Opinion

As you probably know, one of the biggest trends in automobile insurance is driver monitoring. The deal goes like this. For a discount on your … Read More "Going Direct: The FAA’s Abuse Of ADS-B Has Struck A Nerve"

Since the beginning, pilots have expressed concern over how the FAA would use the data against pilots. And guess what? It’s happening.

Many of us grew up with flying as a big part of our lives. It was the air we breathed. But for the rest of … Read More "What Do You Tell Non-Aviation Friends Who Are Interested In Becoming a Pilot?"

Apart from my instructor, a guy named Si Campbell, whom I’ve written about before, my aviation role models were Bob Hoover, whom I met when … Read More "Role Models, Truth And Flying Real Airplanes In the Real World"

When I posted to my personal Facebook page a link to my story on longtime Flying magazine columnist Martha Lunken getting her pilot certificates revoked … Read More "Going Direct: Martha Lunken And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Decision To Fly Under a Bridge"

The annual Sun ’n Fun Fly-In is a wrap for 2021. The event, which was cancelled due to the pandemic in 2020, went forward this … Read More "Going Direct: Sun ’n Fun 2021 Is A Wrap. Our 8 Takeaways From A Show To Remember."

When I wrote about my concerns about how Sun ’n Fun would be run and I was just going to stay away, I was wrong. … Read More "Going Direct: Why Sun ’n Fun Has Been Such A Big Success In Spite of Sun ’n Fun"

The NTSB, in issuing its annual list of highest-priority safety improvements in the transportation sector, has included something that it points out has been suggested … Read More "Mandated Cockpit Video Recorders, Pilot Suicide And Why Cockpit Cameras Are A Terrible Idea That Will Probably Happen Anyway"