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A Flight I'll Never Forget

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Take in unique flying experiences as told by our authors. Unforgettable Flights will take you inside the cockpits of fighter jets, on board legendary aircraft, and to spectacular locations around the globe.

Air Capital Tanker Chase


Hot-rod flight test in a TA-4 Skyhawk



Air Capital Tanker ChaseAs a flight test engineer for the Boeing Company assigned to Wichita, Kans. (“the Air Capital”), I’m among the fortunate people who truly love their work.

Flight I'll Never Forget: The Little Runway That Started It All


Return to Hidden Lake



Flight I'll Never Forget: The Little Runway That Started It AllPeople often associate memorable flights with a particular aircraft or airport. Others subscribe to the notion that the journey is more important than the destination.

Flight I'll Never Forget: Cross-Country Cubbing


A visit to the annual Lock Haven fly-in



Flight I'll Never Forget: Cross-Country CubbingSome things in life make sense. Others do not. For instance, flying a 65 hp, 75 mph cruise J-3 Cub 650 miles from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania does not, by most definitions, make sense.

Flight I'll Never Forget: A Sentimental Journey


Same place, different time...



Flight I'll Never Forget: A Sentimental JourneyI took a short flight recently, one not normally worth mentioning around the hangar. But ’twas important to me—an attempt to relive the good old days of flying, that is, the ’60s and ’70s.

Flight I'll Never Forget: The Golden Hour


Honoring a fallen friend



Flight I'll Never Forget: The Golden HourIn 2007, my team, Aerophile Air Racing, returned from a very difficult trip to the Reno Air Races.

A Flight I'll Never Forget: Flying The Goodyear Blimp


Join Plane & Pilot on a night sign tour over the Los Angeles Basin.



A Flight I'll Never Forget: Flying The Goodyear BlimpThe airship—named, “Spirit of America,” and based in Carson, Calif.—continues a Goodyear tradition that began in 1925 with the company’s first helium blimp.

Flight I'll Never Forget: Stick Time In An F-4 Sim


Taming the Phantom



Flight I'll Never Forget: Stick Time In An F-4 SimAs a twenty something, I figured that the only chance I would ever have of getting into an F-4 Phantom cockpit would involve a successful run for Congress, followed by finagling a seat on the Armed Services Committee.

Flight I'll Never Forget: The Proposal


An extra-special vacation



Flight I'll Never Forget: The ProposalAs a dating couple, Brian and I often had to be very creative about finding time to spend together since I’m an airline first officer and Brian is the operations coordinator for Team Oracle. In July 2007, we were happily anticipating a week off that we were going to spend with our dear friends (and fellow Cub enthusiasts) J.R. and Paige Bisset.

We Fly the F-22 Raptor


Here’s what it’s like to fly the world’s most sophisticated fighter – sort of.



we flyI’m cruising at 40,000 feet above Nevada in America’s front-line fighter. Perched out on the pointy end, I can’t see what’s following behind, but I know it’s roughly 63 feet long and weighs as much as 64,000 pounds.

Flight I’ll Never Forget: Logging Time In The World’s Largest Airliner


Left seat in an Airbus 380



Flight I’ll Never Forget: Logging Time In The World’s Largest Airliner I’m sitting in the pilot’s seat of an Airbus A380 surrounded by 10 flat-panel displays and more switches than I can describe. It’s the world’s largest airliner, and its size is staggering.
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