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Bose A30 Takes the Pressure Off
Do you remember the first time you wore an active noise reduction (ANR) headset? The new Bose A30 makes you appreciate the genre all over again. I remember the first time I wore an ANR headset. I had...
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Objection Overruled
“I’ve been watching the Weather Channel, so I probably can use an abbreviated brief,” said the pilot. He had called Flight Service for a trip from Diamondhead, Mississippi (66Y), to St. Louis Regional...
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Chart Wise: Martha’s Vineyard ILS or LOC Rwy 24
Its downtown area is known for shopping and dining—but that isn’t all Martha’s Vineyard has to offer. Many visitors and residents alike know the island for its outdoor features, which include cliffs,...
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A Midsummer Night’s Flight
My last official entry in my logbook as a real-world private pilot was in July 2019. The school where I was a renter had a Piper Arrow, and it was time for some recurrency training with my instructor....
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Mission to Étampes
It was a cool spring evening in Lincolnshire, England, with the last light of dusk fading from an overcast sky, when an Avro Lancaster III pierced the silence with the roar of four Merlin V-12...
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Moving on from the ‘It’ Airplane
If you have been following the saga of older single-pilot jet pilots, you know the insurance industry has tightened the financial noose so as to make such exhilarating fun impractical. Such was the...
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Air Compare: Piper Lance vs. Saratoga
General aviation was booming in the late 1970s as aircraft manufacturers sought to compete in as many market segments as possible, often creating new categories and niches within niches along the way....
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Aircraft Building Has Come Out of the Woods
Among the volumes crumbling on my bookshelves is one entitled American Combat Planes, by the late historian Ray Wagner. Originally published in 1960, it presents trading card-sized photos of countless...
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When Nature Calls in the Cabin, Be Prepared
I’m note sure this has been discussed in many aviation publications—especially one as eminent as FLYING—but, if you’ve been aviating for a while, you’re probably familiar with the challenges of...
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Diversions Define a Day Trip
Only a handful of circumstances in my airline life required a return to the gate or immediate return to the airport. Never did I divert twice in one day. But on one particular trip from Flagler...
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Airplane Insurance Trend Could Be Bad for Us All
My dearest fellow pilot, Don’t you hate it when your backup camera is fogged up in the morning so you have to actually look in your mirrors to see what’s behind you like some kind of “depression era”...
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Time Is Ticking on My Youth—and My Airplane’s Too
Woke up in pain this morning. I tore my shoulder in January while snowboarding in Utah. Knew it the second I hit the ground. It was day one of a five-day trip, so I gritted my teeth, threw a bunch of...
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Be Prepared to Deal with the High DA Blues
In the winter, pilots can get themselves in trouble by not recognizing when MVFR degrades into IFR conditions or when it gets so cold that ice forms on an aircraft in flight. In the summer, it’s high...
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Be Safe But Authentic with Your New Old Panel
There is a lot of compromise in aviation. When a person owns an open-cockpit vintage aircraft, one of the first decisions to make is how radio communications will be addressed. You can utilize a...
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Getting the Most from Your Prepurchase Inspection
Corporate aircraft sales are booming. Never before has the industry witnessed this much activity in such a short time. Business aviation was already rising when COVID-19 shot demand into orbit in...
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What’s Next in New Aircraft
Cessna Citation Ascend Since Citation Excel deliveries began in 1998, Textron Aviation (née Cessna Aircraft) has delivered more than 1,100 units, making it the firm’s most successful jet in its...
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Expanding the Campaign at Reno
The last Reno. The words sound so stark and signal an abrupt end to the legendary competition (September 13-17, 2023) over the northern Nevada desert—particularly for the “September family” that calls...
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Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A
Billed as Utah’s up-and-coming mountain destination perhaps for some skiing in the winter, hiking or mountain biking in warmer seasons, or some of the newer dining options in town, Ogden could be on...
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Test-Flying Sporty’s PJ2+ Com
A handheld com radio is one of those tools every pilot should have in their flight kit. If you are a CFI, it’s a must for monitoring first solos from the ramp. For everyone else, it is a backup for...
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Jets: Reaching the Service Ceiling
The business jet market, paralleling the flight path of the general economy, is leveling off after two years of post-COVID soaring. The flattening is more pause than plateau, says Rolland Vincent,...
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