Archive for the ‘Aviation Leadership’ Category
National Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center
I Visited the Udvar-Hazy Center (UHS) at Dulles today, and it was phenomenal. My favorites today were the Bell 47, and Betty Skelton’s Pitts Special.
“The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The building opened in December, 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world. ”
It’s well worth the trip.
Fly Smart,
Kent B. Lewis
Vintage Flying Museum
Chuckie is the Vintage Flying Museum B-17, and her namesake is a fantastic aviation safety advocate. Chuckie could not fly without teamwork, one of the hallmarks of system safety.
Aviation Leadership
Aviation
-the art of operating of aircraft
Leadership
-the position or office of a leader, a person who inspires or guides others
-the capacity or ability to lead
-to show the way to by going in advance, guidance, direction
-to guide behavior or opinion
Acquiring aeronautical knowledge, airmanship skills, utilizing resources, building experience and proficiency are all part of a continuous improvement process. Navigation has been reduced to calculator simplicity. Modern autopilots and electronic displays have significantly reduced a pilot’s workload. Aircraft are designed safer. These factors have combined to reduce the mishap rate, but what is key to further reduction is the study and application of leadership skills. Aviation today requires administrative management and aeronautical decision making skills (leadership) as prerequisites for safety and efficiency, to realize the best return on your core foundation.
Here’s a review of some Aviation Leadership traits and principles.
Our safety google group
Join our safety program google group to exchange information. Group is based in Ft Worth Texas, but safety ideas are universal.
FAA Safety Team
Check out the FAA Safety Team website. Sign up to get info for your area and volunteer to be part of the Team.
“Our Mission: Improve upon the Nation’s aviation accident rate by conveying safety principles and practices through training, outreach, and education; while establishing partnerships and encouraging the continual growth of a positive safety culture within the aviation community.”
Chuckie
Chuckie is the Vintage Flying Museum B-17, and her namesake is a fantastic aviation safety advocate. Chuckie could not fly without teamwork.
Signal Charlie 