Some pilots will do anything, use any subterfuge and resort to any rationalization to justify buying an airplane. With that said, Pat Cattarin’s excuse …
2004
The Leeward Air Ranch
Jimmy Leeward really never had much of a chance. His parents eloped in an Aeronca C-3. The couple settled …
Nov-Dec 2004 On The Radar
After nearly a decade of many birthing pains, the new sport pilot’s license as well as light-sport aircraft …
The Men Behind The Lens
There it sits, waiting, a latency of brooding power. It’s like the unprocessed image on a digital memory chip …
The Cirrus SR22-G2
The Navajo Indians believe that everything has its own rhythm, its own beat, its own time to birth, to flourish …
The Search For Amelia
Lady Lindy always knew how to captivate a crowd. And today was no different. She, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhartânicknamed …
Flying The Yukon Quest
The sun isn’t up yet and Gary Chamberlain is already on the phone, talking to flight service. The news …
Sept-Oct 2004 On The Radar
If you’ve been wondering if this tsunami of new technology that’s been threatening to forever change the way …
The Bears Of Kamchatka
For Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns, it had been a mostly sleepless night. Straight winds of more than 100 miles …
Columbia 400 Gets Certified
For many of us, speed is the ultimate narcotic. Some pilots even regard it as an aphrodisiac that induces a …
July-Aug 2004 On The Radar
At its annual Aviation Forecast Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Admin-istration (FAA) released its …