Opinion & Commentary
July 2012 My column in the May issue of Piper Flyer had been prompted by a copy of a letter…
June 2012 Some years back, I was with a group of other pilots on a houseboat trip. After a…
June 2012 “Ditch kits” are part of good flight planning, risk management Anyone who has spent any time at all…
May 2012 Nothing jogs my memory about stories from the old days like getting a thoughtful letter from a…
April 2012 Last year, I was appointed to the Modesto City-County Airport Advisory Committee, a group chartered jointly by the…
April 2012 The United States Congress, back in February, passed and sent the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act…
March 2012 Over the past 50-plus years of being involved with airplanes, I’ve had a number of memorable bouts…
February 2012 Late last year, I found myself planning a flight to Fullerton (KFUL), in Southern California. Typical West Coast…
February 2012 Every human endeavor, whether blacksmithing, computer science, boating or aviation, has its unique nomenclature. The anthropologists will tell…
January 2012 I’m writing this on a cloudy, windy, rainy day at home, and I’m doing what’s most suitable for…
December 2012 Mexico, Presidential TFRs and Personal Limits Last month my wife and I made our last trip to…
December 2012 Wishes for Your Flying Year The fact is that the future is unknowable. Despite ancient tradition of…
