More than 10 years in the making, watching his Privateer fly for the first time was “a highlight” of John Meekins’ life.
What it takes to build an ELT tester
An IA meeting discussion led Neil Stone on a quest to design and produce an affordable ELT tester. He succeeded.
EAA’s Flying Start offers an informational step before a first flight
Consistently informing aspiring pilots about the opportunities and challenges of learning to fly is the goal of EAA’s new Flying Start program.
Picture of the Day: OSH-bound respite
A grass strip near Emigrant, Montana makes for a nice respite as a pair of Kitfox Aircraft head to AirVenture 2018.
Never too late to share a lesson learned
More than 11 years later, “A Lesson Learned” is just as applicable today as it was in 2007.
From limits, the freedom to fly
“It’s amazing. If this thing didn’t have all these limiters on it, I would’ve taken it up to 500′ and just flown back to the strip,” said Casey Neistat. “I felt that confident.” Who is Casey Neistat and what is he talking about? Casey Neistat is a YouTuber, among other things. He makes wildly popular […]
GA SPARK hopes to be the spark that’ll ignite the industry
San Carlos Flight Center (SCFC) opened in 2012 with one airplane and some experience at other flight schools and flying clubs. Six years later, membership is roughly 400 and they boast 26 aircraft in the fleet at San Carlos Airport (KSQL). SCFC’s owner Dan Dyer readily admits their location near California’s Silicon Valley affords them […]
Go ahead and ignore that FAA email
Is the Federal Aviation Authority (yep, you read that correctly) trying to connect with you? After all, they’re trying to connect with me. Check out the following screenshot of an email that just arrived to my inbox. While I’m not an email expert, I feel pretty confident that I can ignore this email from the […]
Are you sure we aren’t moving?
During SUN ‘n FUN I had an opportunity “fly” ALSIM’s AL250 flight simulator. Stepping into the cockpit of the AL250 brought me back to the 1980s when I attended the University of North Dakota and flew countless hours in Frasca simulators. The AL250, as I flew it, had a glass cockpit, a twin engine throttle quadrant, […]