Max Trescott Aviation Trends Aloft

Flying Safety Tip - Identify Local Hotspots

Accidents occur more frequently in localized hotspots. As pilots, we should identify these areas and increase our vigilance when operating near them. Some of these hotspots are generic and are found everywhere while others are specific to a local area.

Generic hotspots include airports and VORs. For example, mid-air collisions are...

Silly Video – Max Trescott for PilotMall.com

I enjoy the literary license I have in writing articles for my blog. Most articles relate to general aviation news, safety and advocacy. On rare occasions like today, I go off topic when I see something that amuses me.

Today's posting is about a fun video that PilotMall.com just released that includes some nice shots of AirVenture 2009. In the middle of it, they made the questionable decision to include me. It was shot in the waning hours of Airventure 2009 and yes we did have fun shooting it. It’s short and takes only 85 seconds to view. My friends at Wilco Films who are producing A Pilot’s Story, a documentary film slated for a 2010 release, shot it. My friend Rob Mark who runs www.jetwhine.com will be thrilled to see that I happened to be wearing a jetwhine button when the video was shot.

PilotMall.com is one of the distributors of my products and they set up a place for Rod Machado and me to do book signings during Airventure 2009. They’re really nice people and I recommend them to anyone looking to buy aviation supplies. Hope you enjoy their video!

What’s Your Advice for a Felon who Wants a Flying Job?

I receive a lot of email from readers of my blog and my books and I try to respond to all of them, though candidly I don’t get to all of them, so I apologize if you’ve written and never heard back from me. Last week I received an interesting one from a 29-year old convicted felon who says that he’s been crime free for the last 10 years and has his heart set on flying for a living. What advice would you give? With his permission, I’ve...