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