The Learning Never Stops!
Aviation is complicated business, and it can be deadly if not undertaken with the right mindset. Our goal here at Code 7700 is to prepare you to avoid the day you will need to Squawk 7700, but if that day ever comes, to prepare you to deal with it competently.
Our Latest Update
Back when travel was nearly forbidden, news reports of thousands of COVID-19 deaths daily were prevalent, and most of the world was shut down, having to quarantine after flying to a foreign destination seemed like a small price to pay. At least we were flying. But now, more than two years after it all began, it seems somehow worse having to quarantine in some parts of the world while most of the world is quarantine-free. You may not be as practiced as you once were at this; having a checklist to prepare for quarantine might help.
Quarantine Checklist
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At heart, everyone involved with aviation is – or should be – interested in solving problems. If propelling wingless humans through the heavens isn’t a problem, after all, what else could be? So we get comfortable with solving problems for a living. But what if we've been doing it wrong. Is there a better way?
Problem Solving: Solution First
Another Previous Update
In this day of precision navigation, radio altimeters, and 3-dimensional computerized avionics, how important is that barometric altimeter of yours? The altimeter has hardly changed at all in the last fifty years, after all. If the controller gives you a setting off by ten, or you set it wrong by ten, what can go wrong? These guys were IMC and missed the ground by 6 feet.
Case Study: Airhub 4311
