Caution for elephants near the runway.
Opinion
The benefits of leaping in with both feet
How could I have known Bob Hoover and I would walk along a wooded path chatting casually like old friends? Or that I would literally bump into Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman while prowling the hangars of a local airport?
An old-fashioned barn raising, RAF-style
Fittingly, the barn is “a tribute to Ben Ryan and the sacrifices he and his wife Butchie made for the country. Ben flew a P-38 in the Pacific during WWII, and Butchie served as a nurse with the Army Nurse Corps.”
Imperfect is okay
If we set our personal expectations at perfection, we’re really working against our own best interests. The effort to give a perfect performance becomes counter-productive. This may transform a challenging goal into an impossible dream.
Does my engine have morning sickness?
Corrosion is probably the biggest contributing factor when it comes to fatigue failures on valve springs.
Whisper quietly sneaks into the USA
Expect to see the Whisper in the U.S. by April 2021.
The luckiest days of the year
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.
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.