It’s The Pitts
Recently, I had a chance to fly a considerably less-ambitious Pitts delivery—pick up a 1999 S2C in Texas …
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Pedal To The Metal
On November 12, 2001, American Airlines flight 587 crashed at Belle Harbor, N.Y., shortly after taking off from John …
Yesteryear
It’s mid-morning on the first day of the new year as I’m writing this, and I’ve …
Aerial Road Rage
“Baron Zero-Two-Foxtrot, the biplane ahead of you is in the pattern and will be turning on crosswind shortly …
A New Kind Of Air Racing
Reno 2004: The single red and blue airplane comes screaming downhill from 1,000 feet toward the twin pylons, passes …
Aerobatic Training
Every job has its perks. Airline pilots, for example, fly practically free all over the world, doctors and nurses have …
Don’t Bank On It
A friend of a friend knew the pilot of a King Air that crashed, killing six of the seven people …
Across Down Under
There are a few airplanes that deserve better than they got, and I’ve always felt the Shrike Commander is …
Patience Is A Virtue
When it comes to figuring out what caused an airplane to crash, the first and most obvious clues often lead …
Smarter Than A Tow Bar?
What’s the tennis ball for?” asked one of my students. Almost every one of them ask the same old …
