panel, really nothing more than a calibrated barometer. It doesn’t even tell me my real altitude — on a very warm or very cold day it can be off by … Continue reading
Admin: Syndication URL Change
If you are reading this feed in an RSS feed reader/amalgamator, please change the syndication URL to http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso.xml. The previous URL, lahso.rss, is not getting the right MIME type from my provider, and I haven’t made much progress getting them … Continue reading
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Places I've Been
I’m filling out an application to volunteer myself and my plane for Hope Air, a Canadian organization that flies sick people and family members (similar to Angel Flight in the US and British Columbia). The application process is about as … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Medicals
There has been a lot of noise about the fact that two Yalies are running against each other in the U.S. presidential election, but people have paid less attention to the fact that two pilots are running against each-other. Their … Continue reading
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Land and Hold Short 