A Chance Meeting
There I was, climbing through 5,500 feet in southeastern Texas, when I had a close encounter with a Boeing …
News
We keep you up to date on the latest news about personal flying and share incisive, relevant opinion on this ever changing activity.
Wing Dings
It’s a problem most of us with metal airplanes face at one time or another—dings, those small dents …
Safety In Numbers
This past March, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released preliminary accident statistics for 2004. The numbers show a welcome …
60 Years After
Paul Tibbets joined the Army Air Corps at Fort Thomas, Ky., in 1937. In 1942, Tibbets joined the 97th Bomb …
Fences
Yesterday evening, a friend and I were flying across the desert a few miles south of Phoenix, when my fellow …
Time Flies
As I’m typing this, my little red airplane is in the hos-pital for a 100-hour inspec-tion …
For The Birds
As far back as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by birds. I remember sitting on the beach during …
Fill ’Er Up
Running out of fuel and crashing is something you might expect from an inexperienced private pilot, but not from a …
First Flight
As one who is sometimes asked to speak before pilot groups, I was struck by a column written by fellow …
A Needle In A Haystack
Sometime in 2009, the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system will no longer be receiving distress signals on today’s common distress …
