People and Places
Article: Fences
Yesterday evening, a friend and I were flying across the desert a few miles south of Phoenix, when my fellow pilot asked, “Hey, wanna look at the horses?” A wing dropped, and I found mys...
Article: Wing Dings
It’s a problem most of us with metal airplanes face at one time or another—dings, those small dents that seem to go hand in hand with owning an aluminum flying machine. Unless you own a...
Article: The Derelicts
I’ve mentioned them before—those long-dead, thoroughly baked carcasses I taxi past each day that at some time in the past, were airplanes. Now they’re aeronautically shaped mounds of...
Article: Remembering Curtis Pitts
I had just parked in front of my insurance agent’s office and was cursing myself for forgetting to bring the premium check when it hit me. It was as if someone way down at the end o...
Article: Avgas Alternatives
I did something incredibly stupid the other day. My fuel is on an open account, and the price is always buried in a seldom-seen monthly statement. So, I asked the price. The nice...
Article: Fabulous Fall Flying
It’s no secret to pilots that f...
Article: Romancing the Stone
Carlana Stone and her husband...
Article: The Traveling Polosons
In 1978, Bert and Grace Poloson, both licensed...
Article: Fly Chile
I squinted as I scanned the horizon from the ...
Article: All The Way To South America
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Article: Learning To Fly Seaplanes
For many pilots, attaining ...
Article: The Katrina Aftermath
My timing couldn’t have been worse. On Monday, August 29, 2005, I boarded an American Airlines 767 out of Los Angeles and headed for Orlando, Fla., well aware that Hurricane Katrina was...
Article: Iceland, The Prequel
This is being written on the road or, more accurately, in the sky. As I tap out these words on my Think Pad, I’m cruising comfortably at FL390 in a British Airways 747, only two hours ...
Article: Through The Eyes Of A Ferry Pilot
Almost by definition, half of every delivery flight I make is on an airliner. I’ve been able to dovetail ferry flights to and from the same destinations a total of once in nearly 30 years o...
