Flying Staff

Now the Altaire, it’s a whole new species.

Martha is the daughter of a U.S. Air Force pilot. She grew up in various places around the world with the most time spent in Dayton, Ohio where her father was stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Although her father was a pilot, neither Martha nor her father could ever have imagined that she would […]

John is the son of a country gas station and restaurant owner and private pilot, who for a while owned an Aeronca 7AC Champion. When at the age 6 of John first flew with his father, he knew immediately that flying was something he was going to do. In 1960 at the age of 16, […]

In “Taking Wing,” Sam Weigel explores what it’s like to be a young professional pilot working his way up through the aviation industry in the post 9/11 era. Drawing on stories from his own career and those of his friends, he gives readers the inside look at a sometimes envied, sometimes hyped, and oft misunderstood […]

Photos courtesy of Lockwood Aviation

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How one instructor and his client attack one of Mother Nature’s biggest threats to flying.

Each month, Flying answers questions about the new Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft rule with assistance from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the authority on the opportunities available within the category commonly known as “Sport Pilot”: Q: I currently hold a private pilot license with a third-class medical valid until September 2011. I’m about to complete an […]