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Article: LSA Ownership—Condo Style!

I love this concept of sharing ownership in an aircraft, new or used. Last month, I delved into David Kruger’s Aircraft Partnership Association (www.theapa.com), a type of online matchmaking service t...

Also labeled: Aircraft Bargains, Columns, Features, Fractional Ownership, LSAs, Ownership, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Aircraft Partnership, Partnership

Article: Air Capital Tanker Chase

As a flight test engineer for the Boeing Company assigned to Wichita, Kans. (“the Air Capital”), I’m among the fortunate people who truly love their work. ...

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

Article: Air Shows As GA Rallying Point

As much of the aviation industry suffered through the effects of the historic economic downturn during the last year, the air show industry experienced double-digit growth and, in some markets, record attendance.

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety, Travel

Article: The Paranoia Of Landings

I had been hired to fly a Cessna 340 from Torrance, Calif., to Glasgow, U.K., on an Atlantic tour with the owner in the right seat. The first four days of the trip had gone well. We had departed Torrance, stopped in Denver and made it to Ohio the...

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

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Matchmaking...For Pilots

Webster should put a picture of a human under its definition of “adaptability.” Webster should put a picture of a human under its definition of...

Also labeled: Aircraft Bargains, Columns, Features, Ownership, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Flight I'll Never Forget: The Little Runway That Started It All

People often associate memorable flights with a particular aircraft or airport. Others subscribe to the notion that the journey is more important than the destination.

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Flight I'll Never Forget, People and Places, Travel

Article: P-51 At Twenty One

As the fighter taxis by, the sound of 12 hot-water Merlins crescendos, crackles and pops as the early-morning sunlight glistens off the silver paint highlighting the name Glamorous Glen III—the markings of Chuck Yeager’s Mustang from the 357th Fighter...

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Classic Airplanes, Features, Fighter Jets, People and Places, Travel, Warbirds

Article: Pilots N Paws

Like many of you, I’ve owned dogs for as long as I can remember, probably longer.

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

Article: Listen Up!

All of us will reach a stage in life when we’ve lost or are losing friends (as they slip away physically, mentally or both).

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

Article: My Secret

I have a secret that I’m going to let fly with the aviation community. I have a secret that I’m going to let fly with the...

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, Learning Center, People and Places, Safety, Travel

Article: Backstage With A Rock Star

“Rock star.” It’s a phrase you frequently hear when talking to Kirk Hawkins, founder and CEO of Icon Aircraft in Los Angeles, Calif.

Also labeled: Features, LSAs, New Products, People and Places, Seaplanes, Travel, Adventure Aircraft, Aircraft, Aviation News, Aviation Personalities, Backcountry Flying, Buyer's Guide, Floatplanes, New Aircraft, New Airplanes, Sport Pilots

Article: Flight I'll Never Forget: Cross-Country Cubbing

Some things in life make sense. Others do not. For instance, flying a 65 hp, 75 mph cruise J-3 Cub 650 miles from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania does not, by most definitions, make sense.

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Flight I'll Never Forget, People and Places, Travel

Article: Reflections On Inner & Outer Flight

Why are we so fascinated by flight? What draws us to it? What makes flight so special? Why are we so...

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, Learning Center, People and Places, Safety, Travel

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Three From The Heart

Weeks into the New England summer season, which, as of July 4, is more like an extended March, I’m feeling a serious need for some LSA speed. ...

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

Article: Best Of The West!

One of the great benefits of general aviation is having easy access to spectacular destinations around the world. One of the great...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, People and Places, Travel

Article: What Recession?

Is Oshkosh ever really over? It’ll be weeks, maybe months, before my mind catches up with my body.

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

Article: Ferry Flying As A Career?

I receive more e-mail and snail mail from readers about ferry flying than on all other subjects combined.

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

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.

Also labeled: Air Shows, Features, Learning Center, New Products, People and Places, Travel

Article: Ticket To Ride III

Right after soloing in 860LS, the lovely Flight Design CTLS, I feel light as a cloud. In our

Also labeled: Flight Schools, Flying Skills, Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Pilot Skills

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...

Also labeled: Aerobatics, Air Shows, Decision Making, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Safety

Article: From Hero To Bum—Almost

It was January 1989, and I had just delivered a new Grand Caravan to Comair in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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

Article: Life Begins At 40

As of June of this year, I’ve been cranking out this column for 40 years! These are words I never thought I’d hear coming out of my mouth. As of June of...

Also labeled: Features, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Sporty’s Foundation: The Future Of Aviation

If we don’t get more young people interested in every aspect of general aviation, it will simply disappear as we know it,” Hal Shevers, the founder and chairman of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, tells me as he punctuates his sentence with a long pause and his...

Also labeled: Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places