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by James M. Blum, MD

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Uncategorized  /  October 29, 2023

Flight to Madison (KMSN) in 360/VR video

Enjoy this flight from KIOW to KMSN for avionics service. If you listen to the audio, you will see how my push-to-talk switch was failing in addition to needed some work on my navigation radio antennas. It was a beautiful day for a flight.

Aviation Medicine, Fitness for Flight  /  October 17, 2023

Insulin Dependent Pilots and the Airlines

Enjoy this interview on how insulin dependent diabetes is not the end of an airline pilot’s career.

Aviation, Aviation Medicine, Fitness for Flight, Medicine  /  October 13, 2023

Being a HIMS AME: Supporting Pilots and Aviation Safety

So a lot has changed since my last post. In the past year, I’ve become a commercially certificated pilot and trained to become an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). I also completed additional training to work with pilots that have neurological, psychiatric, and substance abuse diagnoses

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Aviation  /  October 13, 2022

You Bought a Plane…Now You Need a Tug

So after you acquire your aircraft, you’ll probably acquire a hangar. Then the real fun begins….getting that highly efficient, modern, transportation marvel in and out of the hangar without destroying your back. You’ll need a tug. Here’s a quick review of a great option, the

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Aviation, Flight Videos  /  October 13, 2022

Ann Arbor (KARB) to Cedar Rapids (KCID)

After giving my lecture at the Telemedicine.edu/Michigan Medical Society Symposia on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, it was time to return home to Iowa City. This video details that flight from pre-flight planning to shutdown.

Flight Videos  /  October 8, 2022

Flying with My Dad…What Could Possibly Go Wrong???

During a recent visit to Iowa City, my Dad and I picked up N191LN from an oil change. Flying with family is always a little more stressful. What could possibly go wrong? In short, it was a fine flight thanks to a solid preflight briefing

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Aviation, Medicine, Remote Patient Monitoring  /  September 29, 2022

ATC, RPM, and ADS-B……more acronyms anyone?

When you fly commercially on an airliner, your are flying according to instrument flight rules (IFR). In this situation, air traffic control (ATC) is busy helping the pilot stay safe and make good decisions by constantly following the flight with a variety of technologies. This

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Aviation, Flight Videos, Proficency and Currency  /  September 19, 2022

IFR Night Flight – BOTCHED IFR APPROACH

Follow along on a recent night currency flight with some IFR proficiency approaches shot on a new Insta360 camera. You also get to see what to do when ATC thinks you may have botched your approach. In short, whenever you appear to have an unstable

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Aviation, Flight Videos, Proficency and Currency  /  March 2, 2022

Flying the VR Pattern

Enjoy this quick look at flying the pattern in VR.

Aviation, Medicine, Practice, Proficency and Currency  /  February 27, 2022

Maintaining Proficiency

It’s been quite a while since I’ve had time to blog. For those of you that have been on another planet for the past two years, the pandemic has kept me quite busy. That, combined with the typical end of year CMS billing changes and

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  • Flight to Madison (KMSN) in 360/VR video
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