Author: Jamie Beckett

Frankly — and I think it is long past time the following statement should come into common usage — failure […]

As the holidays approach, it’s a good time to put some conscious thought into those things of great value that […]

I hope you never encounter a truly unsafe pilot as I recently did. But if you do, I hope you […]

Being a CFI can be a dull, repetitive, low-paying position where you work under a chief instructor who does little […]

The time-worn expression about GA travel is true. If you’ve got time to spare, go by air. Of course, there […]

There have been many times while in flight when I have looked out to my wings with the knowledge that […]

Sometimes lifting someone up has very little to do with wings, relative wind, and horsepower. It can be a result […]

By the time the sun set on Dec. 17, 1903, perhaps the most important test aircraft in human history had […]

Blind devotion to a sports team — or a political party — is as silly as adopting the belief that […]

As a pilot, I check the oil, peek into the fuel tanks, then climb under the wing to inspect tires […]