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Looking Back: The Ravaging of Meigs Field

14 Years Ago Today, One of the Countries Most Valuable Airports Was Secretly Demolished, Stranding the GA Aircraft at the Field Under cover of darkness, city crews crept onto Meigs Airfield in...

Cessna 195 Businessliner: A Slice of 1950’s Style

The Cessna 195 Businessliner Is a Retro Airplane with Hot Rod Looks and a Marilyn Monroe Luxury Most aircraft produced today are built to look modern. Though it’s true that many of these modern...

Dusting Crops With the Jet Powered PZL M-15 Belphegor Biplane

Is the PZL M-15 Belphegor the world’s slowest jet, or the world’s heaviest biplane? Behold, the PZL M-15 Belphegor, the world’s only jet-powered biplane and also the world’s only jet-powered...

Calamity and Coincidence: 40 Years Later Are We at Risk of Another Tenerife?

Have I ever witnessed a fully loaded passenger jet takeoff without clearance, like the Tenerife Airport Disaster?  Yes. There’s another Captain Jacob Van Zanten flying out there somewhere, right now...

Flight Lesson Journal: Dropping by Nervino Airport

A Student Pilot Visits a New Airport in Northern California to Practice Landings and Learns the Dangers of Being Hasty...

The Beechcraft 58 Baron: Crown Royalty of the Light-Twin World

The Beechcraft 58 Baron has been at the top of its class since 1984. The Beechcraft 58 Baron evolved from a long line of aircraft that have become pilot favorites over the decades. Beginning with the...

The Rans S-7S Courier: A Fun To Fly, Economical Light Sport Bush Plane

The 730lb, 100 HP Rans S-7S Courier is a Testament to the Freedom of Light-Sport Aircraft In November 1982, the one-seat Rans S-4 Coyote became the first ultralight aircraft designed by Randy...

The Founding of Lockheed Skunk Works Secret Superplane Factory

The success of the P-38 program was career-defining for many Lockheed engineers, many of whom went on to become founding members of the Skunk Works. If there’s a single group responsible for bleeding...

Crosswind Landing: Using the Crab and Sideslip Techniques

With a little practice, it’s possible to keep the airplane within inches of the runway centerline during a crosswind landing. “Never fly with strangers, unless you fly stranger than they do.” Now...