FLYING Magazine

Mistakes are part of the learning process. Expect to make some as you learn to fly, or when you pursue additional certificates and/or ratings.

A short flight generates sobering thoughts on insurance, eyesight, and avgas.

When Dawn and I bought our previous airplane, a 1953 Piper Pacer, we vowed to fly it at least ten hours a month, and indeed we clocked some 220 hours over 18 months of ownership. This time around, I’ve only flown our Stinson 40 hours since buying it in August.

While the Wrights earned a place in the spotlight as daring aviators, one key figure is often overlooked: mechanician Charles Taylor.

The GPS approach to Runway 30 at Half Moon Bay in California could just end up being the approach any of us need to get below some marine cloud layers.

The NTSB links a potentially preventable Cessna 337 Skymaster accident in remote Alaska to an inadvertent stall.

There is something about human flight that first pushes back against then unchains our imaginations. I’m now the one in that airplane, sitting in the left seat, flying into the sunset.

In a long and storied career, Clay Lacy has notched extraordinary experiences in commercial and business aviation, the military, and air racing.

Most everyone in aviation has had a humorous experience with those devices used to keep an airplane from rolling on the ground.

With my Piper Arrow loaded to its full capacity of four people (including me, two journalists, and an environmental executive director), the Lycoming IO-360 engine decided it no longer wanted to participate at full power.