Cross-Country Flying Stories
Cross-country flying stories from Bill Cox offer fantastic insight into what pilots face on long distance flights. Dig into our X-Country Log today.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Should We Rely On GPS?Is GPS too good to be true? Ido some post-maintenance test flying for a Cessna 300/400 shop in Long Beach, and a month or so back, I got a call to fly a 421 just coming out of an annual inspection. |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Low Level By ColumbiaWhen is it necessary to ad lib, and when is it just plain dumb? What had begun as a simple, 4,500 nm, late-winter ferry flight in a capable airplane had deteriorated to an ignominious retreat. |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 When Not To GoContrary to popular belief, ferry pilots aren’t brave. Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid. There's a sign-in guestbook in the pilot's lounge at Avitat in Bangor, Maine, that contains the names and missions of most of the international ferry pilots who have come through here in the last 30 years. |
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 There’s No Such Thing As TailwindsWhy is it that we always only remember headwinds? I know what some of you may be thinking. Bill Cox has finally gone off his rocker. |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Flight Recorder For The Little GuyA partial solution to the flight-recorder problem that doesn’t cost a fortune I like to think pilots read accident reports out of a sense of self-preservation rather than ghoulish curiosity. |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 SpaceShipTwo Takes OffIn as little as two years, private space flight may be a reality—and NASA won’t be I don’t know about you, but for me, flying in space has always been the ultimate goal. |
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, October 19, 2010 For The BirdsBirds have more to teach us than we could ever learn I’ve been an accidental student of ornithology for as long as I’ve been alive—and that’s a long time. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Artificial SpeedBelieve it or not, there are some easy, inexpensive ways to fly faster It’s probably the most common question I hear at air shows and conventions such as Sun ’n Fun, AirVenture, AOPA, NBAA and Reno. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Memories Of The SwiftMy first airplane was a Swift—and I survived Okay, right up front, in an attempt to stop short any angry letters from Swift owners, I loved my little Swift. |
