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NextGen Pilots: Are Millennials More or Less Effective in the Cockpit?

NextGen pilots is what I’m calling the new generation of pilots who will stand on the shoulders of previous aviation giants and move aviation that much further towards safety, efficiency, and glory...

My Journey to Becoming a Pilot in Kenya

My story of becoming a pilot in Kenya and my love affair with aviation started when I was a little child aged about three. My dad, who is a Kenyan diplomat, was sent to Somalia on assignment and I...

The Wildest Superstitions and Rituals in Aviation

Update 1.2.2017: Author and Pilot R.K. Dick Williams Weighs In on Aviation Rituals R.K. Dick Williams, Super Cub owner and author of Notes From the Cockpit: A Mountain Pilot’s Perspective, a...

Airplane Crash Survival Tips: Backcountry Bug-out Bag

What Must Be in Your Backcountry Bug-out Bag Should the Worst Happen For those backcountry pilots who like to fly further and further from civilization with each trip, it’s essential to be prepared...

A Brief Accounting of the Hell-Rider Glenn Curtiss and His Aviation Legacy

Glenn Curtiss, the real Fastest Man Alive. Some people are born for greatness, others for happiness, and still others for love. Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born with a need for speed. Born in...

Flight Lesson Journal: Doubting One’s Airworthiness

At what point exactly does “beginners luck” fade away? Recently I’ve decided to make the leap and get my private pilot’s license! What follows is the third in a series of flight lesson journal’s...

Flight Lesson Journal: First Flight, or The Beginning of the End

Making Lifelong Dreams Reality, and Catching the Disease Recently I’ve decided to make the leap and get my private pilot’s license! What follows is the second in a series detailing the process of...

Flight Lesson Journal: $60 Worth of Paperwork

Preparing for Take-Off: My First Flight Lesson Recently I’ve decided to make the leap and get my private pilot’s license! What follows is the first in a series detailing the process as I...

Bessie Coleman: Early Aviation’s Barnstorming Queen

Bessie Coleman’s Impact on Woman and Minority Roles in Early Aviation Was Immeasurable. No better loved Queen in history had come from more humble beginnings than Queen Bess, the woman who...