People and Places
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...
Article: 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.
Article: Top Mistakes In Convective Environments
Deep, moist convection, better known as thunderstorms, are the nemesis of all aircraft, big or small. Avoidance is mandatory. Deep, moist...
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...
Article: From The Editor: The Wild West
We’re following the map, but as we pull into Lake Isabella’s South Fork boat ramp, Marc Lee and I aren’t sure we’re in the right place.
Article: Pilots N Paws
Like many of you, I’ve owned dogs for as long as I can remember, probably longer.
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).
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...
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. (function(){ var flashvars = {affiliateSiteId:"85996", widgetId:"108329",...
Article: From The Editor: From Bush To Big City, And Way Beyond
Any taildragger pilot will tell you that you can take a Husky out of the backcountry, but you can’t take the backcountry out of a Husky.
Article: 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.
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...
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. ...
Article: Getting Creative: Affordable Flying
Affordable flying is something of an oxymoron. World War II aviator Jimmy Doolittle is credited for uttering the phrase, “How can it be said that there is no money in aviation? That's where I left all of mine!"
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...
Article: What Recession?
Is Oshkosh ever really over? It’ll be weeks, maybe months, before my mind catches up with my body.
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.
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: Ticket To Ride III
Right after soloing in 860LS, the lovely Flight Design CTLS, I feel light as a cloud. In our
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: From Hero To Bum—Almost
It was January 1989, and I had just delivered a new Grand Caravan to Comair in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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...
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...
Article: Profiles In Vision: Dan Johnson
He’s the kind of guy you feel chummy with the first time you meet him. He’s the kind of guy you feel chummy with the first time you meet him. Maybe it’s...
Article: A Sentimental Journey
I took a short flight recently, one not normally worth mentioning around the hangar. But ’twas important to me—an attempt to relive the good old days of flying, that is, the ’60s and ’70s.
Article: From The Editor: Three Classics
It was a dark 3 a.m. when the alarm clock went off last Sunday morning. A glance outside revealed a starlit sky; finally, the June gloom had given way to our photo flight plans.
Article: From The Editor: When You Least Expect It
Article: 2009 National CFI of the Year
Recently, a VFR pilot flying a Cessna 172 departed after dark in VMC and flew into IMC. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an electrical failure to ATC, but continued into a thickening blanket of fog.
Article: Stick Time In An F-4 Sim
As a twenty something, I figured that the only chance I would ever have of getting into an F-4 Phantom cockpit would involve a successful run for Congress, followed by finagling a seat on the Armed Services Committee.
