Author: Jamie Beckett

My paper logbooks hold an emotional connection to a lifetime of effort. Notes in the margins tell the tale of […]

Most of us did not become pilots to expand the limits of science or technology. We took that leap in […]

Because of its incredible pace of improvement, aviation is perhaps the best example of how the impossible becomes possible. Source: […]

Flying still fills me with a sense of awe. Even after all these years I have never become blasé about […]

About 100 years ago the place we recognize as Tampa International Airport, one of the largest, busiest airports in Florida, […]

As pilots, aircraft mechanics, aviation business owners, and interested residents, it is in our best interest to offer ourselves for […]

The question each of us must ask ourselves is this: Do I really want to be minimally qualified? Would my […]

For all the fear, negativity, and derision we hear in the news and on social media, I continue to believe […]

While we might like to believe we’re on top of things and fully competent, the truth is well over half […]

The devil’s advocate in me thinks the better lesson is: “You want to land and takeoff with a headwind whenever […]