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First Flight: the Wright Brothers

First Flight: The Wright Brothers If you missed part one of the First Flight series, click here to read First Flight: The Early Aviators. And don’t forget to check out the forthcoming part...

King Katmai: Unbeatable Safety and Performance

The King Katmai offers an amazing combination of power and safety Airplanes come in many sizes and shapes to fit many different missions. I have a friend who owns two Pitts aircraft. He’s not...

Night Sky: a Cargo Pilot’s Flight

As a cargo pilot, I do a lot of night flying… I get to see a lot of the world in my “day” job. Oddly enough, most of the places look the same after a while. I see two rows of blue lights and if...

First Flight: the Early Aviators

First Flight: The Early Aviators The dream of flying is as old as humankind itself. Throughout our history, we have struggled to achieve flight. And it wasn’t until fairly recently in our...

Pilot Persuasion: Effective Crew Resource Management

Using Force Persuasion For More Effective Crew Resource Management To err is human; to crash, unacceptable. If we know that humans inevitably make mistakes, how do we balance that idea and still keep...

Improve Piloting Skills With a Flight Simulator

Flight Simulator flying skills translate into real world abilities Flight simulators are just games, right? People who don’t really fly play them in their den, right? They have no idea of what it...

Renter’s Aircraft Insurance Coverage

Renter’s Aircraft Insurance Coverage: The Hidden Danger General aviation faces many challenges today. There is increased security and airspace regulation. Economic challenges have slowed the progress...

Tips on Using a GoPro Camera to Make Aviation Videos

If you want to make aviation videos, a GoPro camera can be a great tool! The GoPro camera is everywhere these days!  You see people using them in just about every recreational sport, from skiing and...

Mountain Wave: My Scariest Flight Ever

One private pilot’s experience with finding out about the mountain wave the hard way. It was a lazy, sunny southern California Saturday in February 1998. We didn’t yet know it, but we were...