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Article: Midair Over The Hudson

As a result of its investigation of the August 8, 2009, midair collision over the Hudson River, the NTSB says it’s time for the FAA to improve the information it offers to pilots about avoiding collisions.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Proficiency

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: 50 Years To Solo

It’s the Babe Ruth of airplanes, the home-run standard against which we measure and judge all other airplanes whose company we’ll ever have the pleasure to keep. ...

Also labeled: Features, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Glass Versus Grass(roots)

The contradictions between the Cirrus and my normal ride couldn’t have been more extreme if I had been in the space shuttle.

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Talk

Article: FlightPrep ChartBook-S

While we’ve yet to see any device that can completely replace paper charts, the latest version of FlightPrep’s ChartBook comes very close—at least in daylight. ...

Also labeled: Gadgets, Handheld Gadgets, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: From The Editor: (Un)restricted

It was still dark, and Van Nuys tower had just opened when we took off on runway 16R for a right downwind departure toward the Mojave Desert.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: SpaceShipTwo Takes Off

I don’t know about you, but for me, flying in space has always been the ultimate goal.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: I Did It!

On a cool, crisp and calm October morning, I finally took my first solo flight. It was amazing! My journey to this point started almost three years before, in early 2007. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Features, Guest Speaker, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Puerto Rico To Provo

At age 34, I added a flying trip to my dream list. It was a fly-in of 20 planes to Providenciales (nicknamed “Provo”) in the Turks and Caicos, an archipelago of nearly 49 islands and desert cays just 35 miles southeast of the Bahamas.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: Stop Squeezing Them In

Remember the circus act in which a dozen clowns get out of the smallest car you’ve ever seen drive into the center ring?

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, Features, NTSB Reports, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Proficiency, Safety

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Your First LSA

With a tough year behind us and the bright hope of a better economic year ahead, I remembered our recent “Buy Your First Plane” issue and thought about first-time LSA owners.

Also labeled: Features, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Screen Savers

Screen savers are a terrific invention—15-20 images of people, places and things that are dear to me rotate through mine like an automated scrapbook.

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Talk

Article: Flight Guide iEFB

Since our review of the Flight Guide iEFB in “Top 20 iPad Apps” [September 2010], we have taken a much closer look at this iPad app.

Also labeled: Gadgets, Handheld Gadgets, Navigation, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: From The Editor: Light Sport To Cabin Class

There exist very few things that I would wake up at 4 a.m. for. An airplane in the lens of my camera happens to be one of them.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: The Evolution Of Navigation

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.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Still Relentless

I can tell you that for one lap prior, the plane never ran so well.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Features, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Where General Aviation Shines

Shortly after getting my pilot’s license in 1992, I took all of my family members up, one at a time, for an aerial tour of Jacksonville, Fla. ...

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: The Crosswind Component

Ensuring that there’s a safety margin in everything we do is fundamental to aviation accident avoidance.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, Features, NTSB Reports, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Safety

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: The Rashomon Effect

This time of year, we winter-bound types shiver our timbers and wistfully harken back to the glory days of summer.

Also labeled: Features, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Remarkable People

Even though it’s been a few months since coming home and unpacking, getting the Oshkosh adventure totally out of your head isn’t easy.

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Talk

Article: From The Editor: Homecoming

Ron Mohrhoff speaks about his Bonanza the way most people might speak about their children. “Wow!” he proudly beams on each flight. “This airplane is the best!” ...

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Pilot In Command

Being a professional aerobatic and race pilot for the past several years has given me the opportunity to meet many civilian, military, helicopter, fixed-wing, professional and recreational pilots.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Features, Guest Speaker, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: Open-Cockpit Chills

It was discovered last September that my open-cockpit biplane, a Starduster Too, needed an engine overhaul.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: Hazards Of Extreme Flying

Ensuring that there’s a safety margin in everything we do is fundamental to aviation accident avoidance.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Proficiency

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: The Time Traveller

Writing for a major aviation publication like Plane & Pilot feels sometimes like being a time traveller.

Also labeled: Features, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Aviation Without A Soundtrack?

The other day, I got yet another nastygram. This one from an individual who had read somewhere that my airplane has no mufflers.

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Talk

Article: From The Editor: No Go-Around

When the space shuttle reenters the earth’s atmosphere, it becomes nothing more than a huge glider—with a pretty awful glide ratio—and the shuttle commander gets just one chance to land.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Artificial Speed

It’s probably the most common question I hear at air shows and conventions such as Sun ’n Fun, AirVenture, AOPA, NBAA and Reno.

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: The Heavy Glider

I’m one fortunate aviator. My professional career has coincided with the 30-year flight history of the Space Shuttle program.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Features, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Taking Command Of Your First Plane

It started at Disneyland, holding my daughter Elena’s hand, when my cell phone rang.

Also labeled: Features, Flight I'll Never Forget, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: Buyer Beware

You might think that FAA airworthiness, inspection and record-keeping requirements virtually guarantee that any airplane you buy is going to be in superb condition. ...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Proficiency