Going Direct: Industry Commits to Lead-Free Avgas By”¦ 2030?
At the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) meeting in Washington, D.C., yesterday, the blockbuster announcement was that the industry …
Opinion
Incisive, timely and forward-thinking views on the world of personal aviation and all that affects it.
Bottle Cap Challenge Brouhaha
Ah, the joy of counseling safety to others. Those of you who are parents know how hard it can be …
Everything That‘s Wrong With The Infamous Parachute Video
In late December 2021, when YouTube creator and former Olympic snowboarder Trevor Jacob posted a video of himself bailing out …
Update: Used-Plane Hyperinflation Could Spell Big Changes For Personal Aviation
It’s been almost a year since I originally wrote this piece on used plane hyperinflation, and things have only …
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
Sixteen months later, we are emerging into an aviation world poised for unprecedented growth and progress, though in ways that …
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 …
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 …
