Listening on the radio to a call-in talk show isn’t one of my favorite activities. Of course, like most folks, I end up listening to parts of one show or another as I drive down the road. It doesn’t take me long to start switching stations hoping to catch some meaningful dialogue before I get […]
Look again
Christian Holtz better look again (Filmmakers need to get it right, March 11 issue): It just happened that I watched “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” last night. His aircraft recognition skills need a little honing. That’s a P-40 that Jude Law is careening around the sky in, not a P-51. Remember the Flying […]
A world of hurt
I am a pilot, member of AOPA, life member of the NRA and proud of it (To build a powerhouse GA, model the NRA, Jan. 28 issue). Yes the NRA has done some things that I don’t agree with, but if they were not there, we gun owners would be in a world of hurt. […]
Nice cover, missing info
Saw the recent issue with the Glastar 2+2 amphib on the cover…nice cover (March 11 issue)! Question: Why is there no mention at all that those are Montana Float Co. amphibs under that spectacular airplane? Bob Andrews via email
Why accidents make headlines
Nice story (Flying with the NASCAR Air Force, March 11) and very complete, except that one major fact is wrong. The recent accident involving the Hendrick Motorsports Team occurred in Stuart, Va., in the Martinsville, Va., area, not in Richmond. What is important here is that the flight originated in Concord, N.C., less than a 100 […]
Good therapy: Airplanes — and art — help us get away from it all
Some aviation art, like some airplanes, are just good therapy. Whether it’s the nostalgic appeal they have or the mood they foster, paintings like Nixon Galloway’s “”Tiger in the Fall,”” which depicts a vintage Tiger Moth landing on a country grass strip, are very popular. Having my gallery on an airport has its advantages and […]
A passion for fashion
NASA has awarded a $100,000 grant to the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) to design and build a prototype Mars planetary suit. The year-long project, which involves students at several universities and colleges around North Dakota, will culminate in the production of a prototype spacesuit in March 2006. College teams from around the state […]
Jimmy Doolittle: A noteworthy test pilot
In addition to being able to put an airplane through its paces and get out alive, test pilots have to be good communicators. Their notes help aircraft designers and engineers fine tune and improve designs. But during the Golden Age of aviation, test pilots sometimes flew stunts to benefit their reputations rather than improve aircraft. […]
Omlie, not Amelia
The average high school textbook gives the impression that Amelia Earhart was the only female pilot during the 1920s and 1930s. Rarely do you read about Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie. Born in 1902, she was one of the first women to become a licensed pilot in the United States and the first to receive an aircraft […]