| aviation writer Dan Pimentel continues to grow his | | | | outside the realm of what the mainstream media is |
| presence in the blogosphere with his aviation | | | | reporting. It’s been said that my writing often |
| blog Av8rdan’s World of Flying, which takes a | | | | is a carbon copy of what we are all privately thinking |
| lighthearted look at general aviation, business/corporate | | | | about a particular issue, Pimentel said. I take |
| flying, the pilot community and the commercial airlines. | | | | pride in posting something every day that gives my |
| Pimentel has been a freelance aviation writer since | | | | readers a brief respite from their hectic day. If I can |
| 1979, and has been published regularly in AOPA Pilot, | | | | make the chuckle for fifteen seconds, I have done my |
| Inflight Aviation News and many other local and | | | | job well. |
| national publications. He has been blogging as | | | | Topics found recently on World of Flying include a look |
| Av8rdan for about three years, and continues to | | | | at how the FAA's announced inspections of U.S. |
| gain worldwide readership on a regular basis. | | | | carriers could miss ninety percent of possible safety |
| My writing style has been called Dave Berry | | | | violations, a story about taking a young woman up for |
| meets Herb Caen’, says Pimentel, and | | | | her first ride in a general aviation airplane, and a |
| with all the heavy issues facing aviation today, my | | | | left-leaning look at how aviation fuel is now topping |
| readers seem to enjoy a lighter look at the | | | | $8.00 a gallon thanks to the Bush Administration. |
| day’s aviation news. | | | | Pimentel is a private pilot with 300 VFR hours, and flys |
| Pimentel uses a variety of sources each day to track | | | | a 1964 Piper Cherokee 235. |
| down and comment on aviation stories that are often | | | | |