Yellow super cub airplane at the Sugarloaf Regional Airport in western Maine during peak foliage season.
Opinion
Incisive, timely and forward-thinking views on the world of personal aviation and all that affects it.
The Jetson One Quadcopter Might Be The Future Of Personal Flying. And This Is Not A Joke.
Like everybody else, I watched the video of that Star Wars looking Hanna-Barbera themed Jetson ONE motorcycle-quadcopter-speedster …
FAA Tries To Ruin Flying: Congress Steps In, Again. What The Heck Is Going On?
Congress is stepping in to override the FAA’s remarkably tone-deaf reinterpretation of the rules behind training in three …
10 Reasons To Be Excited About Flying Again
Sixteen months later, we are emerging into an aviation world poised for unprecedented growth and progress, though in ways that are sometimes surprising and totally counterintuitive.
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The Aviation Automation Creep Has Begun. Is It A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing?
It wasn’t long ago that I made my way to Olathe, Kansas, to go flying with Garmin on an airplane, a Piper M600, that could … Read More "The Aviation Automation Creep Has Begun. Is It A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing?"
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September 11th And Its Silent Skies
It’s often said that how one reacts to tragedy is as important, or more so, than the effect of …
Electric Creep
At Oshkosh 2021, we began to see the slow creep of electric propulsion into the kind of flying represented at …
Has AirVenture Been Successful? Why Oshkosh 2021 Is A Mixed Bag Beyond Accounting
It was last Sunday, and I had just gotten to the show grounds at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin …
Alaska Passenger Small Plane Suicide Attempt Sounded Worse Than It Was
The media loves a scary story, and all the better when it’s about aviation. In this case, the facts don’t bear out such an interpretation.
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Actual Flying Cars Are The Worst Kind of Flying Cars
A company in Slovakia recently made a demonstration flight of its flying car doing the actual flying car thing, that is, taking off from somewhere, … Read More "Actual Flying Cars Are The Worst Kind of Flying Cars"
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Flight Attendants On The Firing Line. Is It Time to Stop Alcohol Sales on U.S. Flights?
Drinking and piloting a plane is illegal and stupid because it (obviously) puts everyone at risk. Recent incidents have shown that drinking for those folks in the passenger cabin might be just as bad an idea.
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