A little bit of stress can sharpen our piloting skills. But too much and your brain can stall, making aeronautical decision-making close to impossible.
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Fun and fellowship at the Gathering of Warbirds Reunion
The Gathering of Warbirds Reunion had a small town intimacy to it with friendly folks happy to chat about planes or cars or both.
Young Aviators return to Triple Tree
After a two-year pandemic pause.
Creating a community around Airplanes & Coffee
Three Dallas-area pilots had a simple idea: Why not meet with all our friends at the airport once a month and enjoy some coffee and donuts? In less than two years, Airplanes & Coffee has expanded outside the Dallas area and become a non-profit organization that offers scholarships to help defray some of the costs of getting into general aviation.
Fly in, drive off: New website brings recreational vehicles to the ramp
A new website lets you rent an RV for a family vacation, with the RV delivered to the airport so it’s waiting for you when you land.
25 years of fly-in success
Some rare and really cool airplanes made the trip to Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Colorado in early June 2022 for the 25th annual JeffCo Aviation Association fly-in.
A patriotic start for California airshows
Travis Air Force Base, located in Northern California, kicked off the 2022 California airshow season with Wings Over Solano. The 90° temperatures did not deter more than 110,000 visitors from roaming the sprawling tarmac and enjoying the sights and sounds of aviation on May 14-15, 2022.
A return to tradition for the Air Race Classic
This June, women pilots from all over the U.S. will gather at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Florida to begin the 2022 Air Race Classic.
How the 5G fiasco nearly closed U.S. airspace
“The upgrade to 5G was supposed to bring a paradise of speedy wireless. But a chaotic process under the Trump administration, allowed to fester by the Biden administration, turned it into an epic disaster. The problems haven’t been solved…and a deadline looms: Verizon and AT&T have made no commitment to extend their ‘voluntary’ restrictions beyond July 5. And this may not be the last such battle, either: In December 2023, T-Mobile and other wireless companies will be free to fire up a new patch of C-band, even closer to the altimeter frequency. At that point, 5G will be operating near hundreds of additional airports.”