Come on Meg! Are you so focused on flying planes that you’ve completely forgotten about gliders, ultralights and lighter-than-air aircraft (Teaching the next generation, June 17 issue)? A 14 year old can solo these. Perhaps you truly believe that if you don’t have a stack of radios to twiddle with, you’re not really flying? The average pilot acquires more […]
It is worth it to recover a P-38?
Your article concerning the exploration of the remains of the B-29 on the bottom of the lake (Interest grows in B-29 at bottom of Lake Mead, June 17 issue) was of particular interest to me since back in the summer of 1945 I was involved in RTU gunnery training in P-38s out of Santa Rosa, […]
Get your medical back after a heart attack
I was interested in the article on getting your medical back after a heart attack (The Doctor is In, June 17 issue). On Feb. 10,1978, at the age of 44, I had a myocardial infarction. I had triple by-pass surgery on June 1, 1978. In checking with the FAA at that time to get my […]
Lindbergh’s secret
As an avid champion of Charles Lindbergh, I was quick to notice a serious error in Larry Bledsoe’s very good article in the June 17 issue about my personal hero. His many firsts and revolutionary records in aviation are without a doubt enough to place him in the “inner sanctum” of any aviation enthusiast, but […]
Not by the book
I just read your article on low cruise speed on an O-320 powered 172 (What causes engines to develop less-than-rated power? June 17 issue). I’ve been flying over 30 years (5,000-plus hours) and have rarely found a plane that does book numbers. They will, however, do closer to the book if the power is set […]
Not enough fuel
I read with interest your response to the question “What causes engines to develop less than rated power?” (June 17 issue). May I add one more component? I once had a 180 hp Lycoming in a Piper Cherokee. No matter what I did, this engine refused to burn more than 10 gph. I always flew […]
My airplane
I was reading the latest GAN in bed last night and flipped to page 59 because of the A-26 picture on the Table of Contents page. I always loved the A-26, but that wasn’t what tickled me on page 59 (North to Alaska, June 3 issue). “My airplane!” We had protective custody of Do-27 (partially […]
No rudders? How about two?
In your article on the Virginia Aviation Museum (June 3 issue), the caption on page 47 states “the rudderless Ercoupe.” Actually, the Ercoupe has two rudders. They are connected to the yoke and operate in coordination with the ailerons. In fact, ERCO called this system “coordinated controls.” The later ‘Coupes built by Forney and Alon did […]
Voodoo not Banshee
On page 50 of the June 3 issue, there is a photo of a USAF F-101 Voodoo incorrectly identified as a Banshee. I’m sure there is a deluge of comments coming in, probably from former Voodoo folks who want their proper recognition. Having deployed to Korea back in the early 1950s with VF-11, then a F2H-2 Banshee […]