As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. And in the course of sharing countless stories each year, we include many great photos.
Great photos can inspire and motivate. Pictures can relate an experience in ways words can’t. [Read more…]
I’m not a Mom. But I have a Mom. And my wife is a Mom.
So I know there is – oftentimes – a special bond between a mother and child. I certainly feel that bond with my Mom.
Go ahead, call me a “Mama’s Boy.” I can take. In fact, that’s a badge I wear with pride. [Read more…]
Is flying an airplane that only has lap belts — no shoulder harnesses — taking an unacceptable risk?
I’ve taken a number of people for airplane rides, most recently in a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub a friend lets me fly. Each flight has gone well. Both pilot and passenger enjoyed each flight. [Read more…]
David St. George submitted the following photos of the New York’s AeroExplorers Post 62.
“Our AeroExplorers Post 62 is lucky to have a Cornell professor, Mike Thompson, as an advisor and he arranged a tour of Cornell University Engineering, including CUAir (autonomous airplanes), Design-Build-Fly (model airplane meeting certain criteria), Rocketry and Mars Rover. All of the teams were preparing their vehicles for nationwide competitions this year. The Cornell Rocket Team launches locally up to 10,000′ and get heavily recruited by Space X every year.” [Read more…]
A group of more than 100 high ranking people recently gathered in Washington, D.C., to “discuss the shortage of pilots and mechanics facing the industry.”
Hallelujah, we’re saved. To be clear, that sentence should be read as dripping with sarcasm. [Read more…]
“Why on top of a 1979 IH Scout towed behind a motorhome,” says Mtn View Aviation’s Dave Paradis. [Read more…]
Weather is such an interesting topic. All the more so for pilots. It has the ability to impact us in ways unimaginable to non-pilots.
I recently finished reading Margaret Lamb’s “Flying Colorado Mountain Weather,” and while I don’t fly in Colorado, it is amazing the amount of knowledge she packed into just 164 pages.
Furthermore, I believe the content transfers to areas outside Colorado. Anywhere terrain contour exists — and that’d be nearly everywhere — the lessons of this book apply. [Read more…]
It started innocently enough with a text message from Marcus, a high school classmate. His 11-year-old son Cole attended an aviation camp at the Hiller Aviation Museum last Christmas and really took to the idea of aviation.
Marcus, knowing that I’ve been a pilot since high school, asked if I could take his son flying next time they visited the Pacific Northwest. [Read more…]
How is it possible to adequately say “Thank You” to someone you’ve worked alongside for a trio of decades?
In short, you can’t. [Read more…]
Words matter. And as language evolves, words sometimes take on new or additional meanings. And that time spent in transition can be difficult to navigate.
I received an email from a reader who took a bit of exception with my use of the term “electric engine” in a recent column. For context, I said, “Electric engines will become reality. Battery capacity will improve to the point of being practical.” [Read more…]
