We were somewhere in the middle of the desert heading for my daughter’s when my cell phone rang …
June 2011
Destination Unclear
The little Piper PA-22 lifts off in a fraction of the runway at Council (K29), 60 miles east-northeast …
How Tight Is Tight?
Prominent on its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements for 2011 is an assessment by the NTSB that the FAA …
Takeoff Mistakes: The Critical Minute
Tom Willett was regarded as a natural. A former USAF navigator, Willett had become one of Globe Aero’s most …
Light-Sport Chronicles: Scoping The Numbers
Every year about this time, I like to catch up with Mike Adams, the ever-helpful Vice President of Underwriting …
Getting Creative: 10 Ways To Fly For Less
Flying is expensive. In fact, recent initiatives by the FAA and AOPA list the cost of flying as one of …
Phoenix Motorglider: Chase The Shouting Wind
Cruising under power through footless halls of air, Jim Lee and I thread our way between vaulting rises of cotton …
Phoenix Motorglider
Phoenix Motorglider Base price $149,000 Engine 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS Wingspan (ft.) 36 or 49 Glide (L/D …
When Not To Go
There’s a sign-in guestbook in the pilot’s lounge at Avitat in Bangor, Maine, that contains the names …
From The Editor: Cross-Country
No matter how much you love to fly, 14 hours of flight in one day is a long time. That …
Inspiration To Africa
During World War II, I was a ferry pilot, flying military aircraft for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA …