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Politics for Pilots

In the end

By Jamie Beckett · May 19, 2020 ·

Today is not my day to get airborne. I’m too emotionally distracted by the plight of our Lola to focus on the task of piloting an aircraft today.

Bigger is better — or is it?

By Jamie Beckett · May 12, 2020 ·

Building better is a more nuanced concept than building bigger. GA has nailed that difference and revels in its mastery of it.

Air travel revisited

By Jamie Beckett · May 5, 2020 ·

If there was ever a compelling case that clarifies the myriad reasons how learning to fly might benefit your life, we are living it right now.

Welcome to the buyer’s market

By Jamie Beckett · April 28, 2020 ·

Would you like to be an airplane owner? If so, this may be the best opportunity you’ll see for a good long while.

There I was…

By Jamie Beckett · April 21, 2020 ·

The issues these pilots encounter are the types of problems that can happen to any of us. They handle their emergencies well. They survive.

Learning to fly, by the numbers

By Jamie Beckett · April 14, 2020 ·

What’s the best way to get started flying?

A different way of thinking

By Jamie Beckett · April 7, 2020 ·

Pilots think and act differently than non-pilots.

Give ‘em the chair

By Jamie Beckett · March 31, 2020 ·

The humble chair may be your best bet for keeping current when you can’t fly.

Going solo in a very small world

By Jamie Beckett · March 24, 2020 ·

In this odd time of social distancing, it’s a good time to reconnect with long forgotten aircraft, pilots, classmates, and friends.

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