Air Shows
Article: When Airplanes Collide: Avoiding The Unexpected
It’s ironic that most general aviation pilots consider a possible engine failure as their greatest fear.
Article: 30 Ways To Make Your Pilot Certificate Sizzle
I’m still amazed when I land. I sometimes sit in the cockpit, as the gyros wind down and the prop clicks to a stop, and wonder at the magic of it all. ...
Article: Oshkosh 2011
Economies rise and fall like ocean waves. Headlines blare about this debt crisis and that stock market selloff, and through it all we keep on keeping on: That’s what humans do.
Article: Piper Cub Heaven
On an overcast, humid June day, I top a high dike built to prevent the Susquehanna River from flooding William T. Piper Memorial airport.
Article: Great New Products!
In the middle of the best of Spring Break air show times it became, for a day, the very worst of times.
Article: Sebring 2011: Rays Of Hope Ahead?
The year’s first major aviation show, Florida’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, went off swimmingly, if a mite frigidly in January, with good attendance, thanks to show organizer Bob Woods and his friendly volunteers.
Article: Rookies of Reno
The Reno Air Races are unlike any other contest in the world.
Article: Splash In
For two days each September, the shores and skies of the quaint Central California town of Lakeport are taken over by the Clear Lake Splash-In. ...
Article: Sharing The Passion
Aviation and flying have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. Aviation and flying have been an...
Article: Mustang Mystique
As I lower myself into the rear cockpit, I pinch myself. No, I’m not dreaming. I really am in a WWII P-51D Mustang, about to ride with the Horsemen, the world’s only P-51 aerobatic team, known for their hyperprecise formation aerobatics.
Article: 10 Top Products
Year in, year out, up economy or down economy, enterprising aviation entrepreneurs always find new and exciting ways to get our juices flowing and our checking accounts draining.
Article: Days Of Celebration, Days Of Dreams
We may well mark 2009 as a dramatic evocation of past and future, a time when the traditional veneration of past achievements and the bright and amazing promise of future technology both occupied center stage.
Article: Formation Flying! Part II
Formation flying is a dangerous and, for me, compellingly beautiful and engaging experience. Formation flying is a dangerous and, for...
Article: Air Show Roundup: Sun 'n Fun 2009
In spite of lighter attendance than last year, the 2009 EAA Sun ’n Fun Fly-In drew an enthusiastic crowd to Lakeland, Fla., for the week’s festivities. ...
Article: Air Show Roundup: Oshkosh!
Article: Sun ’n Fun 2008!
As this column is being written, I’m sitting in an...
Article: Crewing For Red Bull, Down Under
At the closing ceremonies of each Red Bull...








