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Last login: 36 hours agoPlasticPilot is a 31 year old guy from Germany.
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Flying Magazine - 2009 Cirrus SR22
Apr 5, 9:39am    (2 reviews)  aerospace, review, sr22, cirrus, flyingmag  http://www.flyingmag.com/piston/1434/200...
Review of the new Cirrus SR22 by Robert Goyer for flying magazine
Rich pilots are safer | Plastic Pilot
Jan 26, 2:10pm    (1 review)  aerospace, aviation, safety, pilot, budget  http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2009/01...
A blog post discussing why rich pilots are safer... if they spend their money smartly.
THE FLYING PENGUIN: A Real Bailout
Jan 13, 1:21pm    (1 review)  aerospace, accident, malibu, jump  http://pinguinomalo.blogspot.com/2009/01...
Report from an air traffic controller in training about the pilot who jumped off his Malibu, apparently to escape justice problems. The author works for the ATC unit managing the airpsace where this happened.
Google Earth Blog: Google Earth for Pilots
Jan 3, 1:30pm    (1 review)  aerospace, general-aviation, vfr, flying, google-earth  http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/...
Great tips about how general aviation pilots can use Google Earth for flight preparation, flight inspection, and better flying. Also some fun ways to use it.
Bonus Video!
Dec 31, 2008 3:45am    (1 review)  aerospace, atc, video, airport, jfk-tower  http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusiv...
Video taken from JFK tower. A supervison explains how the workload is managed amongst several controllers and how they work together.
Yankee Alpha Foxtrot Bravo: On Autopilot
Dec 31, 2008 3:33am    (1 review)  aerospace, autopilot, glass-cockpit, g1000, gfc700  http://www.ylayali.com/yafb/2008/12/on-a...
Great post from a pilot learning the G1000 with the GFC700 autopilot. It's about crosschecking, situation awareness, and modern avionics.
flysomewhere: modern software systems, people and chance
Dec 25, 2008 9:51am    (1 review)  aerospace, software, flying, avionics, tcas  http://flysomewhere.blogspot.com/2008/12...
Personal review and link to a post about how modern avionics and accurate autopilots can become hazardous.
Steve H Flying Diary: Sign off on the Robin DR400
Dec 21, 2008 9:05am    (1 review)  aerospace, flying, pilot, aircraft, robin-dr400  http://hirlehey.blogspot.com/2008/12/sig...
Steve reports about his check-out in a Robin DR400. From aircraft specifics to handling.
Vectors To Final: JetPROP Demo Flight
Dec 19, 2008 2:38am    (1 review)  aerospace, video, piper, jetprop, pt6a  http://vectorstofinal.blogspot.com/2008/...
Demo Flight in a JetPROP (Malibu converted with PT6A turbine). 12 minutes of in-cockpit video, from startup to shutdown. No glass cockpit, but very nice avionics.
Homebase | Plastic Pilot
Dec 14, 2008 12:59pm    (1 review)  aerospace, aviation, general-aviation, flying, aircraft  http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/homebas...
PlasticPilot's homebase on the web. PlasticPilot.net is now more than a blog. It offers freebies for pilots, library, video, photos, but also information about aircraft accidents, a shop, books, and topic specific pages like flying high performance signle engine aicraft.