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Happy Birthday RAF

By Ben Sclair · January 3, 2019 ·

Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) Imacted Airstrips

Today, the RAF boasts 9,000 members. The successes are far beyond member numbers and impacted airstrips.

It’s hard, but it’s worth it

By Jamie Beckett · January 1, 2019 ·

The training required to be a good pilot is hard, but it is worth it.

Considering the gravity of the situation

By Jamie Beckett · December 25, 2018 ·

Do you need to understand the science of flight to be a good pilot?

Good judgment comes from bad experience

By Jeffrey Madison · December 20, 2018 ·

Often, it’s a series of small things that contribute to trouble in the air.

Everything’s incremental

By Jamie Beckett · December 18, 2018 ·

It’s one thing to run the wrong way past a zero balance in your checkbook. It’s another thing entirely to headbutt the earth at terminal velocity because you ignored the red line on your airspeed indicator.

What oil is best for my plane this winter?

By Ben Visser · December 17, 2018 ·

What oil should you use in your plane this winter?

December 17 started it all

By Frederick Johnsen · December 16, 2018 ·

Wright Flyer first flight

Historians have long pegged December 17, 1903, as a seminal turning point in the history of the world, which is why many aircraft made their first flights on the anniversary of the first flight.

The biggest misconception of all

By Jamie Beckett · December 11, 2018 ·

For safety’s sake it’s important to acknowledge when we’re wrong.

FAA is walking its talk in STC process

By Ben Sclair · December 10, 2018 ·

And here’s where the FAA exhibited a willingness to walk the talk when it comes to encouraging the industry to deliver improvements to the aviation marketplace. You know, that whole Part 23 rewrite thing…

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