I.L.A.F.F.T

A return to “needle, ball, and airspeed” saves a B-24 crew.

A pilot flies through an incident with grief on his shoulders.

When you share you experiences and knowledge with your passengers they may catch the aviation bug.

Ferrying an airplane for a friend takes a turn for the worse when a storm prompts a hasty reaction.

Snow and ice present particular challenges for pilots, especially when getting from the hangar to the taxiway.

An imminent problem turns into a dramatic night.

When hazy conditions combine with clouds of snow geese, a pilot learns the value of over communicating and ADS-B.

A faulty glideslope connection fools a pilot into following the instrument’s needle almost into the ground.

In fall 1967, I was a Marine second lieutenant and completed my first solo in a Navy T-34. After a couple of times around the pattern, the instructor got out, slapped me on the helmet, and told me to make three touch-and-goes and come back to pick him up. In fall 2017, I completed my […]

Many years ago, a friend landed and left his Cessna 172 in Louisville, Kentucky, because of weather, an hour and half away from our home-base airport in Madisonville. He was far too busy in his business to go back and fly it home anytime soon. As a newly minted 17-year-old private pilot, I jumped at […]