Even if you don’t ever need to fly through a layer of clouds because you live in the sunny southwest where there’s nary a cloud in the sky, the training to become an instrument-rated pilot will improve your flying. Period.
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What are the 20 best films about pilots?
The website Yardbarker recently updated its list of the 20 best films about pilots. But I think they missed a few…what do you think?
Video captures first flight of Bataan after restoration
After eight years of restoration, the Lockheed C-121A Constellation N422NA made its first flight on June 20, 2023. Named “Bataan,” the Connie was used as a personal transport by General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.
How do you celebrate your 100th birthday?
A Fox Carolina news report documents the amazing 100th birthday flight of “Uncle John” Hartness at Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina. Uncle John, who has volunteered at Triple Tree for years — he even has a fly-in named after him — says there’s “not a single thing I’d rather be doing” than flying.
Video captures scenes from the Moses Lake Air Show
Including the debut of a refurbished deHavilland Vampire jet fighter.
An air show and so much more
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Annual World War II Weekend is much more than an air show. Billed as “A Gathering of Warbirds,” those attending the June 2023 show in Reading, Pennsylvania, also got to see more than 230 military ground vehicles and some 1,500 fully-uniformed military and civilian re-enactors.
Pilots needed to transport survivors of human trafficking
Statistics show transportation is the No. 1 barrier to escaping.
48 states in 48 hours
Two pilots achieved their world-record attempt of the fastest journey by plane through all 48 contiguous United States, completing the cross-country voyage in 44 hours and 16 minutes. The pilots hope their flight, which they called 48N48, will inspire a new generation of pilots along the way.
The fly-in that started as a challenge
Jake McCullough challenged himself to get 50 planes to fly in for the first annual fly-in at Lockhart Municipal Airport in Texas. He surpassed that goal and the fly-in has grown every year.