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The Sale and Lease Back Deal – Aviation Edition
Understanding Sale and Lease back Transactions in the Aviation Industry In aviation, a Sale and Lease back transaction is when ...
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Aviation English Training : How to ICAO Level Up
Understanding the Core Aspects of Aviation English Ok first the bad news. While there are recognized bodies providing accreditation for ...
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Full Flight Simulator – A Guide for Young Pilots
Full Flight Simulators – Keep it Real Are you a young pilot, or still pre-pilot? Then listen up. A lot ...
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Next-Level Training: How AQP Makes Aviation Safer
Exploring AQP: Safer Performance-Based Training Recent FAA rule proposals on pilot training for eVTOL aircraft prompted us to revisit the ...
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Need Airplane Toy Advice ? – Chocks-on Right Here
Airplane Toys for STEM Education, and Inspiration The First Airplane Toy was invented by Alphonse Pénaud in 1871. Using a ...
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Airworthiness Review Certificate – What you need to know
What is an Aircraft Airworthiness Review Certificate? An Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC) is a “health checkup” for an aircraft. It’s ...
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Helicopter Crash Trends: Understanding the Facts and Figures
Understanding Risk Assessment in Helicopter Crashes Helicopter crashes make the news. Especially deadly crashes where famous people are involved. We ...
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Empowering Stripes : The Fascinating Journey of Pilot Uniforms
Evolution of Pilot Uniforms: Tracing Progress and Inclusivity The history of the Pilot Uniform is closely intertwined with naval traditions, ...
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Unveiling the Top Causes of Aircraft Emergency Landings
Aircraft Emergency Landings – Why do they happen? An Emergency Landing refers to the immediate landing (or ditching) of an ...
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Safety First: Combatting Loss of Control in Flight (LOC-I)
Enhancing Pilot Skills : The Role of Human Performance in LOC I Incidents Loss of Control In-flight or loc-i, is ...
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Navigating the Skies: Exploring Flight Information Regions (FIRs)
What is a Flight Information Region? A Flight Information Region (FIR) is a specific piece of airspace “real estate” where ...
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Boeing 797: A Sustainable Future for Aviation
The Need for Sustainable Aviation: Why Boeing Should Produce the Boeing 797 Will the Boeing 797 ever go in production? ...
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Demystifying SPECI Reports: And Why They Matter
Decoding SPECI METAR Reports: Understanding Aviation’s Rapid Weather Updates SPECI are Special Observation reports for weather updates in aviation. Providing rapid ...
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In-Depth Analysis: Understanding Light Aircraft Crash Statistics
Our results from a study of 200 Small Airplane incidents in 2023 The vast majority of Small Plane Crashes are ...
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Drones near Airports : Our Aviation Staff Guide
Managing the Risks of Drones Near Airports: A Guide for Airport Staff Our whole industry suffers when a drone is ...
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Aircraft Finance Jobs : A Comprehensive Guide
Aircraft Finance – Roles and Career Paths Let’s dive into the exciting world of Aircraft Finance Jobs and leasing. If ...
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Aviation Maintenance Technician : A Complete Guide
A Day in the Life of an Aviation Maintenance Technician Aviation Maintenance Technicians study the structures and systems of modern ...
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Ultimate Guide to Urban Air Mobility Jobs
Looking at a move into the electric skies? The Urban Air Mobility jobs sector is booming. So what are the ...
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5 Best (and Worst) Airline Social Media Posts
The Airline Social Media secret?…Don’t be a Drag. There’s a secret to Airline Social Media. Would you like to know ...
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Runway Markings and Pilot Decision Height Explained
Runway end markings significance for Pilots So how do we “read” Runway Markings? Let’s start with the BIG WHITE number. ...
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel – The SAF Bet
The Great SAF Fuel Air Race The development of SAF Fuel (sustainable aviation fuel) is accelerating as airlines, producers, and ...
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Airport Marshalling – Wand Life
Airport Marshal – Role, Training and Skill Set An Airport Marshaller is a member of the Ground support team. He, ...
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Are Jets Safer than Turboprop Aircraft? – Statistics
We look at Turboprop Safety Statistics The last few years have been “outliers” with the Covid Pandemic shutting down aviation ...
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January 2023 Aviation News
Who do you turn to for the most important aviation updates? January means the Dublin AirFinance Conference. And if you’re ...
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Why On-the-Job Training Programs are Awesome
“Learn and Earn” with On-The-Job Training On-the-Job Training can be the best way to learn tasks or skills. For some ...
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‘It Came from Unmanned Drone Space!’
UAS are here to stay. Who keeps them on the straight and narrow.? Drones, Drones, everywhere. Save us Drone laws! ...
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Supply Change Management – Aviation Edition
Why a Supply Chain Manager is as crucial as a CEO Supply Chain Management is the controlling of the flow ...
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Top 10 Most Misunderstood Airplane Facts
Amazing Airplane Facts to Share Our Top 10 Airplane facts that people still believe. But are in fact false. We work ...
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Skybrary and other Aviation Libraries
You need Aviation Facts and Figures? – Here’s where to go Information is everywhere. You can google pretty-much anything and ...
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Private Jet Costs – How to Avoid Getting Took
Need to Charter a Jet? Don’t make these mistakes You’re wealthy… Private Jet wealthy. And you take private jet charters ...
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NOTAM Meaning has changed – Why take Notice
Our NOTAM Meaning has Changed – Here’s why it matters The NOTAMS Meaning (Notice to Airmen) is no more. Welcome ...
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Risk Assessment in Aviation Explained
Need a Risk Analysis? Just ask the Feds Risk assessment is a dense, multi-faceted area. The best advice we can ...
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How a Plane Trader Flips a 737
The Plane Trader Profession is unlike any other A Plane Trader making a profit from buying, maintaining and selling commercial ...
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Mentoring – You Might Already Be Doing It
Everyone can be a Mentor – And why your badly needed You are a Mentor. Yes, you are. Unless you ...
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How Fast do Planes Fly?
Some Plane fly fast. Why not commercial Aircraft? Did you know British Airways callsign is Speedbird? You did! Ok, but ...
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Love is in the air : Maybe in Seat 14-D!
You meet people on airplanes all the time – Is Love in the Air? “If love is in the Air ...
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Jet-Power Your LinkedIn Profile: The Aerospace Way
In Business, only one Profile Matters. Your LinkedIn Profile is the most valuable tool in your public-professional profile, especially in ...
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The Leadership Traits You Need To Master
What are the Key Leadership Traits? Are Great Leaders born or made? What leadership traits made them who they are? ...
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All Interview Questions seek One Answer
Employers just want to know one thing All Interview Questions are really one question. Because they all seek a single ...
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IFRS 16 and How It Changes Aircraft Leasing Forever
New Accountancy Rules an how it affects Airlines New IFRS 16 rules are going to change the Aircraft Leasing business ...
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How To Be Manager Material
Well all want that Manager title. Here’s how to do it. We get asked “How do I become Manager Material?” ...
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Hazmat and IATA Dangerous Goods Training Guide
Aviation Hazmat is tricky. Don’t miss the signs. There you were, happily working away in your nice cozy corner of ...
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How & Why We Set Up a Special Purpose Company
Why Lessors Use Special Purpose Companies Special Purpose Companies, or SPV’s, are a staple of the aircraft leasing industry. Aircraft ...
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Unruly Aircraft Passenger – Know the Rules!
Know your rights when you confront an Unruly Aircraft Passenger Have you seen an Unruly Aircraft Passenger lately?. Why it’s ...
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Train-The-Trainer and Why You Need to Do It
How to be a skilled Trainer In most countries in the world, if you become a subject matter expert (or ...
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Private Plane Costs 2023 – Can you handle the Altitude?
What are the private plane costs such as the G800 No! we are not going to give you Private Plane ...
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Top 10 Naval Aviation Museums – Worldwide
Naval Aviation Museums – Discover Aviation History National Naval Aviation Museums, especially a Military Aviation Museum, always catch our eye ...
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Non Destructive Testing in Aerospace
How to use Non-Destructive testing techniques NDT Jobs are a category of roles within nondestructive inspection of aircraft maintenance. It ...
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Turbulence 101 : What You Need to Know
Why Turbulence is a challenge to avoid Turbulence can be bad. Flight Attendants, those unlucky enough to have been caught ...
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Winglets, Sharklets… and the Scimitar
There are Three Types of Winglets. Boeing calls them Winglets and Airbus calls them Sharklets. The latest evolution is called ...
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