Guest Speaker
The Common Thread
How mountain flying meshes with primary trainingBy Lori MacNichol, Founder of Mountain/Canyon Flying Seminars
 You may not think that “learning to fly” and “mountain flying” fit well in the same sentence, but I urge you to reconsider. |
Speed Is Life
Never underestimate the importance of an instrument cross-checkBy Brian Shul
 As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I’m most often asked is “How fast would that SR-71 fly?” I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. |
Air Shows As GA Rallying Point
Working together to benefit general aviationBy John Cudahy, President, International Council of Air Shows
 As much of the aviation industry suffered through the effects of the historic economic downturn during the last year, the air show industry experienced double-digit growth and, in some markets, record attendance. |
My Secret
How teamwork makes for the best job in the sky By Jon Conrad
 I have a secret that I’m going to let fly with the aviation community. |
Reflections On Inner & Outer Flight
Reaching beyond self-imposed limitationsBy Kermit Weeks, Creator & Owner, Fantasy Of Flight
 Why are we so fascinated by flight? What draws us to it? What makes flight so special? |
Bringing The “Sport” Back To Flying (Kirk Hawkins)
Appealing to the emotional rather than the practical may be the key to revitalizing GAKirk Hawkins, Founder & CEO of ICON Aircraft
 In 2004, the FAA passed what has been called the “biggest change in aviation in 50 years”—it created the LSA category and sport pilot license. “So what?” you ask. You’ve already got your private, commercial, instrument, CFI and MEI ratings, and your Eagle Scout Badge. |
2009 National CFI of the Year
Improving the learning processArlynn McMahon
 Recently, a VFR pilot flying a Cessna 172 departed after dark in VMC and flew into IMC. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an electrical failure to ATC, but continued into a thickening blanket of fog. |
Smoke On!
Pushing my Edge to the edge over the DanubeMichael Goulian, Red Bull Air Race Pilot #99, Edge 540
 It’s hot in this race plane…even at 1,000 feet…or is it just me? My mouth is dry and my heart is racing as I watch the competitor before me twisting his way through the track. |
Protecting Kenya’s National Parks
Training the Kenya Wildlife Service Airwing Patty Wagstaff
 I often wear a little leather choker with two bronze elephant tusks. I picked it up a few years ago in a Nairobi gallery called Matt Bronze, and it reminds me of the wild things that still live in Kenya. |
Personal Aviation At A Crossroads
Looking back and moving forwardBy Tom Gunnarson, industry analyst at the FAA Light Sport Program Office & former president of LAMA
 Five years ago, the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) received its airworthiness certificate, opening up a new chapter in the regulation of simple personal flight. More than 1,000 of these factory-built aircraft and more than 8,000 former ultralights (experimental light-sport aircraft, E-LSA) are now flying under the sport pilot and LSA category. |
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