Author: Jamie Beckett

Of all the amazing, memorable, soul-enriching experiences I’ve had in the general aviation industry, none has come close to the […]

If we can’t or won’t acknowledge our own ignorance, we can’t learn. And since we can all be sure we […]

After canceling a flight I’d planned due to weather, a friend commented to me as I tucked my airplane back […]

Setbacks are going to happen. A lot, unfortunately. How we handle the challenges we face is a big part of […]

I often talk to men and women who tell me how badly they’d wanted to learn to fly, but they […]

In aviation, that comforting belief that our thoughts and actions are just as they should be, regardless of widely disseminated […]

After more than a decade of working with individuals and groups to help establish and manage flying clubs, I’ve bumped […]

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 […]