Making Jet Dreams Come True
From about the age of 4, I knew I wanted to fly. Nobody in my family was an aviator, nor did we know anyone who … Read More “Making Jet Dreams Come True”
From about the age of 4, I knew I wanted to fly. Nobody in my family was an aviator, nor did we know anyone who … Read More “Making Jet Dreams Come True”
It’s been just over a year since Garmin launched its a pair of multifunction touchscreen WAAS navigators, the GTN 650Xi and GTN 750Xi. The two … Read More “New Garmin Navigators And More: Supercharged GTN 650Xi and GTN 750Xi”
UPDATE BELOW: Civil air disasters, such as the loss of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752, often take months to understand, but in this case, the … Read More “Iran Air Disaster Looks To Be Missile Strike”
When the BD-10 was announced, it was billed as the world’s first and only supersonic jet kit aircraft. Designed and promoted by Jim Bede, a … Read More “This Incredible Plane: BD-10 Homebuilt Jet”
The NTSB is usually very good about putting together the pieces of what happened in an accident and identifying shortcomings in pilot performance that contributed … Read More “NTSB‘s Report Of Fiery Charleston Crash Seems To Omit Key Point: Why?”
After having recently recalled more than 200 employees who were furloughed by the company in November, Mooney International has once again laid off the majority … Read More “Mooney Furloughs Workers Again”
When Dennis Pruitt and his wife, Karen, departed from Coolidge, Arizona, on their way to Henderson, Nevada, recently, they didn’t make it very far before … Read More “Cell Phone Departs Mooney Over Open Desert: Guess What Happens Next”
Like so many of our readers, I started dreaming of a career in aviation at an early age, specifically 13 years old. I fantasized about … Read More “A Pilot Reflects On The World’s Best Flight Instructor”
One of the most beautiful places on earth, the spectacular and unforgiving Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii, was the site of a tragic mishap … Read More “Deadly Hawaii Helicopter Mishap Under Investigation”
It’s clean-up and assessment time at Textron Aviation’s East Wichita facility, Plant 3, after crews have gone in and surveyed the damage. The cause of … Read More “Textron Explosion: Key Model Could Be Affected; Plus, A Cause Is Identified”