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Grassroots

Browse Grassroots, a collection of flying-related articles by Budd Davisson. An accomplished aviation journalist, Budd shares his perspective on  all kinds of flight-related subjects.

October 15, 2018

CEO In The Cockpit

Proof that flying (yourself)is good for the bottom line.

Studies show that CEOs who are pilots are better in the boardroom and with the bottom line because of their affinity for aviation.

March 24, 2016

The Last Flight

Everything has an end, but too often we don’t know it’s coming

Our Christmas morning wasn’t what it should have been: we got a call early on that my ex-brother-in-law had just unexpectedly died. He was only two years older than I am and a health freak. The net effect on me was stronger than I would have expected. It was as if the concept of mortality more »

March 8, 2016

Life’s Big Numbers

The clock keeps ticking, but that’s not all bad

Almost regardless of our age, 20-something to gray dog, it’s impossible not to engage in those “Hey, do you remember when…?” moments, where we look back at experiences, people and times in our lives when something memorable happened. Then as we progress through life, we find ourselves hitting milestones that make it impossible not to more »

December 14, 2015

Walls That Talk

Of Bear Traps, N Numbers and Neat Junk

One of the advantages of visiting a friend in his home and/or office is that you get a sense of their environment.

November 9, 2015

Junk Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Special interest worlds don’t overlap as much as you think

With hundreds of people milling around me, I didn’t actually hear the engine, but I certainly felt it! It was a deliciously smooth snarl that I could actually feel in my chest.

September 8, 2015

Words At The Beginning

When someone gives us a break, but we often don’t say thanks

After you’ve reached a certain age, when you get an email with a friend’s name in the title, you know that the news is never good.

June 9, 2015

The Aviator Voice

Having “that” sound can’t be faked

The other day, as I was pushing my trusty mount out of the hangar, a pilot was having trouble getting a rental Cirrus back in the hangar next door, so I stopped and gave him a hand.

May 12, 2015

Hallway Monitors

Do we really need tattletales in our midst?

The voice had a very indignant tone to it. As if the tower should pay special attention to everything he said.

April 7, 2015

Disappearing Airliners

The simplest solution is usually overlooked

Okay, I know that airliners spend a lot of their time being tracked on someone’s radar scope and talking to ATC, so the assumption is that someone, somewhere knows exactly where they are at all times.

March 10, 2015

And Life Goes On

People in our lives we don’t know but should

Today has been a hard one for those of us who follow history: First thing this morning, I learned that Alex Vraciu, America’s highest-scoring surviving ace, had died.

December 16, 2014

Too Late Gives No Warning

If you have dreams, put them into action today

They live their retirement dreams before retiring.

October 21, 2014

Heart Transplant

Overhauls, new sounds, the Old Gal labors on

I’ve known for a while my engine wasn’t totally happy.

October 7, 2014

A Different Kind Of Calendar

Our year begins and ends in Wisconsin

If, at any given time, there are around 200,000 people on the grounds at the Oshkosh orgy of aviation, then there are probably the same number of reasons why they’re there.

September 9, 2014

Sky King, Roy And The Gang

Was it a time of innocence or the formation of a generation?

It doesn’t seem that long ago that more than just the TV was black-and-white.

September 1, 2014

The White-Coat Syndrome

It’s real, it’s ridiculous, and for some of us, it’s impossible to avoid

Courtesy of my laptop, it’s 0450 hours (that’s in the morning, in case you missed my whining), and I’m in another airport terminal.

July 8, 2014

Minutia

The little stuff you pick up about aviation by living it

As the student settled into the back pit and started to put his headset on, I stopped him and took his baseball hat off his head.

June 3, 2014

Oh, No! Not More Changes!

There comes a time in life when status quo looks really attractive

I first noticed it when one of our newer controllers, whose voice I didn’t recognize, told us we were cleared for takeoff on Runway Tree. Tree? Huh!

May 6, 2014

TFRs And The Little Guy

I’m not sure of their purpose, and “they” aren’t aware of the effects

My student was from England. The first hop of the day was normal: from calling ATIS to flying the flight, nothing unusual.

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