From The Magazine

It’s important to focus on risk management by scanning the conditions around you and considering any possible hazards—before takeoff.

A pilot has to decide on the runway not to take off, and reflects on how things differed when he worked for an airline.

Plotting a flight there like they did in the old days requires calculation, a modified sundial, and a sense of adventure. But it can be done.

After a long hiatus, a cross-country trip reawakens a pilot’s skills, flight planning techniques, and her love of flight.

Mountain peaks are magnets for pilots but they harbor dangerous winds.

If one thing’s for sure, a good dog and a good airplane make for a good life.

Meet a single-engine, very light jet equipped with a highly detailed MFD and Perspective Touch platform.

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

A seemingly easy flight from Charlottesville to Tampa proves that there’s no such thing as an easy flight.

I have loved airplanes since I was a little girl. So when my son arrived, I was excited to share my passion with him. The early days seemed to indicate that he shared my fascination with flight. One of the very first sounds Benjamin uttered as a baby was a crowlike “cra-cra,” which he excitedly […]