Pilot Stories
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: Your First LSAAmong 110 models, what led these pilots to buy these birds? With a tough year behind us and the bright hope of a better economic year ahead, I remembered our recent “Buy Your First Plane” issue and thought about first-time LSA owners. |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Stop Squeezing Them InThe NTSB wants the FAA to change the regs governing required seats and seat belts Remember the circus act in which a dozen clowns get out of the smallest car you’ve ever seen drive into the center ring? |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Puerto Rico To ProvoMore than three decades later, a dream comes true At age 34, I added a flying trip to my dream list. It was a fly-in of 20 planes to Providenciales (nicknamed “Provo”) in the Turks and Caicos, an archipelago of nearly 49 islands and desert cays just 35 miles southeast of the Bahamas. |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Still RelentlessYou don’t see this every day! But if you do, will you be ready? I can tell you that for one lap prior, the plane never ran so well. |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 The Evolution Of NavigationFlying from A to Z is no longer as simple as it used to be. It’s simpler. For better or worse, I learned to fly in the days when there were still A-N ranges up and running, not many, but a few. |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 From The Editor: Light Sport To Cabin Class There exist very few things that I would wake up at 4 a.m. for. An airplane in the lens of my camera happens to be one of them. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Remarkable PeopleEven Mother Nature can’t dampen the spirit of Oshkosh Even though it’s been a few months since coming home and unpacking, getting the Oshkosh adventure totally out of your head isn’t easy. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: The Rashomon EffectWhat you think you heard can mess with your head This time of year, we winter-bound types shiver our timbers and wistfully harken back to the glory days of summer. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 The Crosswind ComponentThe principle is the same whether you’re flying a 737 or an LSA Ensuring that there’s a safety margin in everything we do is fundamental to aviation accident avoidance. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Where General Aviation ShinesThe rewards of sharing flight with loved ones Shortly after getting my pilot’s license in 1992, I took all of my family members up, one at a time, for an aerial tour of Jacksonville, Fla. |
