Recent content by Tradford

We have fixed wing and helicopter training available at KLZU in Gwinnett County. I think there's a school at PDK as well.

La Paz, Bolivia - 13,000'.

I didn't realize that flying a plane was so easy. Glad I chose helicopters. https://www.facebook.com/TheLionTattooStudio/videos/754441204594841/?fref=nf

Eric, you're too high and fast. You need to do it again in a helicopter. There's a bunch of 'em over at the north ramp!

One of my customers launched this announcement and I thought it sounded interesting. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/airservices-australia-examines-deploying-space-based-ads-b-2015-10-05 I'm not a user of ADS-B, but it seems like moving from 'line-of-sight' to global satellite delivery would...

With two CFIs on board. Man, when it rains, it pours. http://www.suu.edu/news/2015/10/plane-crash-leaves-two-dead.html

I decided to go the Android route with Garmin Pilot. I've been totally satisfied with it. Several fellow pilots I know have experience their iPads going dark during flight. I've never had an issue with mine. I use the external GPS transmitter for additional signal robustness and all is good. I...

Saw this on the news last night. The thought of losing a wing in mid-flight is terrifying. If true, how does that happen? Home-built, maybe, but a Piper? http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/plane-crashes-lake-hartwell-killing-4/nns49/

Ever since I saw the helicopter flying through the canyon on Jurassic Park, I've thought about how awesome it must have been on that ride. I never thought that a few years later, I'd earn a helicopter PPL and fly that canyon myself. The fact that there's a helo service here on Kauai gave me the...

Several pilots I know have experienced their iPads going dark - presumably due to overheating. I've never had that problem with my Androids, nor has anyone that I know. What's so different about the apple version that makes it better than the Android version?

I grew up in Florida and always got sick on boats - as soon as we lost sight of land. Years later, someone turned me on to the behind-the-ear patch. All I can say is that, for the first time in my life, I could sit on the bow of a bobbing boat and eat a sandwich with no problem. I'm a huge...

I know of several pilots who have experienced iPad shutdowns from heat. That was my reason for going with Android/Garmin Pilot. Has anyone experienced a shutdown with an Android device? It gets pretty hot in the cockpit of an R22, but I've never had a problem.

Yep, it's the latest version. I know there have been several updates since I bought it - perhaps the GPS sensitivity has improved over the past 18 months. I had several instances when flying an R22 that it quit showing my location. I haven't had an issue since I purchased the GPS receiver. With...

Definitely not my experience.

You would have been better off to get a 4G/LTE Android. I just upgraded my Nexus 7 to an Asus tablet from AT&T just so I could get real time weather updates. You'd be smart to pick up a GPS receiver - like the little XGPS 150. It's less than $100 on Amazon. I used to lose GPS on my N7 every once...