Want to record your epic flights and share them with the world, but not sure how to get started? Trent Palmer, a drone pilot and bush pilot who posts lots of videos to YouTube, recently published a video on how to make flying videos, which gives you tips on everything from where to place your […]
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The Tesla of the sky
When I talk with anyone interested in learning to fly, two topics seem to always come up. Pilots complain about the cost of flying and their spouse, who is usually not a pilot, worries about safety. It’s been this way for decades. Well, things might be about to change. There’s a technology on the horizon […]
Video: From drone pilot to bush pilot
In this video from FliteTest, Trent Palmer, a Hollywood drone cinematographer, tells of his journey from RC and drone flying to general aviation and bush flying in his Kitfox.
David Morrell: Author, adventurer, aviator
At 74, Canadian David Morrell has a shelf of literary awards to go along with his 30-plus novels. Creator of the American icon Rambo, Morrell is well-known in publishing as a man who prefers intense first-hand research over library-based research. “In 2006, I started to write a novel, ‘The Shimmer,’ about the mysterious Marfa lights […]
Experiencing virtual flight
Recently, 15 members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 based at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Leesburg, Florida, experienced the sensations of virtual flight through the use of aircraft simulators at the SIMCOM Aviation Training Center in Orlando, Florida. The chapter’s program director, Paul Adrien, arranged the Jan. 27, 2018, visit to SIMCOM so members […]
A museum that proves nothing is impossible
Imagine this: A woman who moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon has a son who grows up to fly to the moon. It’s not the beginning of an epic movie, but the real life of one of the state’s shining stars, Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford. Now 87, Stafford finds time every day to […]
Researcher explores lost Tuskegee Airmen’s aircraft
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — Finding an aircraft wing, machine guns, cannon balls, shackles, a cock pit door and other artifacts from a crashed Tuskegee Airmen’s aircraft in the cold waters of Lake Huron may not sound as glamorous as treasure hunting for gold or silver. But Erik Denson said the treasures he finds while diving […]
Video: Avoiding a close call in the air
Have you ever had a mid-air close call in what seemed like wide-open skies? Even the most seasoned pilots have occasionally been surprised by unseen aircraft. In a new video from the FAA posted on YouTube, several pilots talk about the advantages of having ADS-B in their airplanes, noting that having a near-miss turned them […]
Video: From first rivet to first flight
Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com, recently posted this video of Pat Long’s Hatz Classic experimental aircraft, built in his garage. The video shows the aircraft from the beginning of construction to first flight.