Pilot Proficiency

Jenni Rivera, the 43-year-old Mexican-American singer and performer, was killed in a Learjet 25 crash over the weekend about 70 miles south of Monterrey, Mexico. According to the NTSB, which is assisting in the investigation, the accident occurred around 3:30 a.m. local time and claimed the lives of all seven individuals on board. Search and […]

After the tragic loss of his wife Amanda in an airshow accident, Kyle Franklin will return to the circuit with a dramatic new airplane. Revealed this week at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) convention in Las Vegas, “Dracula” is a highly customized biplane with the retro appeal of early Waco racers – speed […]

As a pilot, you should be very familiar with checklists. There are preflight, startup, climb, cruise and pre-landing checklists, just to name a few. When you head to the airport, there are many things you need to make sure you bring along in order to fly safely, legally and comfortably. So why not create a […]

As I drove down our neighborhood hill at 05:30, a rust-orange glow interrupted my lethargic trance. The glow wasn’t the rising sun. It was actually the moon, a very bright blue moon, to be exact. Its larger relative size made it appear as though it would sink into the waters of our lake with a […]

My morning routine is to get up at 6 o’clock or so, make coffee — an elaborate ceremony that involves measuring out and grinding the beans, pre-wetting the grounds, dribbling water over them at a certain temperature, and all that stuff; I think I prefer the ritual to the coffee — and sit on the […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Matthew Boucher, who recently flew into Austin Executive in a Navion Rangemaster. Here’s what he has to say about the experience. “En route from California to Florida, we […]

Videographer Cy Kuckenbaker recently captured one of the busiest travel days of the year in unique fashion with a time-lapse video showing a barrage of airliners descending on Lindbergh Field in Southern California. The short film condenses five hours of real time into 25 seconds, creating an airplane watcher’s delight as approximately 70 aircraft pass […]

Rare aircraft from near and far converged in South Florida this weekend for Ocean Reef‘s 18th annual celebration of all things vintage. The classic airplanes that made the trip to South Florida for the event included everything from vintage biplanes like the Grand Champion and the Boeing Stearman to exceptionally historical aircraft, such as the […]

If you’re ever piloting an airplane type that’s new to you and you’re curious whether the flight attitude you’ve chose to maintain on an instrument approach is ideal, here’s a quick and easy way to find out. Set yourself up at the power settings you’d normally use to hand-fly the approach and then engage the […]

It was big news when ForeFlight recently added native support for the X-Plane PC simulator allowing armchair pilots to use their iPads with the sim software. This was a great enhancement – unless you happened to fly with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X. Now, a pilot with a background in software development has created a simple […]