Stalls, Slow Flight, and Life: An Emotional and Physical Roller Coaster This last week, I was scheduled to have two flight lessons and I couldn’t be...
Pilots need to spend more time practicing recovery from stalls and spins. A few things bother me. For instance, my wife and I live in San Clemente, California, a few miles away from a nuclear reactor...
Remembering Charlie Spath, Green 4, Lost in the Iron Triangle This article marks the third story from Bill’s Korea Files. Click here to read part 1, and click here to read part 2. Normal...
Some plane concepts, like parasite fighters, never really take off. During the early days of military aviation, the effective range of most aircraft was quite limited, meaning that aircraft with...
IFR Training is a Demanding Aviation Training Marathon. They put you in an airplane, restrict one of your five senses by attaching a medieval ornament to your head, tell you to disregard your sense of...
A MiG-15 Caused My Best Greased Landing in an F-86 Sabre This article marks the second story from Bill’s Korea Files. Click here to read part 1. August 18, 1951 It began as another hot, sultry...
Finally, I made it back into the sky for more flying lessons! It’s been almost two months to the day that I’ve been ground-bound, and I can hardly put into words...
Exploring the life of ace pilot Lydia Litvyak, The White Rose of Stalingrad Born in Moscow, USSR on August 18, 1921, Lydia Vladirmirovna Litvyak always had an interest in flying. Raised in a Jewish...
The Korea Files: An Introduction to Life on the Base This article is the first in a series of articles, called the Korea Files, from retired USAF fighter pilot and Korean war veteran, Captain Bill...
