Author: Jamie Beckett

It is the truly rare bird who sets out to cause mayhem. The vast majority of poor habits and shockingly […]

There is a hard-core belief among the general population that if we have the right of way we can proceed […]

Imagine the reaction if an NFL player said, “I’m good coach. I don’t need to practice this week.” That attitude […]

After many years, so many annual inspections, multiple flight reviews, and an untold number of weather delays, it is possible […]

Who among us hasn’t had a flight instructor in the right seat repeating the words, “right rudder” over and over […]

Like many pilots who have had the opportunity to fly a wide assortment of airplanes, I’m occasionally asked, “what’s your […]

It’s magic. It’s science. It’s amazing. And even if we don’t understand exactly how it works, we can still take […]

There is a piece of me that is very glad I maintained my role in the right seat as a […]

Sometimes is pays to look up. There may be a special, highly detailed story connected to what flies overhead. And […]

There is a place in this world for fantasy. Yet if any of us yearn for real adventure or if […]