by James M. Blum, MD
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Enjoy this quick look at flying the pattern in VR.
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
After giving my lecture at the Telemed.edu/Michigan Medical Society Symposia on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, it was time to return home to Iowa City. The weather was beautiful, but I filed IFR due to traffic concerns and a variable cloud top for the flight. This
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Symposium sponsored by Telemed.edu and the Michigan State Medical Society. It was great to be back in my home state at the Troy Marriott. The only downside to the meeting was