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Why You Should Embrace Recurrent Training as a Pilot

Recurrent Training Reduces Risk Noah Timmins Recurrent training, or recurrent flight training, as a term, is thrown around a lot in the aviation community. Most pilots will recognize this term as...

The Boeing Factory Tour: Watch Massive Jetliners Get Built

Paine Field: The Boeing Factory Tour, Warbirds, and More! Recently, we covered Tacoma and its fabulous auto museum, just south of Seattle. Seattle itself is one of America’s most dynamic cities, and...

What Happened to Amelia Earhart?

Amelia Earhart – Lost But Not Forgotten Long after the summer sunset had bled into the horizon, the Electra 10E left the Earth behind and climbed into the sky. The stars that filled the heavens...

Flying with Phantoms: the Story of Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis Cross the Atlantic Hanging between the cloud-dashed sky and churning dark waves, Charles Lindbergh fought his exhaustion. He had been conscious for more...

Private Pilot Flashcards – National Airspace System

Private Pilot flashcards National Airspace System Flashcards National Airspace System – One of the biggest obstacles for a new pilot is gaining and retaining an understanding of the National...

William Boeing: The Story of a Visionary Aircraft Manufacturer

William Boeing William Boeing was a visionary entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of aircraft manufacturing.  Guided by his steady hand, a small airplane manufacturing company was able to grow into...

Aircraft Engine Oil Consumption

Aircraft Engine Oil Consumption: For New Owners The subject of aircraft engine oil consumption had been a matter of concern for me due to the fact that I had been getting conflicting input for the...

The Life and Accomplishments of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Consider it luck, skill, or just plain determination: Captain Eddie Rickenbacker survived, by his own count, 135 brushes with death before finally succumbing at the...

Sharing your Aviation Passion: Flying with Family

Sharing your Aviation Passion: Flying with Family and/or Friends Flying with Family – If you have never been to the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho, in a small backcountry airplane, then you need to...