People and Places
Article: Visiting America Airport By Airport
My flight student Matt Rickman and I departed Southern California for Illinois at the end of June, just as summer thunderstorms began to pummel the Midwest. ...
Article: From The Editor: What’s In A Name?
I first heard about Amelia Earhart three years ago on Facebook. The new Amelia Earhart, that is.
Article: Autopilots Equal Safety
One of the most common questions I get about flying the oceans is, "How do you stay awake on a 10- to 15-hour leg?" My standard answer is, "Consider the alternative."
Article: Include, Don’t Exclude
We all love stories of how people are seduced by aviation, but it's just as interesting to know what keeps them out.
Article: Live With Your Airplane
There's nothing like being able to walk out your back door to your hangar and into your airplane," says Spruce Creek, Fla., resident Jack Hirn, summing up the number-one reason that the residential airpark lifestyle captivates pilots of every stripe....
Article: Amelia Earhart: A Modern Adventure
This contemporary Earhart is re-creating one of the legendary aviatrix's flights: the leg from Oakland, Calif., to Miami, Fla., where she announced her ill-fated, round-the-world attempt in 1937.
Article: Do Something Magical: Learn To Fly
I'm still learning to fly. Even three decades after earning my private pilot certificate at 17, I'm still a student pilot, and I'm okay with it. ...
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision: Ivo Boscarol
Welcome to Slovenia, and let's raise our glasses to setting your goals too high.
Article: Air Race Accidents
The death toll quickly rose to 11, including the pilot with about 70 injured.
Article: From The Editor: Something For Everyone
"I fly for food," was Dick Rutan's good-humored and modest response when I thanked him for flying the photo flight.
Article: The Nature Of Clouds
In my part of the sky—at least, the part I watch most often—we don't see many clouds.
Article: Coast-To-Coast
The faster I go, the harder I want to pull back on the yoke. The grey turns into blue, and all I see is sky.
Article: Trans-Africa Adventure
Last summer, I was sitting on a beach thinking about my upcoming 50th birthday.
Article: Bahamas 101: Recipe For Paradise
We're skimming low over the Atlantic Ocean, some 80 miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale. Below us is a giant marble—brilliant glass with swirls of every shade of blue and green you can imagine, and flattened so it stretches as far as the eye can...
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Snowmobile Engine...NOT!
Naw, it's got a snowmobile engine, I'm not flying one of those!" Odds are, if you've hung out a bit with experienced GA pilots, especially those who have plied the skies on personal wings for a while, you've heard that about the Rotax aircraft engine....
Article: Fire In Front
According to a search of NTSB data, in 2010, there were only four general aviation fixed-wing accidents investigated that involved in-flight engine compartment fires. ...
Article: Coast-To-Coast Javelin
Pressurization is something like power windows. Once you've lived with it for a while, you wonder how you ever got along without it.
Article: 10 Sexiest Airplanes
We thought we were doing something really clever when we came up with the "10 Sexiest Airplanes" idea. It wasn't until we delved into making up the list that we came face-to-face with the need to define the term "sexy."
Article: From The Editor: It’s Better In The Bahamas
With 700 islands, turquoise waters, postcard-perfect beaches, and 55 general aviation airports, The Bahamas is undoubtedly a pilot's paradise. Recently, Plane & Pilot joined the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation on a flying trip to three...
Article: Flying Fifi
My most memorable flying experience was on September 20th, 2011, when I got my copilot checkout in Fifi, the only flying Boeing B-29.
Article: Fuel Imbalance
Most pilots know what it feels like when an airplane is wing heavy because there's more fuel on one side than the other.
Article: 100 Years Of Naval Aviation
He did so in a 60 hp Curtiss Model D, which was constructed from spruce, bamboo and doped linen, and had a maximum speed of 43 knots. (function(){ var flashvars = {affiliateSiteId:"85996", widgetId:"108329",...
Article: From The Editor: Maverick Has the Ball
To commemorate the centennial of naval aviation, Plane & Pilot Publisher Mike McMann and I journeyed to Naval Air Station Lemoore. We spent our day with strike-fighter squadron VFA-122, at the controls of an F/A-18 simulator, on a hangar...
Article: The Thrill Of Solo
I'd like to say I remember my first solo experience as if it happened only yesterday, but in truth, yesterday was a long time ago, and the memory isn't that vivid. ...
Article: Safe Turnarounds
Over the years, I've made frequent mention of a controversial number: "safe turnaround altitude."
Article: The Ted Stevens Accident
The NTSB says cockpit recorders might have helped shed better light on exactly what happened in the accident in which former U.S.
Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
The success of the long-running Cheers TV show, I’m convinced, came in no small part from the seductive lines in that great theme song that so well captured the spirit of the show.
Article: When Airplanes Collide: Avoiding The Unexpected
It’s ironic that most general aviation pilots consider a possible engine failure as their greatest fear.
Article: 30 Ways To Make Your Pilot Certificate Sizzle
I’m still amazed when I land. I sometimes sit in the cockpit, as the gyros wind down and the prop clicks to a stop, and wonder at the magic of it all. ...
Article: From The Editor: A Pilot’s Pilot
More than 500,000 people and 10,000 airplanes took part in the annual aviation mecca that is EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
