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Ben Sclair

We never know

By Ben Sclair · December 23, 2021 ·

I don’t believe it is possible to fully flight plan our entire life all the way to the end. We just don’t know what is coming around the next corner.

Consultant to review noise complaints at Montgomery County Airpark

By Ben Sclair · December 22, 2021 ·

In an attempt to provide context, Keith Miller, CEO of the county’s revenue authority said, “from Jan. 1, 2021, through early Dec. 7, there were 6,440 complaints. Of those, 86% came from ‘four unique households.’ In total, 42 households had submitted complaints in that period.”

The future is behind us

By Ben Sclair · December 15, 2021 ·

The idea of replacing more than 100 aging traditional control towers with more than 100 new traditional control towers is frustrating to me.

Tough days ahead for KRHV

By Ben Sclair · December 13, 2021 ·

This three-page newsletter feels like an outline for an airport-based horror movie.

We’re going to put it in the trees

By Ben Sclair · November 20, 2021 ·

It is the stuff of nightmares for pilots: Your engine starts running rough over mountainous terrain. That nightmare became reality for two Washington pilots, who survived to tell their story in Lightspeed Aviation’s No Tie Down video series.

Cut off

By Ben Sclair · November 18, 2021 ·

Hopefully the situation will be short-lived. But rebuilding roads, bridges, and rail infrastructure takes time. 

It doesn’t have to be difficult

By Ben Sclair · November 11, 2021 ·

Fixing the aviation industry isn’t an easy task. But it needn’t be difficult either.

Unblinking eye to aid in safety

By Ben Sclair · October 28, 2021 ·

“Imagine a sensor co-located with your aircraft light system. An unblinking eye that’ll warn you when another aircraft is getting too close for comfort. First versions may be simple auditory alerts in your headset.”

Video: Flying the Hudson River Corridor

By Ben Sclair · October 13, 2021 ·

Personally, I’ve never flown as pilot-in-command on the east coast north of Florida. So the idea of flying around New York City is pretty daunting.

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