What Compels An Air Show Pilot?
Explaining why I do what I do is surprisingly easy. The quick answer is that flying air shows is what …
News
We keep you up to date on the latest news about personal flying and share incisive, relevant opinion on this ever changing activity.
From The Editor: Simmer Down
I was looking forward to a much needed weekend on Martha’s Vineyard, away from the city and the noise …
Is General Aviation Losing The Popularity Contest?
You remember, don’t you, when you first fell in love with aviation? Perhaps it was a warm, sunny day …
From The Editor: GA Popularity Contest
When I was a kid in grade school, I had this friend named Jonathan Meyer. His dad was a minister …
State Of The Industry
From the Wright brothers to The Right Stuff, the thrill of flight has sparked the imagination and stirred the human …
January 2008 NOTAMS
As part of its “Only In A Taildragger” campaign, CubCrafters will pay you to earn your tailwheel endorsement. The manufacturer …
The Odyssey Of Glacier Girl
1942: A flight of six P-38s and two B-17s departs Sondrestrom Fjord, Greenland, for Reykjavik, Iceland, on their …
Catastrophic Structural Failure
The overwhelming majority of airplanes have the potential to keep flying until it’s no longer economically viable to keep …
Obituary For My Friend
It was early on the first day of the EAA Northwest Regional Fly-In at Arlington, Wash., and Marlene called …
Endangered Species?
The end is near! For hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, humans have been making predictions about the end. The …
