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Gary Gysin helmed the self-flying eVTOL company’s rise to relevance and will join Airspeeder as a board member.

Moving four seats from point A to point B as quickly and efficiently—
as possible.

June 1, 2023, Pellston, Mich. Piper PA-28-181 Archer II/III At about 1155 Eastern time, the airplane sustained substantial damage when its left main landing gear strut failed, leaving the wheel assembly attached only by the brake line. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured in the subsequent landing. On takeoff following a touch-and-go […]

 Beech 1900 departs Charlotte and stalls on takeoff, killing all 21 aboard. A Cessna 402 departs Marsh Harbor for Opa-Locka. Instead of landing safely, it crashes 200 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. A Piper Comanche departs Scottsdale, losing control in the climb and becoming a CFIT statistic. I could keep going, and […]

So I’m flying along one day, fat, dumb and happy in the pattern at the Winchester (Va.) Regional Airport, KOKV. When I lived in the area not too long ago, Winchester was our preferred local practice field when Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO), my airplane’s home base, got too sporty. There were many other area airports […]

Robert, my student, called me the other day. He bases his Cirrus SR22T out of Eagle Colorado (KEGE). He wanted to know if I was interested in attempting some of the maneuvers he had found in the Pilot’s Workshop document called the Pilot Exercise Program. It’s in a PDF for $49 or $69 if you […]

Turbochargers boost power within safe limits—as long as you treat them with care.

A Fairchild 24 flies off after its restoration—only to return 19 years later.

The Chinese manufacturer’s first delivery drone, the FlyCart 30, immediately becomes one of the largest last-mile drones on the market.

When conditions are down to 200-½, the search for approaches and alternates with better weather can take some time. Options are few on a day like this, even if you’re comfortable flying down to mins. And even when finally selecting the airport and backup, you’ve gotta check the NOTAMs for the airports, airspace and procedures—and […]