Peter Garrison

A common thought is that deploying wing flaps will improve climb rate. But is it true?

Plotting a flight there like they did in the old days requires calculation, a modified sundial, and a sense of adventure. But it can be done.

Mountain peaks are magnets for pilots but they harbor dangerous winds.

Oregon incident can teach us all an important lesson in being honest with yourself.

An unusual pilot’s dramatic crash in the Sunshine State still has investigators wondering what happened many years later.

Peter Garrison explains how jets produce thrust and recips produce torque.

The pilot, 40, was an instrument flight instructor and held a commercial certificate, with airplane single-engine and multiengine land ratings and an instrument rating. He had something over 1,400 hours and made his living giving flight instruction. His logbook displayed the required endorsement for “training stall awareness, spin entry, spins and spin-recovery procedures.” He mostly […]

In May 2019, two men took off from Tipton Airport (KFME) in Fort Meade, Maryland, for a pleasure flight. They were in a Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter, and had hoped to find and photograph a relative of the passenger who was fishing from a boat in the Chesapeake Bay. The morning was foggy; when the […]

Your wish is a VTOL’s command, perhaps.

A novice pilot mixes up his airplanes, leading to tragic consequences.