“If you have to put a battery charger on it, I don’t want to own it,” said Ryan. His airplane is meant to be flown — not be a show piece.
Permission or forgiveness?
I sought permission and was denied. And that’s where my adventure ended.
Three people, three unique paths to a common destination
There is no one correct path to aviation. For those of us on the inside, be sure to keep the path you took in good repair. Someone may be following in your footsteps.
Always be exploring
Ruts are easy to fall into, and can be tough to get out of. All the more reason we need to keep exploring the world around us to see what we can learn.
I’ll take the turf
Pilots and the aircraft they fly are a diverse group. Some prefer concrete as far as the eye can see. Others see a few hundred feet of turf as ideal.
East Hampton played the long game
I’ve never been to East Hampton. But I have been to a few resort towns. Balancing what makes a place a resort (atmosphere) with what keeps a place a resort (money) will never be easy.
How granularly should we regulate?
Wouldn’t it be more effective it the FAA just prohibited pilots from getting “busy or distracted” while in the cockpit?
At the table or on the menu
When the RAF started traveling to D.C., it was just to be in the room where policy is discussed and hashed out.
To delegate or not to delegate
Delegation is great. Until it isn’t.