[sc:Top-of-Post ] Air Show Love One of the unfortunate byproducts of sequestration is the impact it will have on this Summer’s air show season. According the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS), 10s of millions of folks attend air shows annually and it competes as one of the largest outdoor sporting events in the U.S. …
[sc:Top-of-Post ] When I think about where we will be in 20 or 30 years in terms of general aviation, it becomes apparent that we will need to be adopters of technology. We have thankfully already seen this shift start to occur in GA. The experimental segment has already been on the cutting edge, with…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] Tecnam P92 and the Piper J-3 Cub – brothers from different mothers There are plenty of articles that talk about the very specific niche that is the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), but I thought it would be fun to discuss it from a little different perspective. One of the interesting things to…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] My Journey to Flight As part of the Blogging In Formation Series this is my post about how I was drawn to flying. All of us have a different story of how we came to be involved in aviation. For some, you are just starting this journey, for others, it has been a life’s…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] I have two constants when it comes to my book-reading life. I read anything written by a fellow pilot, but I almost never read non-fiction. In this case I am really glad I broke one of my rules to read Captain Eric Auxier’s novel titled, The Last Bush Pilots. The funny thing is…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] 12 Ideas You Can Use to Promote GA In the grand scheme of things, most of these ideas won’t really move the needle. We need solutions to several very large issues, but my goal is offer some relatively simple things we can do individually to promote General Aviation. Incrementally, if we all took…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] INTRODUCTIONStarting this week, six aviation bloggers will join forces to provide a series of powerful posts. Think of us as “blogging in formation” for the next six days. These daily posts will describe how the author came to be part of this amazing thing we call FLYING. You don’t want to miss this….
[sc:Top-of-Post ] Setting Aviation Goals: The SMART Approach Having goals is something we should always endeavor to do. Not just for flying, but since we are talking aviation that will be the context for this article. Certainly these ideas can be applied to anything else in life. When President Kennedy announced in 1961 that we…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] Here are 10 myths that I hear frequently from folks that are interested in flying, but don’t think they can pursue it. I can’t afford it. I despise the word “can’t.” There is simply no such thing. If you really want it, you can find the way. It really comes down to…
[sc:Top-of-Post ] Many of your will remember the anti-narcotics campaign launched in the late 1980s (If you haven’t seen it, click this link – it’s a classic). This popular ad really reminds me of how my brain seems to change when I’m under the influence of flying. Not sure how this happens, but when I fly…