You’ve lost your engine, now what? What to do in the case of an engine failure? As aviators we know our airplanes are very capable of flying with an engine failure. You will obviously be descending, some airplanes faster than others, but it still flies just fine. What will you do if this fateful day…
It’s your aviation blog! With several hundred readers per day, I wanted to reach out and see if your aviation blog is providing aviation content that you want to see. I obviously talk about topics that I am interested in, but that certainly isn’t what everyone wants to read. If you have topics that you feel…
Bob’s Wings Saturday a contingent of friends and fellow builders descended upon Bob’s T-hangar to assist in the permanent installation of the wings on his beautiful RV-10. Although there were twice as many people as needed it was fun to see everyone together on a sunny, but cool day in early February. It only took…
Flying careers are a fickle mistress Two pro pilots meet for the first time and inevitably they will quiz each other on how they came to be in their current role. It’s fascinating that it would even be worthy of discussion and yet this tradition is repeated everyday in two-man cockpits across the globe. You…
Anti Air Cam I pride myself on being a pretty reasonable guy. I’m not quick to judge and I’m pretty considerate of others, but in spite of all that I couldn’t restrain myself from sharing my thoughts on Sport Aviation’s most recent cover-plane. So what is it about the Air Cam that stirs in me…
Teaching myself aerobatics: Don’t try this at home! Disclaimer: this post is for entertainment only. I do not recommend anyone using the concepts or techniques employed here by the author. Dateline 1992. I was a starving flight instructor flogging my way to a logbook full of flight time in hopes of moving on to the…
We have it good in the U.S. Sometimes we as Americans need a dose of reality. Lately there has been an over abundance of negative articles about the decline of general aviation, even on this site. I think we need to take stock in how good we really have it. The punch line is, the…
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Airshow Performer Duane Cole When I was growing up, one of the best known aerobatic pilots was Duane Cole. It wasn’t because Duane flew a fire-breathing monoplane or did countless snap-rolls on his down lines; Duane was popular because he was an entertainer. He campaigned a modified Taylorcraft for most of his career, which spanned…