Author: Thomas Block
May 2014- I was having dinner with Bob Welter, a friend of mine who has been a General Aviation pilot…
As most of you have undoubtedly already heard, it has often been alleged that life is a journey, not a…
There are a number of ways to provide some assurance that airplanes won’t run into each other while airborne, and…
July 2013 I had wrangled myself an invitation to see and fly a particularly historic C-47A… (Note: The parenthetical passages…
June 2005- I was recently on a flight with a friend of mine in his light twin, and something occurred…
May 2005- Unless you’ve previously owned or flown something very much like the new airplane you’ve just acquired, getting a…
November 2012 As I mentioned the last time we met on these pages, several months ago my latest aviation-themed…
September 2012 While I’ve been an aviation magazine writer for the past 40-plus years, some members are probably also…
July 2012 My column in the May issue of Piper Flyer had been prompted by a copy of a letter…
May 2012 Nothing jogs my memory about stories from the old days like getting a thoughtful letter from a…
March 2012 Over the past 50-plus years of being involved with airplanes, I’ve had a number of memorable bouts…
January 2012 I’m writing this on a cloudy, windy, rainy day at home, and I’m doing what’s most suitable for…
