There is a place in this world for fantasy. Yet if any of us yearn for real adventure or if […]
Author: Jamie Beckett
An open hangar door, a new life
Having been present at her first day in an aircraft hangar and being trusted to serve as her first CFI […]
Draw a line and respect it
In extreme cases I can lose as much as 50% of my field of vision. That’s not good for collision […]
The future can surprise us
Fifty years of technological advancement will result in a world you and I won’t recognize. Our children and grandchildren will […]
Customer service is a verb
Finding success isn’t all that complicated, especially in a service-oriented industry. It’s not easy, but the path to success isn’t […]
Red light, green light, white light
You can request unique training opportunities from ATC. Things like light gun signals. If you’re a CFI you should expose […]
Mother Nature always wins
There are remedies for virtually all the obstacles we are likely to encounter in flight and in life. The real […]
The miracle machine that binds us
The Cub represents the essence of flight and nothing more. A cluster of welded steel tubes wrapped in a blanket […]
Where general aviation meets the stars
A general aviation enthusiast designed a rocket to go to space. A general aviation enthusiast piloted that vehicle up and […]
The thrill that keeps on thrilling
What I didn’t know 36 years ago when I took to the skies for the first time is that I […]