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The Pitot tube is used to drive the airflow to the airspeed indicator. If something blocks this small air intake the airspeed indi...

With things under control at work, I got to take a vacation day last week for a trip to Maine for lunch with Dan, Gloria and Michiko.  Michi...

One of the ways that our Air Explorer Squadron’s sponsor, the North Hollywood Optimist Club, would raise money was through an annual dinner t...

Hi everyone! I’ve consolidated my sites and the Hangar has been moved to a new URL and has a new look!  The new site is: http://thehangar.myf...

GRT Avionics debuted Sports Sex, Electronic Flight Information Systems (EFIS) for light sport and experimental aircraft. It has features such as EF...

James Fallows is a National Correspondent for The Atlantic whose work I enjoy greatly and respect immensely. He also happens to be a capable instru...

Is there ever a good reason to cancel your Instrument Fight Rules (IFR) flight plan? Is it possible to operate under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and ...

On the fourth and final leg of our round trip from Sydney to Brisbane I was flying and didn't take any pictures. Thanks to Chris and Dennis then fo...

My parents friends, Shell and his wife Gerry, were visiting so I volunteered to take them for a ride and asked my Uncle Don if he wanted to go. So ...

Gravel bars and sun bathing are not just for brown bears. Becky and I headed up to Talkeetna because after breakfast at Hope, AK we rounded the c...

My friend Steve, the businessman passenger during my Swiss Mountain Flight, has been taking flying lessons for a few months. Today we flew in Franc...

Last month as part of my intership at Mesa Air Group 3 other interns and I got to "play" in their Canada Regional Jet (CRJ) model 200 full motion s...

Alot has happened in the past few months, but unfortunately, I've been too busy to sit down and write about it. Back in February, on my birthday i...