December 4, 2018
Going Direct: Swallowed Entirely By The World’s Biggest Plane
Remembering a private tour of the incredible Antonov An-225 Mriya.
Isabel Goyer
Isabel Goyer’s Blog Posts
October 30, 2018
Going Direct: The Lion Air Disaster and the Public’s Crash-ination
Why are people fascinated by airline crashes? And what are the reporter’s ethical obligations when investigators keep the public largely in the dark?
October 25, 2018
Going Direct: Boeing 737s Versus Lockheed Martin F-22s
The historically mostly stable relationship between military and civilian flying jobs has changed and could be devastating to military aviation.
October 16, 2018
Going Direct: NBAA Opens With High Hopes But Real Concerns
The annual bizjet show opened Tuesday morning with calls to action on several fronts.
September 28, 2018
Going Direct: Is Hand Propping Stupid Or Not Stupid?
The past week has been a piling on of social media opinion on the much-shared hand propping accident in which an SR22 sped off without its pilot. The question is, are we asking the wrong questions and coming up with answers that matter?
September 25, 2018
Going Direct: Why Runaway Planes Happen
If you haven’t seen the video yet, buckle up and click here. If you have seen it, here’s why it happened, and, no, you haven’t read this anywhere before.
September 21, 2018
Going Direct: Dream Planes, Deposits and Disappointment
What does Tesla have in common with Eclipse? More than you might imagine.
September 11, 2018
Going Direct: The Shortest Reflection on the 9-11 Attacks You’ll Read This Year
After the attacks against our nation using one of our nation’s most prized achievements, our aerospace system, some feared the demise of private aviation. Just not anyone who knew the kind of stuff of which pilots are made.
August 24, 2018
Going Direct: When We Don’t Speak Up
What do you do when you know of a pilot who’s a danger to themselves and others?
August 14, 2018
Going Direct: Huge, Gaping Holes in Aviation Security…Is A Good Headline
The storylines that mainstream media outlets spun in the wake of the Seattle tragedy were far removed from the reality of the situation.
August 10, 2018
Going Direct: Why Flight Sharing Is A Terrible Idea
And why AOPA is right on the money on its stand against it.
August 8, 2018
Going Direct: Spate of Fatal Accidents Leaves GA Community Shaken
A number of high-profile accidents of very different descriptions have left the GA community in a state of shock.
July 25, 2018
Going Direct: FAA Flexes Its Muscles on Airspace
The subject has been settled a thousand times. Another necessary reminder from the feds.
July 13, 2018
Going Direct: ADS-B: Big Problems and a Bigger Upside
There’s been a lot of talk about the big problem with ADS-B but not so much about the benefits.
July 3, 2018
Going Direct: July 4th Edition: Is Flying Free Enough?
How does flying fit in on Independence Day? Only with a shoehorn, it sometimes seems.
June 14, 2018
Going Direct: Does Your FAA Medical Mean Anything?
The FAA’s medical arm has standards that often seem to have nothing to do with safety of flight.
June 8, 2018
Going Direct: The Latest E-Plane’s Unsettling Launch
The Wrights, Electric Planes, Digital Leashes, Flying Cars and Historical Appropriation
May 23, 2018
Going Direct: Ready for Rehab? GA’s Unseemly Addiction to Low-Lead Avgas
100LL won’t be around much longer. It’s not time to panic. Just kidding. It is.