Pilot Stories
Enjoy pilot stories? Our Pilot Talk section is full of informative and entertaining flying tales from accomplished pilot authors.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Light-Sport Chronicles: Mike Z And The Harbingers Of Doom!For those eager pessimists proclaiming LSA on life support, a rebuttal A leading aviation magazine recently ran a story that proclaimed the LSA industry as a "segment in critical condition." |
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Counting On The InstructorHow long should an instructor wait before correcting a student’s mistake? A student may show an initial tendency to move the bar in the direction of the desired turn. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 The Forgiving FAADon’t always assume you’ll be busted I called up Flight Watch crossing the Colorado River at Lake Havasu and learned that most of the Los Angeles Basin was rapidly deteriorating toward IFR minimums. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 A Summer Of OpportunityMaking the move into competition aerobatics After going to an air show in Canada and a competition in Wisconsin in 1983, I knew that flying aerobatics was what I was meant to do. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 From The Editor: Plane On A Mission When we ask pilots what their dream airplane is, we rarely receive a one-airplane reply. |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Light-Sport Chronicles: Sport-Pilot Survey Says! Part IIIWrapping up our look at how we do our LSA thing In our first two summaries of LSA pilot opinion, we covered the LSA Who/What/When/Where basics. |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 I Wanna Build...Sometimes, the dream is more valuable than the reality All of us have curious habits that we'd just as soon have no one know about. |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Minimal ExperienceWhat’s appropriate in terms of experience may not be found in the FARs Browse through the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), and you'll see specifications for experience in many areas of piloting. |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 There’s Something About MountainsFar from menacing monsters, mountains can be your best friends The Pan-American Highway threads its way steeply uphill out of Santiago, Chile, climbing into the rarified air of South America's high Andes. |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 From The Editor: Panhandle Backcountry Northern Idaho is an adventure pilot's dreamland, with dozens of backcountry strips, stunning mountain flying and sizeable lakes perfect for seaplanes. |
