The Legacy of the Rutan Brothers Nearly a century after the Wright Brothers made aviation history (or should I say, started it?), another team of brothers continues to make contributions just as...
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...
Exploring the Role of Female Pilots in Aviation Visiting the Ninety-Nines Museum On a recent trip to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, I stopped into the Ninety-Nines Museum, a museum dedicated to the history...
All About the Mi-26 If you follow the aviation industry at all (and if you’re reading this, you probably do), then you know about the U.S. Marine Corps’ latest helicopter addition: the CH-53K King...
All About the Kitfox By Crista Worthy and Don McIntosh My husband and I are both pilots and have always traded off flying duties. We flew a Cessna 210 for a decade but sold it to finance a new...
Piper Arrow: Continually Refining a Winning Design Airplane manufacturers often find that one of their designs “sticks” to pilots, and they take that winning design and modify it, continually...
The Cessna 185 Skywagon Has Proven Itself for Over 50 Years By: Crista Worthy with Steve Durtschi We’re not sure any other airplane quite matches the Cessna 185 Skywagon’s ability to lift its own...
Could We Save the Only Remaining Stinson A Trimotor Aircraft? In the summer of 1968, three companions and myself abruptly left our jobs in Glacier National Park in Montana to “seek fame and...
