We don’t have to be flying from river sandbars to succumb to pressure and distraction. This can happen to any of us.
Opinion
Build your own fighter
For a builder, this method allows a quick and simple build of an airframe that is square and true.
Sometimes I forget
The checklist is our friend. But it only works if we use it.
Drones: Here for good, and for good
For those who wish drones would just go away, I believe it best to come around to understanding that drones will forever be part of our ecosystem.
The Wilder Wildcat
During World War II, General Motors shifted gears from making cars to building warbirds.
How long to replace a carburetor on my Lycoming engine?
Estimated labor time for this replacement is about two hours.
A pervasiveness of disservice
Disservice is rampant, including in aviation. Perhaps the most glaring example is in flight instruction, where the drop-out rate hovers around 80%. A shockingly high number that would kill most industries.
Every storm cloud has a silver lining
“I honestly don’t know if he would have soloed on his 16th birthday if I hadn’t had all this extra time.”
The trials and tribulations of being a third wheel
My Cub came out of the factory as a taildragger, somewhere along the line it was converted to a tricycle gear configuration, then in 1997 it returned to its original glory as a taildragger.