Author: Jamie Beckett

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 […]

Truthfully, the general aviation market and environment is as good or better than it has ever been. Our challenge remains, […]

A student flying club’s open door policy was tested during Hurricane Ian and while the club’s hangar was damaged, club […]

Everything in the massive collection at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum, […]

Shopping for an airplane is so much more specific than shopping for a car. Partly because there are so many […]

When a teen says they want to be a pilot, too often authority figures shoot down that dream, telling them […]