Imagine if every member of your EAA chapter, your pilot association, or your coffee klatch pitched in the cost of one hour of flight time to establish a scholarship to help local kids learn to fly.
Opinion
Are we out of control?
Words matter. We shouldn’t use uncontrolled airports as the common term for non-towered/pilot-controlled airports.
Questions from the Cockpit: Better names for the airplane’s occupant
Through the years, we were variously labeled as Aeronauts, Aviators and Aviatrixes; Birdmen and Birdwomen; Eagles; Fliers; Pilots; and sometimes Operator or Occupant.
Aren’t all engine oils mineral oils?
Only — and I do mean only — use oils that meet the Mil/SAE specs recommended.
Misinformation, miscommunication, and just plain wrong
What do you believe? And when you answer that question, consider how sure are you the answer you give is based on a truth rather than an opinion.
McBizjet: A beautiful also-ran
The aircraft looked very much like a scaled down commercial jetliner, with four individually podded engines suspended from pylons in a fashion reminiscent of the Boeing 707.
Ask Paul: Should I buy a plane that hasn’t been flown in two years?
What should I be concerned with when buying an airplane that hasn’t been flown in two years?
The gift of flight
What if your significant other, your child, or your best friend found they’d been gifted with an opportunity to fly?
Are GA airports red-headed stepchildren?
It is not enough for us to say, “we were here first” or “it’s not our fault you don’t understand the value of an airport.”