Opinion & Commentary
July 2014- While I’m sitting at my desk and writing this, we are currently three weeks into the Malaysia Airlines…
June 2014- We all learned to do stalls (however reluctantly) in our primary flight training, and demonstrated them to the…
June 2014- As I write this, with a glance at the calendar, I realize I have combined my interest in…
December 2013- If you are a fan of “Antiques Roadshow” or a saver of things with the barely recognized thought…
May 2014- I was having dinner with Bob Welter, a friend of mine who has been a General Aviation pilot…
April 2014- How high can you fly? That’s a question that’s bothered me for quite a while now. The San…
April 2014- It is good to be reminded—although the reminder is a tragic one—that mystery and the unknown exists in…
As most of you have undoubtedly already heard, it has often been alleged that life is a journey, not a…
It was July 21, 1969. A warm summer evening in Norwalk, Calif. My dad had our telescope set up in…
The rising cost of flying, coupled with shrinking discretionary income, combined with a weak economy and an unfriendly political environment…
December 2005- Some years ago I was listening to a conversation among a few pilots and happened to overhear the…
Two flights over the final two months of 2013 illustrate issues that have been bothering me for some time. First,…
