“The FAA is big on standardized flight training, but my argument is show me a standardized student,” Davisson says.
Pilot Perspectives
Pilot Perspectives: WAAAM’s Terry Brandt
Learn to fly in a tailwheel is just one bit of advice from Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum founder Terry Brandt.
Pilot Perspectives: Alaskan bush pilot Don Lee
Don Lee is living the dream of many a pilot as an Alaskan bush pilot.
Pilot Perspectives: Randy Brooks
By DEREK ROBERTS. With more than 13,000 hours of flight time, Randall Brooks has had one of those varied and interesting careers that most aviators can only dream of. Gliders, biplanes, corporate aircraft, executive jets, retired Russian military trainers — if it has wings, Randy knows how to fly it. The son of an Air […]
Pilot Perspectives: Rod Machado
By DEREK ROBERTS. “You can make people cry or you can make them laugh.” A quip, by longtime CFI and renowned aviation author Rod Machado that almost perfectly encapsulates his unique and identifiable style. As any reader of Machado’s can attest, his material — seven books, countless articles, and dozens of videos — is as […]
Pilot Perspectives: Anthony Oshinuga
By DEREK ROBERTS. “All I want to do is fly airplanes,” says the 32-year-old aerobatic competitor, air racer, airshow performer and air tour operator. “I’m really passionate about it.” Indeed, Anthony Oshinuga lives and breathes aviation. As the owner and chief pilot of Air Oshi, based in Temecula, California, Oshinuga offers aerial tours of the […]
Pilot Perspectives: Amy Hoover
By DEREK ROBERTS. If the best way to learn something is to teach it, then one would be wise to look towards Dr. Amy Hoover for flying advice. As a long-time professor and twice elected chair (2007-2015) of the Aviation Department at Central Washington University, Hoover’s 30-year career in aviation includes more than 6,000 hours […]
Pilot Perspectives: Bruce Williams
By DEREK ROBERTS. “It’s like driving an old British convertible sportscar. It’s fun on a winding mountain road in the summer, but going down the autobahn, you’d rather have a Mercedes.” An apt metaphor from Extra 300L owner/instructor Bruce Williams, as he describes his seasonal trip from Seattle’s Boeing Field to Boulder City, Nevada, where […]
Pilot Perspectives: Gordon Alvord
By DEREK ROBERTS. In the shadows of the mid-2000 economic slowdown, many young airline pilots like Gordon Alvord were asked to remain in the employment “holding pattern.” Times were tough for the entire nation and the luxury of air travel for everyday citizens was replaced by necessity. With less money to go around, there were […]