Pilot Stories
Enjoy pilot stories? Our Pilot Talk section is full of informative and entertaining flying tales from accomplished pilot authors.
Safety’s Ideal World
Unfortunately, we don’t always learn from example
 In an ideal world, once the probable cause of an accident is identified, there never will be an accident like it again. |
Helping Haiti
Flying relief supplies to those in need
 It started with an e-mail sent to my partner, Brian Reiff. Bahamas Habitat was looking for pilots with high-performance singles or twins to fly earthquake relief supplies to rural Haiti. |
To Korea, With Luck
Four legs, 52 flight hours in one of the world’s most comfortable—and slowest—turboprops
 My buddy Jeff Kopps of the National Weather Service in Monterey, Calif., had predicted headwinds out of Santa Barbara, and as usual, he was right. |
Fear & Preparedness
Being concerned is only logical, but we can’t let that rule our lives
 As he sat in my office and we prepared to leave for the airport after three hours of ground school, he hesitated for a moment, locked eyes with me and said, “Look, I have to tell you something.” |
From The Editor: Where GA Shines
 Since the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in January, general aviation pilots have been making an increasingly positive impact in the troubled country; in some regions, GA relief flights are the only way aid is getting through. |
Getting Ready For NextGen
The controllers are as crucial as the automation
 Recently, NTSB Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman issued a warning that those in the government and aviation industry who are enamored of the planned Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) should get their heads out of the clouds and realize that the people who will have to use the system—i.e., the air traffic controllers—are as important to safety as the automation itself. |
Flying Into Isla Grande
A doctor accomplishes a childhood dream
 Growing up in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, I lived at the top of the Hotel Columbus. |
Profiles In Vision: Larry Burke
Engineering whiz, airplane lover, LSA rule maker...founding father
 Ever had a neighbor who watered your roses if you forgot to? Or loaned you his tools, though you didn’t know him very well? |
The Common Thread
How mountain flying meshes with primary training
 You may not think that “learning to fly” and “mountain flying” fit well in the same sentence, but I urge you to reconsider. |
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