Jonathan Welsh

Legendary pilot has done it all, from movies and TV to world speed records.

High-altitude load-hauling T182T has oxygen system, Garmin NXi avionics, new interior

Town board voted to close the airport and reopen with rules to cut noise.

Speed is a difficult topic. It unites and divides us. Pilots and nonpilots obsess over it, always asking how fast a given airplane can travel to whatever destination. We compare cruise speeds, time to climb, mixture-tweaking, and other tricks for squeezing out a few more knots. Sometimes it seems like we all wish we could […]

Developer of electric ground-effect vehicles moves ahead with new funding.

Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN) has launched the D2 Air X10, its latest in a series of smartwatches designed for pilots. Unlike previous watches in the D2 Air line, the new device connects with users’ compatible phones, allowing them to press a button to take calls and use the phone’s voice assistant to send texts, control […]

Pilots should not be intimidated by private strips—just ask.

Busy general aviation hub in Connecticut capital has been redevelopment target for decades.

In a move to boost its manufacturing presence in North America, the French OEM buys a factory.

Sometimes people unexpectedly find themselves in the aviation business.  When Wilderness Safaris began giving tours in some of Africa’s most remote areas in 1983, it was a modest operation, driving clients out into the bush and bringing them back. Today, the Gaborone, Botswana-based ecotourism company moves tour groups among dozens of luxury camps spread over […]