The FAA preaches “know your minimums.” It does a relatively good job in trying to get pilots to understand the importance of this phrase as it applies to the individual’s ability to make safe flights. […]
I tried yet another aviation experience. This one, over the years, was never an itch I had to scratch, but it was always something I was interested in: gliders. (Yeah, no engine!) […]
It’s dawn in the desert. In the gray early morning light Stratolaunch, the largest airplane ever built, hulks silently at the opposite end of the 12,503-by 200-foot runway. […]
On EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew sat down with Jeff Thatcher, director of the Children of the Doolittle Raiders Association and son of Doolittle Raider David Thatcher, to talk about the legacy of the Doolittle Raid nearly 80 years later. […]
Tom Steber, EAA 144044, has been attending EAA Oshkosh for 50 consecutive years. To Tom, the best way to describe AirVenture is, “Everywhere you look, there’s another only-in-Oshkosh moment.” […]
The Boeing 767 that I flew for American Airlines was nice, but I needed a jolt from my past where I grew up at the Beechcraft dealership in Greensboro, North Carolina. All I had to do was look in one T-hangar at Air Service in my own backyard for my dream airplane. […]
At first glance, gyroplanes look like a funky cross between a helicopter and an airplane. While sharing aspects of both, they combine a unique blend of flight characteristics into one exhilarating-to-fly package. […]
You’re experiencing a partial power loss. Now what? This scenario can and sometimes does happen, and it can usually be prevented. […]
I asked a 100-year-old World War II bomber pilot if he wanted to go for a gyroplane ride. He said he’d love to, as soon as he was finished with his tandem skydive. […]
The only thing better than soloing an airplane on your 16th birthday is soloing two airplanes. […]
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