What Should You Do To Help The Declining Pilot Population Editorial There has been a lot published lately on the deterioration of our sport, but I haven’t seen much on what we should be doing to help. Setting aside the barriers, we all know that if you want to fly you will find a way. Our…
Flying In High School There are not enough high school students learning to fly these days. I was lucky enough to get my private license my senior year and it really framed the rest of my life. Here is that story: The urge to fly didn’t begin for me as flying exactly; it started with…
You might wonder how a big aviation university is doing during the recession. After all, airline flying is not the glamorous, big money career it used to be. What’s a college to do? At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, change is the order of the day.
EAA Eagle Flights Diane Thornton climbed into the cockpit of a T-6 Texan military trainer Tuesday morning and soon was the first adult recipient of an EAA Eagle Flight. Her pilot, EAA president/CEO Rod Hightower, taxied them off in his warbird for a short flight over the Oshkosh area, and when they taxied back onto…
How to fly as inexpensively as possible Below I outline some things I have learned over the years, plus brought in some new ideas on how to fly without breaking the bank. This will be centered around the basic requirement of the $100 hamburger mission (2 seats, with several hundred mile range, day VFR) Before…
Editorial Our Unfriendly Airports When it comes to customer service there seems to be a universal constant among airports – they stink! It slays me that FBOs, Flight Schools, and other airport-based businesses are so unapproachable. “What do I mean? They are nice to me.” “I come in and they know me by name and…
This is my second episode of the iFLYblog.com Audiocast. To be fair, this won’t really be a podcast in the traditional sense. The audiocast will simply be an audio version of posts that are here on the blog. The truth is, lots of folks like to listen to content rather than read it. Especially people…
Checking out in a new airplane: There aren’t many articles on this very important topic so we are happy to tackle the subject here. DISCLAIMER: This is generic advice and can not cover every possible situation or scenario. Determining your qualification is your decision alone and the author of this article accepts no responsibility in…
This is my first episode, not sure why I called it #0, just seemed appropriate. I am totally new to producing a podcast, but I listen to them all the time. To be fair, this won’t really be a podcast in the traditional sense. The audiocast will simply be an audio version of posts that…