More Pilot Talk
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Profiles In Vision: Dan Johnson
Deconstructing the heart and mind of a prime LSA trailblazer
 He’s the kind of guy you feel chummy with the first time you meet him. |
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 From The Editor: Three Classics
 It was a dark 3 a.m. when the alarm clock went off last Sunday morning. A glance outside revealed a starlit sky; finally, the June gloom had given way to our photo flight plans. |
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 From The Editor: Solo But Not Alone: “2’s In!”
 As is the case for many pilots, my student solo had been my most memorable flight, ever. What could be more exciting than the first opportunity as pilot-in-command to return an aircraft safely to earth? |
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 A Tale Of Three Air Shows—Not
Or how to have your column derailed by big news from Over There
 It was the best of times; it was the most confusing of times. Half an hour or so into our virtual gum flap, courtesy of matching Gucci headsets and Skype’s Internet-based telephony, my head began to hurt. |
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Bringing The “Sport” Back To Flying (Kirk Hawkins)
Appealing to the emotional rather than the practical may be the key to revitalizing GA
 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. |
Thursday, June 11, 2009 From The Editor: When You Least Expect It
 You never know when your skills might be put to the test. For Doug White, who recently had to land a King Air when his pilot suffered a sudden and fatal medical problem, it was a matter of life and death.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 2009 National CFI of the Year
Improving the learning process
 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. |
Thursday, June 11, 2009 Light-Sport Chronicles: Ghost Wings
Remembrance of flights past and lessons learned
 Every flight has ghosts, if you’ll see them. Mine come in those times when I need a little help to get me through a tough spot, or raise my perspective above ground level to reconsider the depth and breadth of the singular, incomparable joy we call flight. |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 From The Editor: “Student Pilot, First Solo”
 Everyone remembers their first solo flight. And so when I heard, “Student pilot, first solo,” transmitted on the radio a few days ago at Van Nuys Airport, it brought me back to that chilly March morning when my instructor Liz DeStaffany hopped out of N2447B and I taxied the Cessna 172 to Santa Monica Airport’s runway 21.
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Friday, May 1, 2009 Smoke On!
Pushing my Edge to the edge over the Danube
 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. |
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