Pilots

You will never understand lift. Forget it. You haven’t got a chance. So I muttered to myself as I closed a fascinating book called The Enigma of the Aerofoil. The author, David Bloor, is an emeritus professor of the University of Edinburgh whose field is the sociology of science: how cultural and personal factors shape […]

Think you can tell a Pilatus PC-12 cockpit from the cockpit of a TBM 850? How about a Grumman F8F Bearcat from a Vought F4U Corsair? Whether you’re a new aviation enthusiast or a veteran airplane fanatic, take our Name that Airplane quiz and see if your aircraft knowledge is up to snuff. Launch 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 Ruhil Austen, who recently flew into Tuscon International Airport in a Cessna C182T. Here’s what he has to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, Million Air. Million […]

What makes an airplane an airplane as opposed to a model of one? Well, having a pilot is one factor, but with remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) all the rage these days, is that really such a big defining factor any more? If it’s size that counts, then I think we can all agree these gorgeous […]

They say in life nothing’s certain but death and taxes, but you can add to that list the people who watch a cool video on YouTube and just have to proclaim it a fake, whether it is or not. It happened with an amazing (and obviously very real) video clip posted last week showing the […]

I am not having a good time: It’s a springlike, bluebird day, more like April than February, and 72B is sitting in Piqua, Ohio, for its annual spa treatment; my tooth ached all weekend (why do toothaches always start on Friday nights?) and was cured expertly but painfully with a root canal on Monday; and […]

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 G. Mason, who frequently flies into Cherokee County Airport in a PA-24. Here’s what he has to say about the airport’s FBO. S&S Aviation Canton, Georgia “I fly […]

When British daredevil Gary Connery first announced plans to make a wingsuit jump over England and land without a parachute, the one question on everybody’s mind was, how in the world would he pull it off? We got our answer on Wednesday as Connery leapt from a helicopter hovering over the English countryside at 2,400 […]

It has been eight months now since the ink dried on my ATP and Learjet type rating, and I am just now getting my feet damp. Though I had some wonderful introductory flights in Elite Air’s Lear 31A this past summer, it hasn’t been until a recent spate of trips that I have really gotten […]

The bulk of my flying with our airline for almost two decades has been over water. A good portion of those hours has involved interaction with the oceanic division of the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center. In that regard, when I received an invitation from Mike Golden, Oceanic Airspace and Procedures Support manager, […]