The Cessna 340: One Of General Aviation’s Most Popular Pressurized Twins Featured Image: Courtesy of Jessica Ambats Cessna had a great thirty-year run with the Cessna 310 twin. And less than...
The Call of the A-10 Warthog The A-10 Warthog. Combat ground troops love it and Air Force leaders hate it, favoring the new F-35. What does that say about the current state of military affairs? But...
The Robinson R44 Helicopter: The Top Piston Helicopter Available The Robinson R44 helicopter is a four-seat follow-up to the highly successful R22 two-seat helicopter trainer, taking to the skies 15...
A Bird’s Eye View of the Cessna 152 The relentless sun rose in the summer sky, reflecting off the tarmac as Chase trotted toward the Cessna 152 flight trainer. The little workhorse aircraft wore...
What is Hypoxia, and What Causes It? True or False: As a general aviation pilot who never flies above 10,000 feet, you don’t need to be concerned about the effects of hypoxia. The answer is false of...
The Boeing 727: Magnificent Memories After 48,060 landings, 64,495 hours and 3 million passengers, the first Boeing 727 (-100) to ever fly, recently flew its last trip to Seattle’s Museum of Flight...
Mooney M20: More Speed, Less Fuel By Crista Worthy with Don Lojek Mooney aficionados tend to come from that portion of the pilot population that values speed over nearly all else. A friend of mine...
Birds and Planes Don’t Mix My scariest bird strike (yes I’ve had a few) was probably back in 2008. I was on final approach to Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan in an F-15E during sunrise. A kite (the...
Why Are Pilots Like That? Have you ever talked to a cop who is off duty? There’s something there…it still seeps through. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but he seems cop-like...
