I Would Be Learning to Fly in This Old Bird? Years before I was married, I fell in love with another. My first flight instructor, Garry, introduced me to this lover on my very first flying lesson. She...
Cessna 180 Skywagon: The Pickup Truck of the Air By Crista Worthy with Jim Davies If you are a fan of the larger Cessna taildraggers—the 180 and 185—you know it gets harder to find a good one each...
The American Champion Decathlon: the Sports Car of Singles By Crista Worthy with Rich Stowell American Champion Aircraft (ACA) currently produces FAA-certified light aerobatic and utility aircraft for...
Interpreting the Cardinal Rule of Go/No Go Decision On December 1st, I dropped off my 182 for its annual inspection. I lovingly rubbed the propeller and said my goodbyes to my airplane, “I’ll be back...
The Pilatus PC-6 Porter: Designed to Do It All If you watch movies or TV at all, you’ve probably seen “the Porter” in action, taking off and landing on remote dirt airstrips in far corners of the...
The Beechcraft King Air Still Reigns Supreme After 50 Years “Sorry, I know it’s two-thirty in the morning, but we have an air ambulance flight request from Flying Cloud to Walhalla Airport in North...
Flexibility: a Hallmark of the Cessna 206 Stationair By Larry Taylor with Crista Worthy Remember the station wagon? Much prized by growing families, station wagons filled American roads in the 1960s...
What are the Differences between Airline Pilot Training Schools? Depending on who owns the airline pilot training schools and what their emphasis is on, it may channel your career one way or another...
Louis Bleriot: Paving the Way for Modern Aviation French aviator, engineer, and inventor Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot was a true pioneer in the history of aviation. He was most well-known for making...
