Southwest Airlines’ (SWA) holiday system-wide meltdown was by all accounts the single biggest disruption in the history of American air travel, with the exception …
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Pilot Talk
Tales of wisdom and adventure from our talented columnists.
America’s Most Unusual Airports
When one is first learning to fly, an important milestone is that first landing… at a different airport! It’s …
Dallas Midair Tragedy: New Videos Show Startling Change in Flight Path of P-63
Multiple foreign news outlets shared a video earlier this week that appears to show a foreign object striking the Bell …
Understanding the Dallas Midair Disaster
The midair collision last weekend (November 12, 2022) between two World War II vintage aircraft, a Boeing B-17 Flying …
Are Electric Flights Anything More than Stunts?
Recently an all-electric Robinson R-44 helicopter made a flight from Jackie Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, California, to …
Five Pilots That Reached Aviation Immortality
The road to glory looks profoundly different for each aviator who arrives there. Here are five stories of people who …
All About Aircraft Mechanics
They’re a regular fixture at the FBO, possessing an uncanny ability to identify the causes of random squawks and …
What Color is Your Cub?
J-3s are Cub yellow. But does that color really exist …
Neta Snook: Amelia Earhart’s Instructor and One of the First Female Test Pilots
She was far more than the instructor tied by fate to a single student …
Pilot Stalls Plane on Short Final, Leads to Fatal Crash
What kind of problems do you try to resolve while airborne …
The Best Family Planes
If you’ve been flying for a long time, you know that even the best airplanes involve significant compromise. And …
