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William E. Dubois

Questions from the Cockpit: Daredevils and fools

By William E. Dubois · December 22, 2019 ·

What would I do if I let my outlaw wild side out? I’d fly through St. Louis’s Gateway Arch. You gotta admit: The Arch just screams “Fly Through Me!”

Altitude treasure hunt

By William E. Dubois · November 17, 2019 ·

To find the answer to her question, It was time to look beyond the FAA to understand the FAA.

Pilot Perspectives: Racing in the Long EZ

By William E. Dubois · October 27, 2019 ·

Dave Adams has given more than 1,000 rides, plus another 100 Young Eagles flights, “for the simple pleasure of spreading the joy of aviation.”

Questions from the Cockpit: Baffled by baffling?

By William E. Dubois · October 17, 2019 ·

How baffles work for general aviation engines is a lot more complex than most people think.

Questions from the Cockpit: High flight

By William E. Dubois · September 19, 2019 ·

If you like high flight, don’t pass up any chance to get a turbocharged engine.

Pilot Perspectives: Flying the ‘spaceship’

By William E. Dubois · August 29, 2019 ·

“Whenever I land at an airport the paparazzi come running.”

Questions from the Cockpit: A matter of law

By William E. Dubois · August 19, 2019 ·

In July’s column we took a look at why captains sit in the left-hand seat, which ended up generating a lot of reader speculation that it might have had something to do with right-of-way rules, which in turn generated a lot of requests that we look at the origins of today’s right of way rules.  […]

Pilot Perspectives: Piloting a Pietenpol

By William E. Dubois · July 22, 2019 ·

“I love this machine as much as I can love an inanimate object.”

Questions from the Cockpit: Light up the night

By William E. Dubois · July 20, 2019 ·

The color for nav lights was established long before the first flight.

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