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Barbecue Saturday
The forecast for Saturday afternoon looks terrific. Let's have a Saint Patty's Day barbeque! Please join us at noon for a bite to eat and a few good laughs.
I have had a number of people come in lately interested in learning to fly. I always invite them to our barbeque as an opportunity to meet "real" pilots and see "real" airplanes. Please introduce yourself to any new faces at the barbeque and dazzle them with your knowledge of all things aviation! Whether they choose to fly with Monadnock Aviation or not, they should leave thinking flying and aviation people are the coolest ever! |
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NH Airports Book
A recently published picture book shows all 25 of New Hampshire's public airports. It is a lovely collection of photos from around our state.
The book was published as an effort to promote New Hampshire aviation. To that end, Monadnock Aviation has agreed to offer the books for sale. The cost is $10.00. We will have some available for viewing at Saturday's barbeque with an order sheet for those interested in purchasing.
But wait, there's more. If you fly into any five of these airports during the month of April and have the FBO endorse your book, we will reward you greatly. We'll spotlight you as a true New Hampshire aviator in our newsletter and at the May barbeque. Imagine the praise and envy from your friends. The glory will be all yours; we'll even throw in a free hamburger- no donation required! |
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Headset Found
A headset was found this past week at the Keene T-hangars. If you lost yours, contact John Odgers at 603-582-3884. |
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Spring Training
The flying season is fast approaching. Are your flying skills rusty? When was the last time you practiced an engine out procedure on take off? What should you do about smoke in the cockpit? Does the thought of communicating with a control tower leave you speechless? Please consider spending time with our flight instructors this spring to brush up on the skills that could make all the difference in an emergency.
You can do this in our Redbird flight simulator, our aircraft or your aircraft. Let our CFIs help you make or review realistic personal minimums for your experience level and flight intentions. In the simulator, we can control most parameters of your flight. We'll throw bad weather, equipment failures, and other emergency situations your way. See how you react in emergenices that you can not safely practice in a real aircraft. Let's actually cut the engine at 400 feet on take off. What will you do?
Noone ever thinks they will have an emergency and yet it happens to pilots daily across the country. Call or email me if you would like to book a couple of hours with a CFI. |
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Imagine Flying This!
This is the K-7, a Russian bomber. It reportedly flew a handful of flights in 1933 for the Russian Army. Obviously the first two pictures shown are computer generated images while the third appears to be taken in flight. A few minutes of googling shows that there is some question on the actual design and history of this aircraft. Many believe the first two images make the aircraft appear much larger than the real version. In any event, the design was not stable and the designer was ultimately executed by Stalin.
I am certainly no expert on this plane but with 174 foot wingspan and take-off weight of 83 thousand pounds, I love the thought of it existing and really flying! Please take a look at these links if it interests you. (Thanks to Norm for sending me these pictures.)
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
We had the pleasure of hosting fifth grade students who came with a mission this week. They were in the process of reading a fiction novel about an airplane journey that ended in a crash. As part of the assignment they wanted to research airplanes and make some decisions as to the accuracy of the book's details and the search and rescue mission.
The students toured our hangar and looked at
different types of aircraft. They sat in our planes 
and spent some time studying sectionals with Rick to see if they could find landmarks mentioned in the book. These were impressive young men with brains like sponges! They soaked in every detail and clamored for more. They were a real pleasure to have around. |
