Pilot Stories
Enjoy pilot stories? Our Pilot Talk section is full of informative and entertaining flying tales from accomplished pilot authors.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Sharing The SkyThe birds were using the sky long before we pilots were Although birds will take evasive action to avoid us, and lights can make us more conspicuous, there are times when their and our best efforts aren't good enough. |
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Light-Sport Chronicles: Shroud LinesParsing the whys and wherefores of a successful airframe parachute deployment...over water! In an upcoming issue, you'll find my feature story about the harrowing experience of Dr. Richard McGlaughlin and his daughter Elaine as they rode a BRS airframe parachute canopy into the water near the island of Andros in the Bahamas. |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 East Coast By LSATwenty-five hours in a Remos GX Being obsessed with flying ever since I could walk, I had my eyes set on becoming an airline pilot. |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Turbines vs. PistonsA turbine may be more logical than you imagine A friend stopped by my hangar a while back on a rainy Saturday with an interesting question. |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 From The Editor: Lights, Camera, Action! It's a fact: Pilots love to share their flying stories. Good landings, bad landings and everything in between. |
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Oh My God! There’s No Man In The Cockpit!Change perception through education My friend Mark Magin, Onboard Images President, recently told me a hilarious story. Sitting in first class on a commercial flight, he noticed there was an all- female flight crew. |
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 It’s More Than Just An N-NumberRenaming our kids and our airplanes doesn’t always work The other day at the hangar, we were talking about how many times I've rebuilt my airplane: twice for the engine, twice for the fuselage and once for the rest of the airframe, which included re-cover and painting. |
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Do As We Say, Not As We DoGovernment advice sometimes is good for everyone, including government Over the years, you've no doubt heard urgings from various government agencies to always pay careful attention to the weather when you're in flying mode. |
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 A Pilot’s View We're 45 minutes out of Daytona Beach bound for Key West on a summer evening. Viewed from our altitude, the sun has just begun its dip below the horizon, leaving us in muted daylight as darkness settles across the land below. |
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Improving On A Good ThingThe venerable Cessna P210N enjoys a welcome improvement Just as airplanes such as the straight-tail Beech Bonanza and Piper Super Cub have become pre-eminent in their respective classes, the Cessna 210 has enjoyed a similar reputation as an aviation icon. |
