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Something For Everyone-Best of the Blogs

Best of the blogosphere: MySkyMom's favorite aviation blogs. Danielle Gibeault CFI CFII MEI MySkyMom.com.

The Adventures of Chopper Chick “A chick helicopter pilot fighting fires during the summer all over the U.S. as a contract pilot and during the winter flying for Corona Police Department, aerial construction flying, ferry flights across the U.S., frost control, and some news flights in Los Angeles.”

Checklist Chimp “Our articles are written by pilots living the profession and by airline industry experts. Each day we strive to provide high quality content helping our valued readers make complicated decisions, to help them understand the why of things, or to just feed their airplane addiction.”

The Wings Stayed On! Prepare as you can, but finally launch yourself into the ether, hoping…

Jet Whine: Aviation Buzz and Bold Opinion By a former airline and corporate pilot who is now a CFI, author, professional speaker, and consultant to airports and aviation businesses.

Cockpit Conversation “Adventures of an Aviatrix, in which a pilot travels the skies and the treacherous career path of Canadian commercial aviation, gaining knowledge and experience without losing her step, her license, or her sense of humour.

Simpliflying by Shashank Nigam, an airplane and social media geek with a passion for branding

Aviation Week: Business Aviation Now News, news, and more aviation news

Piston Engine Princess “Radial engines don’t leak oil, they’re just marking their territory. Live life full rich. Celebrating floatplanes”

Freight Dawgin It “Stories and tales from reformed freight trash. Now posting from seat 0A of a Barbie Jet.” Displaced captain from a regional airline.

2Fly “Change Your Attitude by Changing Your Altitude – Your Fresh Guide to Light Sport and General Aviation. So There.”

Roger-Wilco The First Air Traffic Management Blog

Runway Girl An aviation journalist who has seen the commercial air transport industry from a front row seat.  You’ll get industry insight here you won’t get elsewhere.

Sulako’s Blog Existential angst. With airplanes!

The Indy Transponder-Aerotainment News-Air shows, air racing, and aviation heritage

The Icarus Report A fascinating blog with news and interesting tidbits from the world of wingsuits, skyflying, and other forms of”personal flight.”

Aircrew Buzz An aviation news blog by B. N. Sullivan, featuring crew-centered news, and commentary about current events and issues of interest to the aviation community.

Inflight Confidential “If God had meant man to fly he’d have given us tickets.”  A blog about the airline business.  People behaving badly, or bizarrely, are not the only things that make airlines and air travel so fascinating.  Flying is fun, air travel is glamorous and it’s the source of more than its fair share of amusing incidents.

Another Passport Stamp “I am a flight attendant who lives mostly out of my suitcase between my base in Germany and the USA. Oh the glamour….stop laughing!! Whenever I get 2 spare coins, I try to travel as well on my days off , hopefully collecting more passport stamps.”

Airliner Blog An actively managed blog with informative and fun content about airlines, pilots, passengers and air travel.  The blog runs special series like “Long Lost Airlines,” and “What Airplane is that?”

Around the Pattern Even after 40 years in aviation, this guy learns something every time he flies.  A retired military pilot who flies for pleasure and professionally, he has around 10,000 hours of flight time.

Decision Height An airline pilot’s view.

Around the World in 4 Inch Heels “Learn the smooth mincing walk on four inch Louis XV heels . . . Bring all your power of fascination to bear on them. Pander to their Gomorrahan vices.” James Joyce, Ulysses, as quoted by an adventuresome pilot.

Everywhere, Everything Travel Blog The title tells it like it is. This guy gets around.

Go Numbers Aviation Resources Good flight training tips

The Flying Pinto Flight Attendant Blog

Ask Captain Lim This now-retired Boeing 777 captain maintains a very good site where he answers a wide variety of aviation questions.  This is a great source for airline information.

Oh the Life of a Pilot’s Wife Wife of a grounded commercial pilot in FL, mom, graduate student, and other stuff too

Ask a CFI A blog and forum by a flight instructor where you can ask your flight training and aviation questions.  He’s there to help student and licensed pilots find information and answers to questions and problems they might have.

Airport Chronicles Written by an aviation enthusiast with experience in Airport Operations, FBO Management, and Charter flying.

Max Trescott Trends Aloft-Aviation advocacy, air safety, and news and analysis

The Cranky Flier A self described airline dork with the travel bug

Partner of a Pilot The candid diary of an airline pilot’s girlfriend

I’ll Be the Pilot A blog with photographs and writings from a 4-month, 48-state flying tour of the United States.

From the Right Seat One Woman’s Journey Through Life as a Pilot, Currently as a CFI

FAA Follies Written by an opinionated Air Traffic Controller

Letters From Flyover Country Acollection random musings on the state of general aviation and some of the interesting stories that abound among pilots.  By a pilot and builder of a Van’s Aircraft RV-7A.

Marriage With Altitude “My Life as a Pilot’s Wife”

Cool Aviation Interesting things going on everywhere in aviation…except in the airlines.

My View From 30,000 Feet Flight Attendant Blog

The Practical Nomad Travel tips and commentary

Prop Blast Interesting tidbits, photos of unusual occurances, and links to sites of interest in this blog by a bunch of aviation enthusiasts.


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