Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Does the perfect pilot exist? If you ask most pilots, they’ll jokingly reply, “Sure, you’re looking at him.” But it’s no joke to Bill Rhodes, who is heading up the Airmanship Education Research Initiative (AERI). A retired Air Force officer,... Continue Reading →
Kirk would be proud
Posted on June 14th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
Icon Aircraft’s Kirk Hawkins would be proud. While in a Tacoma-area Apple Store this past weekend to buy a graduation gift, I struck up a conversation with one of the store employees. When I told him I published General Aviation News,... Continue Reading →
Flying in Alaska
Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
I regularly attend aviation events all over the country and have been doing so for around 40 years. I always enjoy seeing the numbers and variety of aircraft at these events, whether the event is primarily for sport aviation enthusiasts... Continue Reading →
Sporty’s course update impressive
Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
I just watched the Advanced IFR DVD from the Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course. The quality of the video and interactivity made me wish this series had been around, in this format, when I was in flight training back in the,... Continue Reading →
TTF efforts bearing fruit; leader deserves praise
Posted on April 4th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
For more than 30 years, I’ve tracked residential airparks and encouraged their development and encouraged the aviation community to support them. Most flyin communities are private – owned and private – use but a significant number have been established over... Continue Reading →
Commemorating 1,000 hours
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Meg Godlewski
One of the more frustrating aspects of being a flight instructor is that you get stood up sometimes. People don’t show because they oversleep, they forget, or they would really rather not be there. I remarked to a coworker that... Continue Reading →
LSAs bring back memories of 1980s ultralight craze
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
Reading issues of The Pulse of General Aviation and Dan Johnson’s SPLOG column on Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) in the latest issue of General Aviation News put my memory on overload the other day. It also sent me digging into... Continue Reading →
More memories from ‘Nine Lives’
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
Recently I’ve been reading a book by Malvern (Mal) Gross titled “Nine Lives – Adventures of a Lucky Pilot.” (See the first part of the review here.) Gross started his career as a CPA and during his many years he... Continue Reading →
Book review creates flood of memories
Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
Every now and then I get a call from the office and the conversation usually goes something like this: Ben: Hi dad, what’s going on? Me: Nothing much just watching the Olympics or working on some Rotary stuff but nothing... Continue Reading →
‘Washington, we have a problem’
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by GAN Staff
GUEST EDITORIAL By DAVE HOOK Each time I read of a new security proposal that will impact general aviation, I feel like keying the mic button and saying, “Washington, we have a problem.” You know, just to see if anybody’s... Continue Reading →
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