Where would you rate yourself on the learning line?
Touch & Go
The annual family reunion, Alaska-style
The Great Alaska Aviation Gathering is really just a big family reunion.
When 2 equals 4
If 1 in 6 of us certificated pilots (about 100,000 of us) drop a $20 bill in the foundation’s piggy bank, those $20 bills will equal $4 million.
Godspeed Billy
Billy wasn’t tall, yet he was a giant.
The serendipity of a random conversation
“For however much automation has helped the airline passenger by increasing safety it has had some negative consequences,” said interviewee and author William Langewiesche. “In this case it’s quite clear that these pilots had had experience stripped away from them for years.”
RAF asks for $2.50 per pilot for USFS, BLM budgets
Few of us truly know how the federal budgetary sausage is made. The five-minute video clip (above) sheds a bit of light on the process. Thank you to both Chuck and John for your ongoing efforts.
Build a better mouse trap
There’s a lot going on in general aviation — that was evident at the Northwest Aviation Conference.
Freedom to Fly tells much more than the story of AOPA
Events large and not-so-large dot the calendar. Putting those events into the larger context of the development of general aviation can be a challenge for anyone who has a busy life.
A perfect day of flying
Want to go flying? It’s not a trick question.










