Pilot Stories
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Coast-To-Coast JavelinYou don’t need to travel overseas to see some of the world’s best flying venues Pressurization is something like power windows. Once you've lived with it for a while, you wonder how you ever got along without it. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 A Personal JourneyThis thank-you was a long time coming The green fields, most looking as if you could land a 747 on them, stretched off into the distance, where they became low, gently rolling hills. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Part IIEven after tragedy and Global Econ 101, fun flying wins out Last month, you met Chris Dillis, who took the "friendly clubhouse" atmosphere common to European VLA (very light aircraft) flying and brought it to his own LSA startup in Denver. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Fuel ImbalanceWing heaviness may be a minor annoyance or a genuine threat to safety Most pilots know what it feels like when an airplane is wing heavy because there's more fuel on one side than the other. |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Safe TurnaroundsIs the impossible turn, in fact, possible? Over the years, I've made frequent mention of a controversial number: "safe turnaround altitude." |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 The Thrill Of SoloDo you remember your first solo flight? I'd like to say I remember my first solo experience as if it happened only yesterday, but in truth, yesterday was a long time ago, and the memory isn't that vivid. |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 From The Editor: Maverick Has the Ball To commemorate the centennial of naval aviation, Plane & Pilot Publisher Mike McMann and I journeyed to Naval Air Station Lemoore. We spent our day with strike-fighter squadron VFA-122, at the controls of an F/A-18 simulator, on a hangar tour and shadowing an LSO during landing practice for carrier qualification. |
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Oshkosh By Any Other NameOf damp dogs, wet aviators and rained-on cowboy hats Yeah, I know: It’s officially AirVenture. But to a lot of folks, the name just hasn’t clicked. |
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Where Everybody Knows Your NameHere’s a flight school/club where fun flying is #1 The success of the long-running Cheers TV show, I’m convinced, came in no small part from the seductive lines in that great theme song that so well captured the spirit of the show. |
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 The Ted Stevens AccidentIt looks as if we’ll never know exactly what happened The NTSB says cockpit recorders might have helped shed better light on exactly what happened in the accident in which former U.S. |
