Piper PA-34 Seneca: One of the Last of It’s Kind The Piper PA-34 Seneca has a fairly interesting development history, starting out as a tri-motor and now serving as a popular light twin-engine...
The Cessna 182 Skylane: Jack of All Trades By Galen L. Hanselman with Crista Worthy They say every airplane is a compromise, and perhaps no airplane makes more compromises—while also delivering more...
The Birth of the Robinson R22 Helicopter In the early 1970s, Frank Robinson had a vision of business executives commuting between their homes and workplaces in small, light, affordable helicopters...
The B-17 All American The Truth Behind the Tall Tale Wings ablaze with gunfire, the Messerschmitts pilot aimed his fighter directly at the nose of the All American. The crew aboard the B-17 Flying...
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...
Northrop estimates that more than 72,000 USAF pilots have trained in the Northrop T-38 Talon since its inception You may recognize it from its resemblance to the fictional MiG-28 from Top Gun, or...
Preparing for your first backcountry landing, and gaining the skills to safely explore the backcountry. This article is intended as a guide to help pilots get ready to begin thinking about landing in...
The LeMay America’s Car Museum offers private pilots strong incentive to visit Tacoma. The Northwest city on the Puget Sound that grabs all the headlines is, of course, Seattle, a worthy...
Private pilots can fly out to visit Astoria Oregon and enjoy a variety of great summer-fall activities. 95 miles northwest of Portland, the Northwest’s biggest river, the Columbia, meets the massive...
