Airport Monitor - Another great way to spend a rainy afternoon...

In my never-ending quest to find "cool" things for us pilots to do when the weather just isn't cooperating... I bring you Airport Monitor. This amazing little website is a graphical "replay" of all the incoming and outgoing traffic to Boston's Logan Airport. The company running the site, Passur, has the following LIST of all other airports using technology, so find the one that turns you on and check it out!

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The Civil Air Patrol - Have "you" joined yet?

INFO FOR PILOTS
Serve Your Community By Doing What You Love

If you’re a pilot, or you’d like to be, CAP has plenty of opportunities tailor-made for you. CAP owns the largest fleet of single-engine piston aircraft in the nation, and CAP pilots are able to fly those planes to perform CAP missions in service to their local communities.

CAP pilots fly reconnaissance missions for homeland security, search and rescue and disaster relief, and even counterdrug reconnaissance at the request of government or law enforcement agencies. They transport medical personnel and supplies, blood and live tissue. In times of disaster, they assess damage and transport emergency personnel from site to site.

The Civil Air Patrol's aircraft are hangared at strategic locations throughout the nation to be readily available when missions arise. CAP members maintain these aircraft at the highest levels of safety and efficiency and have access to specialists at CAP National Headquarters for maintenance, safety and training questions.

If you’d like to become a CAP pilot, you must be at least 17 years of age and hold a valid FAA private, commercial or airline transport pilot certificate. You must have a Class III or higher medical certificate and a current flight review.

You’ll have to satisfactorily complete a flight check and pass a written exam. You’ll also need to complete aircraft questionnaires for each plane you’re qualified to fly.

As a CAP pilot, you perform some of the organization’s most important work. CAP is also a great place for you to meet and work with people who share your interest in flying and want to use their skills in a meaningful way.

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Website of the Day - BRio The Brazillian Flying Boat

A interesting spin on the flying-boat category of trike. This one, called "The BRio" comes from Brazil in Kit Form. Not sure that it would pass muster under the new LSA rules, but sure seems like a ton of fun if you live near water! Site is in English, but has some great Amphibious and Brazilian Trike website links.

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New Feature Coming Soon - Trikepilot Social Member Map!

One of the features which is sorely lacking on our site at the moment is a way to see just where all our members are located, along with the trike model they fly. Likewise, to have a quick link to their member page and their own website (if applicable). Lastly, to see immediately just "who" is online at the moment, without having to scroll through all the member pages. Along with some other improvements (such as a Latest Additions tab to show what has been added on anyone's page) the above map is a way for us to make this the "must visit" site for all world trikers.

The beta version above is not fully functional, but is a preview of what we should have running in a day or so. Right now you can see the members by list or clicking on the pins, but the links to their member pages and home pages is not fully functioning. Hope we're on the right track. Please give us your suggestions and ideas.

Thanks!
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