Truthfully, the general aviation market and environment is as good or better than it has ever been. Our challenge remains, […]
Author: Jamie Beckett
Expanding on an open door policy
A student flying club’s open door policy was tested during Hurricane Ian and while the club’s hangar was damaged, club […]
A hangar full of ideas
Everything in the massive collection at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum, […]
It’s time to buy
Shopping for an airplane is so much more specific than shopping for a car. Partly because there are so many […]
Career counseling with confidence
When a teen says they want to be a pilot, too often authority figures shoot down that dream, telling them […]
I think, therefore I am infallible
This pilot called quite a few people to complain about ATC denying her a right that was guaranteed to her […]
A mentor flies west
I hope everyone who reads this memorial has the good fortune in life to meet their own Dave. Someone who […]
The attack of the white Cessnas
There are white Cessnas all over the sky. It’s almost impossible to tell who is where and what their intentions […]
A world of opportunity
Aviation has every job that exists outside aviation — and it has pilots too. There are a whole world of […]
Avoiding that flight to fiasco
For American general aviation pilots, Mexico is just on the other side of the Rio Grande, a body of water […]