People and Places
Article: Super Bowl Super Fly-In
It was Super Bowl morning,...
Article: Paws In The Sky
Yes, I’m guilty. The rumors are true. I am one of those...
Article: Pilot Careers 2008
Opportunities for professional pilots are...
Article: The Four Aviation Food Groups
Balanced aviation nutrition is like...
Article: Safety—A Tough Sell
Woody was one of those pilots we all thought...
Article: LightHawk: The Truth From Above
Among the earliest things we learned...
Article: Fathers, Sons And Flying
For me, it all began a few thousand feet over some Michigan farmland about 40 years ago. We were somewhere between Detroit and Alpena when my father gave me a heading, told me to keep it straight and level, and then let me grab the yoke. I’ll never...
Article: Passion Breeds Success
Yesterday, as we were taxiing back for yet...
Article: Why Learn To Fly?
Pete runs a dental practice and learned to fly so he...
Article: Gathering Of Mustangs
It’s perhaps the most iconic military airplane in t...
Article: Crewing For Red Bull, Down Under
At the closing ceremonies of each Red Bull...
Article: Becoming Invisible
Officially, the EAA AirVenture was over. Only a few hours earlier, a voice had boomed over the PA system, saying thanks and come again next year. That was the signal that it was time to return to the real world and normalcy. However, those of us...
Article: Ferry Dogs
D'ja ever try to take two German shepherds flying in a four-seat retractable? It's nearly an impossible mission. Years ago, on a whim, I took my big 120-pound Siberian husky, Kenai, flying in the family Mooney. Though Kenai was in the habit of talking...
Article: Whispers
At first, I wasn’t certain I had heard it. It was a faraway voice, not quite a whisper, and my headset killed the engine noise just enough that I could tell it was there. Had I imagined it? Was I actually hearing it, or was my own mind talking to me a...
Article: The Columbia STS-107 Accident
All of us in aviation lost seven friends last February. No one can forget the horrifying video of the space shuttle Columbia breaking up in the high sky over northwest Texas. For many of us who love the sky, the image was almost incomprehensible, a...
Article: Setting The Record Straight
Lyn “I’m the boss?” Freeman, Plane & Pilot’s leader (a scary thought, at best) challenged me to put my flight-instructing skills to the test by checking him out in my airplane for an article. I figured, sure. It ought to be fun. I mean, it’s just a...
Article: The Miracle Of Clouds
Although I’ve made some slight progress in learning to fly during the last 38 years, I’ve never even come close to understanding weather. Naturally, I’ve read Bill Kerschner, Guy Murchie, Bob Buck and a number of other authors on the subject, and I...
Article: Pitts Specialski
An e-mail that I received said: Report, can I gain the necessary drawings for independent building given plane PITS. Is it Beforehand thanked for answer,Mihail K. An e-mail that I received said: Report, can I gain the necessary...
Article: Air Vagabonds
It seems every aviator I know would like to be an international delivery pilot. Each month, I receive more e-mails and letters on the subject of ferry flying than on any other topic, and that’s been the pattern for 20 years. I hear from every segment o...
Article: Through The Looking Glass
At first, it might...
Article: Flying Vintners
John Trefethen, whose ...
Article: Tuskegee Tradition
Their legacy is one ...
Article: The Bears Of Kamchatka
For Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns, it had been a...
Article: Flying The Yukon Quest
The sun isn’t ...
Article: The Search For Amelia
Lady Lindy always ...
Article: The Leeward Air Ranch
Jimmy Leeward really never had much of a...
Article: The Men Behind The Lens
There it sits, waiting, a latency of...
Article: A New Kind Of Air Racing
Reno 2004: The single red and blue airplane comes...
Article: Escorted Adventures
Bob and Jill Blettner flew from Wisconsin down to Key West, Fla., in their...
Article: Burt Rutan
Before pilot Brian Binnie soared and flew right into world...
