The flight instructor is the first gatekeeper when it comes to aviation safety. It is incumbent on the CFI to teach and model good habits …
The flight instructor is the first gatekeeper when it comes to aviation safety.
Pilot Talk
Tales of wisdom and adventure from our talented columnists.
Dressing Fly Is About More Than Looking Good
Spring is the most fickle season when it comes to weather in the Pacific Northwest. One day it is unseasonably …
The Race to Build Dayton-Wright’s Time Machine
In the film Back to the Future II, the antagonist Biff Tannen steals a sports almanac containing scores from every …
Why the Southwest Holiday Meltdown Blowback is Coming
Southwest Airlines’ (SWA) holiday system-wide meltdown was by all accounts the single biggest disruption in the history of American …
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 …
