Jeppesen, the company that produces most of the paper and electronic “Jepp charts” used by pilots for preflight planning and inflight navigation, announced late last week that jet charter operator Executive Jet Management has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to use the Jeppesen Mobile TC App for iPad as an alternative to paper charts….
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Flight planning and Online filing
RocketRoute solves a real problem in today’s aviation market by helping pilots to prepare and file IFR as well as VFR flight plans in minutes, instead of hours. The service is easy to use, fast and convenient. RocketRoute works throughout Europe and can be accessed by web or mobile phone. The company was founded in…
VFR Map covering Athinai FIR
All started when we used to draw with black blue and red pen on aeronautical maps of Greece all the information required to safely fly within Athens FIR (the ones which we were using to find on US charts or West Europe charts). Then we developed it into a digital version, and we thought that…
Why should we make things simpler when we can make them complicated?
When I was a kid , the math teacher told us that the shortest distance between two points was the straight line .Later on , when I started my aviation career as a student in the US , my instructor explained to me that the main reason that aviation exist is to save time on…
EASA reneges on PPL Instructor promise
EASA is going back on its pledge to re-introduce the PPL Flying Instructor and is insisting that PPL instructors have ‘demonstrated a CPL level of theoretical knowledge’, despite near-unanimous demand for change from the industry and widespread political support. The Agency’s excuse for doing so seems flimsy – it says comments on its original proposal…
Weight & Balance calculations on the field with the iPhone
A very useful tool for computing helicopter weight & balance is available for the iPhone on the Apple Store. iBal is a dedicated Helicopter weight and balance app for iPhone. Designed from the ground up for professional and private helicopter pilots, it provides for quick and easy entry of loads and checks against type-specific weight,…
Charter Helicopter Flights
If you are paying for a flight make sure it’s legal. There are serious safety and legal implications if it is not. The vast majority of flights – particularly to, within EU – are operated in accordance with an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which is a legal requirement. This includes the budget operators that offer…
Icarus to fly again in 2011
Greece is suffering from a recession even deeper than those elsewhere in Europe, and one result has been the cancellation of Icarus 2010, the general aviation show which was to have been held at Tatoi airfield north of Athens in June. Hopefully the show is planned to run again in 2011.
ICARUS 2010 – 2nd International Aero Expo Athens
AOPA HELLAS and the organizational committee of ICARUS 2010 would like to invite you to participate to the 2nd International Aero Expo of Athens ICARUS 2010 to be hosted at Tatoi Airfield (LGTT), Athens. ICARUS Aero Expo Athens 2010 is the only International Business and General Aviation Exhibition in Southern Europe. Southern Europe is proving…
Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder (OPOC) engine for the EC120
Eurocopter has revealed it is evaluating the potential for powering a light helicopter (EC120) with a unique diesel engine developed by US company EcoMotors. A diesel engine could reduce fuel consumption by 40% over a turbine engine, and EcoMotors’ Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder (OPOC) engine is claimed to be significantly smaller, lighter, simpler and cheaper…