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General Aviation

Israel said Feb. 2 that Iran had been working on developing a missile capable of striking the U.S. at a military base rocked by a deadly explosion...
Mike and I once again swapped text messages and it was decided we would make a lunch run to Chester County, KMQS.  I gave Mike a heads up I wa...
After two cold and snowy winters in Europe, 2012 seems to be milder. What does this mean for airport managers who plan investing i...
I have no standing to remark on a book about flying in Alaska. I have not endured the awful cold, withstood the cutting wind, peered into the froze...
Today is the 70th Anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in the United States actively entering World War II. Over 2,...
After spending entirely too much time in China during the past month,  I was finally able to squeeze in a good IFR x-country trip.  Th...
Eddie Van Halen ca. 1977 via Wikipedia by Chris Findley, CFI, CFII Pilots are perfectionists –the good ones anyway.  They’re the ones y...
So, after a couple canyon turns under a layer of mountain obscuration, busting through holes and eventually flying through the night we made it to ...
In the last post in this series I discussed some creative financing plans to help people reduce the high upfront cost of getting a pilot license. ...
A while ago I was contacted by Glen Maxson; he's a retired Information Technology engineer from Intel who has started a website specifically about ...
Made it!! 26.9 hrs in the air. I'd estimated 25. data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/4QBYRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgAAgESAAMAAAABAAAAAIdpAAQ...
I mention in my book about my childhood interest in Astronomy.  After I lost my initial telescope in a fire during my time in college, I went witho...
In my list of little victories I am proud to have defeated my addiction to watching blog traffic statistics every day. To be fair, visits to this b...
My 2 year old son Shad, brother in-law Jayce and I went to the Miramar air show a few weeks ago. It was way cool and Shad loved...
With so much other stuff going on, I haven’t updated my flying blog in quite a long time. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been f...

Mayday over the Mississippi

Link to excellent interview with pilot that successfully managed a complete engine failure... in IMC!