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Beechcraft King Air: Over 60 Million Flight Hours and Counting

The Beechcraft King Air Still Reigns Supreme After 50 Years “Sorry, I know it’s two-thirty in the morning, but we have an air ambulance flight request from Flying Cloud to Walhalla Airport in North...

Cessna 206 Stationair

Flexibility: a Hallmark of the Cessna 206 Stationair By Larry Taylor with Crista Worthy Remember the station wagon? Much prized by growing families, station wagons filled American roads in the 1960s...

Are All Airline Pilot Training Schools the Same?

What are the Differences between Airline Pilot Training Schools? Depending on who owns the airline pilot training schools and what their emphasis is on, it may channel your career one way or another...

Louis Bleriot: Inventor, Designer and Daring Pilot

Louis Bleriot: Paving the Way for Modern Aviation French aviator, engineer, and inventor Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot was a true pioneer in the history of aviation. He was most well-known for making...

B Bar C Ranch: Middle Fork Outfitters’ Remote Getaway

Middle Fork Outfitters’ B Bar C Ranch: Year-round Remote Fly-in Ranch Are you looking to really get away from it all? Take your friends to a remote, off-the-grid ranch most people have never...

Piper PA-18 Super Cub

Piper PA-18 Super Cub: The Shortfield Takeoff and Landing Champion By R.K. Dick Williams with Crista Worthy Mention the words “bush plane” and the image that pops into most pilot’s minds is the...

The Berlin Airlift: Flying Over the Berlin Blockade

The Berlin Airlift: over 200,000 flights and 8,893 tons of supplies a day. The weather was far from ideal as Major General Tunner approached Tempelhof airport. Under normal situations, all flights...

The Piper Apache and Piper Aztec: Birds of a Feather

What is the Difference Between the Piper Apache and Piper Aztec? Is it a Piper Apache PA-23? Or a Piper Aztec PA-27? Or PA-23 Aztec? I guess technically all three designations are correct with the...

Piper PA-34 Seneca: One of the Last of It’s Kind

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...