We pulled it off! The High Sierra Pilots Flying Club’s first overnight fly-in! Eight planes with 19 people flew from our home base in Carson City (CXP) to the Kern Valley Airport (L05) on Saturday...
Ten years ago, I got a Pilot’s Certificate for one reason: to fly the backcountry. I’ve always loved the outdoors. It recharges me, and it’s a source of sanity and peace. I know a...
Starting in 1959, the Cessna 150 Quickly Became One of the Most Popular Small Aircraft to Date In 1959, the ‘World’s Premier Trainer’ was introduced by Cessna as the Cessna 150. This...
The All-Metal Piper Comanche Brought Piper Aircraft Into the Post-War Era The 250 horsepower Piper PA-24-260 Comanche is a four-seat, low wing airplane with retractable landing gear. As one of Piper’s...
Becoming a Professional Airshow Pilot- It’s A Long, Hard Road, But Worth Every Step Throughout each article and interview I’ve read about becoming an airshow pilot, aerobatic champions say...
We Review Rod Machado’s latest eLearning Course, “Understanding Aviation Weather.” I don’t know about you, but when I was first studying for the private pilot written exam, it was...
Reno Welcomes Wayne Phillips of AOPA for an Air Safety Institute Seminar on Night Flying Recently, a friend and I attended our first AOPA Air Safety Institute (ASI) Seminar on night flying, and I left...
Though the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger employed many features quite modern in today’s terms, it came along at the wrong place and at the wrong time. After the turning point called Stalingrad, the...
The Douglas DC-3 Doesn’t Know the Meaning of the Word “Quit” The same year the German airship Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic, the still-flying-today Douglas DC-3 was introduced to...
