The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report earlier this week on the midflight door plug separation on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, and I …
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Hearing and Doing
It’s not just me. Many of the pilot population in my circle confess to having the same difficulty: understanding …
Mooney’s Almost-Warbird Returns to the Texas Skies
Piper built thousands of L-4 “Grasshoppers” used as liaison and artillery spotters. Cessna’s T-41 trainer was a …
Aero Friedrichshafen 2023 — JH Aircraft’s Popular Corsair Debuts e-Motion at Europe’s Best Show
OK, I admit it. I’m a huge fan of Aero Friedrichshafen. This show packs a lot of delight into …
Remembering the Dubroff Cardinal Accident
Don’t let someone pressure you into doing something foolish. You probably heard this sentiment (or some form of it …
A New Era for ‘Plane & Pilot’
Welcome to a new era for Plane & Pilot. We are excited to embark on reimagining what Plane & …
Aviation to EPA: Slow Your Roll
The sides are aligning in what’s shaping up to be a new aviation cold war between owners and operators …
Why the Southwest Holiday Meltdown Blowback is Coming
Southwest Airlines’ (SWA) holiday system-wide meltdown was by all accounts the single biggest disruption in the history of American …
Are Electric Flights Anything More than Stunts?
Recently an all-electric Robinson R-44 helicopter made a flight from Jackie Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, California, to …
Was Oshkosh a Super-Spreader Event? Of Course, It Was.
As I wrote in a previous story, people who attended Oshkosh AirVenture in late July were taking a risk of …
Going Direct: CubCrafters Goes Public
Here’s the vision, and it’s a bold one …