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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: Broken Brakes
Not too long ago, I was looking forward to an hour or so of poking holes in the sky in a Piper Cherokee 180.
Article: Pressure’s On...Or Is It?
It's 95 degrees, and sweat is dripping down my face. The box suddenly seems impossibly small.
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Gag Reel
To help with my recent write-up on what's great about owning and flying LSA, I had the pleasure to jaw with several owners, from teachers to pleasure flyers. ...
Article: Critter Delays
Gulfstream Eight Charlie Charlie, go around. The airport is temporarily closed.
Article: Fear Of Dunking
From two miles up, big water looks pretty much the same all over the world.
Article: Making Sense Of The Back-Course Approach
Yes, I know. There aren't many of those procedures in use, and even when they're available, controllers are more likely to issue a circle-to-land clearance on the standard localizer/ILS.
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: Save On Avgas
It barely matters what you fly these days— avgas is starting to comprise a greater percentage of an airplane's total operating cost.
Article: From The Editor: Over Water
It never seems to matter what headset I'm wearing—when I'm flying over a large stretch of water, I can hear every single sound that the engine makes. ...
Article: September 2011 Readback
The Cirrus SR20 has been selected as the aircraft of choice for the U.S. Air Force Academy's Powered Flight Program. Air Force Selects Cirrus
Article: Should We Rely On GPS?
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. ...
Article: Battle Over Frigid Seas
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Article: Sharing General Aviation
Working for Uncle Sam in Naples, Italy, prevents me from often seeing my family in the U.S.
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision, Randall Fishman
In 2007, a man no one in aviation had ever heard of walked onto the field at Oshkosh, strapped himself into a motorized hang-glider trike and took off. ...
Article: Aerial Recycling
For the last six months or so, every time we'd taxi out, my eyes would drift to one end of the jet ramp, and linger on a Falcon 10 that has been there for quite a while. ...
Article: Muscle Memory
One of the basic clichés in life is that learning anything is quite often a matter of doing it over and over until you get it right. ...
Article: Making The Most Of Your Aircraft Asset
There's a verse that goes: "To be successful, all you have to do is work half a day, and most of the time, you get to pick which 12 hours per day you want to work."
Article: August 2011 Readback
Goodyear is working with German manufacturer ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik to build three new blimps beginning in 2013. New Zeppelin Airships For Goodyear
Article: From The Editor: Moving On Up
As pilots, we're constantly looking to challenge ourselves and learn more about flying.
Article: Lightning!
Perhaps the most active thunderstorm area of the world is Darwin, Australia.
Article: Excellence In Execution
I've dedicated my entire adult life to the art form of air-show flying.
Article: Launchpad Patrol
There appears to be a bank of sea fog rolling in off the Atlantic as we're cleared for a predawn takeoff on runway 09 at Titusville's Space Coast Executive Airport in Florida.
Article: A New Era Dawns: Electric Flight
Fantasy time: A shadow flashes across you as you walk toward the airport cafe.
Article: Easy Ownership: The Great LSA
Herewith, the Essential Question: What's great about owning and flying an LSA?
Article: Challenge Yourself!
One of the never-ending conversations in aviation starts with, "How does a person become a better pilot?"
Article: Today’s GA Market
It's no secret that it is absolutely a buyer's market right now," says Steve Feldman, aircraft broker for AirplanesUSA, one of the largest aircraft dealers in the nation.
Article: How Well Do You Know Your Airliners?
Determining aircraft types isn't as easy as it used to be, when seeing a hump on the front meant it was a 747, and three tail-mounted engines indicated you were in for a noisy 727 departure.
Article: Getting A Few Winks
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt led the outcry of indignation when news broke that the lone controller on the overnight shift at Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington had fallen asleep
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: The “Stork” Flies Again
Weird, cool, authentic, bizarre, eccentric, spectacular: so begins my Adjective Hit Parade to describe the Criquet Storch.
