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Flying in southern Florida, especially along the Florida Keys, is a unique experience. Leaving south from the Miami airspace, the view following U.S. 1 is breathtaking. From the air, the Keys are a wash of emerald green set against the turquoise blue water. The picturesque reefs, beautiful beaches, opulent resorts, unique homes and private islands […]

(June 2011) In last month’s “Stuck for a Week,” I wrote about how an extended delay can eventually lead someone to diminish or ignore what should be obvious risks. Another common cause of faulty risk awareness involves failing to “do the math.” Risk factors seldom operate in isolation. Multiple risk factors will typically interact with […]

Ken Jernstedt Airfield (4S2) and Twin Peaks Drive-in Restaurant are located not far from the banks of the Columbia River, 45 nautical miles east of Portland in the town of Hood River. Here the river forms the border between Washington on the north side and Oregon on the south. This is the heart of the […]

Pia Bergqvist joined Flying in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft. She has taught many […]

Bethany Whitfield joined Flying in April 2011. The daughter of a commercial airline and retired Air Force pilot, Bethany was introduced to the world of aviation at a very young age. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in the spring of 2009 with a degree in English, Bethany started pilot training with the […]

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Shayla Silva joined Flying as web editor in January 2013. For as long as she can remember, she has had a passion for writing. Growing up in four separate states and moving almost every other year, writing was (and still is) the single constant in her life. Shayla graduated from the University of Central Florida […]

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, […]