All About the Cirrus SR22, from the history to a mechanic’s perspective on how the aircraft stacks up. “What we’re after is making aviation safer. We want our airplanes to be the safest...
Jimmy Doolittle: the Life and Times of One of the World’s Greatest Pilots General James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle (1896-1993) was a well decorated aeronautical engineer, pioneering pilot...
Bob Hoover was a living legend of aviation, and one of the greatest aerobatic pilots we’ve seen. “Bob Hoover is the greatest stick-and-rudder man who ever lived.” – General...
A Biennial Flight Review is the Perfect Time to Get Your Seaplane Rating As Managing Editor of Pilot Getaways magazine and Editor of Idaho Aviation Association’s The Flyline, I see it over and over...
Pilots and Flight Attendants, Working Together, Can Achieve a Perfect Balance One aspect of aviation involves finding balance between the extremes. Before takeoff, the pilots calculate the weight of...
Paros Island presents a great place to visit for private pilots. This last one has been a very long winter! As a Greek, I expect winters to be mild and pleasant, with many warm, sunny breaks, to enjoy...
There are a variety of ways earning an instrument rating can benefit a pilot. I’ve heard many accomplished pilots with multiple ratings say they found the Instrument rating the most challenging to...
I took my first flying lesson a month before I took my first driving lesson. For many pilots, the first flying lesson, “The Discovery Flight,” is the day that they fall in love with aviation. I’ve...
There has, and will always be, debate about a magic number of pilot hours required for certain types of flying and ratings. The Minnesota blizzard was a sharp contrast to the Cancun sunshine we’d just...
