Success is much more common when we work together.
Politics for Pilots
Learn is a verb
What does learning to tune a piano have to do with aviation?
Because the impossible became practical
Flying hasn’t always been practical, but today, it can be. And oftentimes is.
Stand up
“It costs no more to offer excellent customer service than it does to offer lousy customer service.”
Like a six year old with a new toy
Maybe there is something to putting a decal on your plane.
The flip side of Sinek
In 2009 a not particularly well-known Simon Sinek stood up at a TEDx event in Puget Sound and dropped a new way of thinking on his audience. Simon postulated that greatness in any industry, with any new product or service, starts with the founder and their team knowing why they do what they do, and […]
An apology to the US Sport Aviation Expo, and you
This may come as a surprise to some readers, but occasionally, I am mistaken. In error. Out to lunch. Wrong. This is one of those times. For nearly 15 years I’ve been attending and writing about the US Sport Aviation Expo, which takes place each January in Sebring, Florida. It’s one of my favorite shows. […]
Video: One of us has to fly this airplane…
When I was 15 years old I was approximately as smart as a sweet potato. That’s not flattering, but it bears a reasonable resemblance to the truth. What’s worse is that the sweet potato was in general more useful than I was. You can ask my mom. Even as kind and generous as she is, […]
Sal’s back — let’s celebrate
Something happened over this past weekend that could be seen in one of two ways. It was either a perfectly ordinary event that is hardly worthy of notice to anyone but those directly involved, or it was a remarkable achievement deserving of applause. I’ll let you decide. The story involves my friend who, for the […]