Going Direct: FAA’s Use Of ADS-B Against Pilots Is GA’s Next Big Problem
Since the beginning, pilots have expressed concern over how the FAA would use the data against pilots. And guess what …
Opinion
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What Do You Tell Non-Aviation Friends Who Are Interested In Becoming a Pilot?
Many of us grew up with flying as a big part of our lives. It was the air we breathed …
Role Models, Truth And Flying Real Airplanes In the Real World
Apart from my instructor, a guy named Si Campbell, whom I’ve written about before, my aviation role models were …
Going Direct: Martha Lunken And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Decision To Fly Under a Bridge
When I posted to my personal Facebook page a link to my story on longtime Flying magazine columnist Martha Lunken …
Going Direct: Sun ’n Fun 2021 Is A Wrap. Our 8 Takeaways From A Show To Remember.
The annual Sun ’n Fun Fly-In is a wrap for 2021. The event, which was cancelled due to the …
Going Direct: Why Sun ’n Fun Has Been Such A Big Success In Spite of Sun ’n Fun
When I wrote about my concerns about how Sun ’n Fun would be run and I was just going to …
Going Direct: Sun ’n Fun Day One Went Great. Except For One Thing.
On opening day of Sun ’n Fun 2021, when SNF president John Leenhouts explained the protocols for the exhibit buildings …
Mandated Cockpit Video Recorders, Pilot Suicide And Why Cockpit Cameras Are A Terrible Idea That Will Probably Happen Anyway
The NTSB, in issuing its annual list of highest-priority safety improvements in the transportation sector, has included something that …
Going Direct: Why Vaccine Passports Are the New Cultural Battleground in Aviation
Two Republican governors of large red states have body slammed the very idea of vaccination passports, and they have support …
Going Direct: Why I Am Going To Sun ’n Fun. Why I Am Not Going To Sun ’n Fun.
The return of the big airshow is here! That is, it’s kind of here. Well, almost kind of here …
