Safety Management
Kemper Aviation, a now-defunct flight school in Lantana, FL, was once clogged with over 100 young students. Some showed a lack of selfcontrol extending...
Emergency Returns
Aviation makes us mission-minded. The whole point of these flying machines is to go somewhere and do something, even if that’s just practice following...
Going in Circles
Many of us are in need of some instrument refreshing. After the usual winter hiatus, followed by all the restrictions of COVID-19, themrust might...
Train In New England
Like many of us, my insurance requires periodic formal recurrent training. Although choices are limited, I’ve tried to explore new (to me) facilities and...
Between The Cracks
During my high school years, I got a lift home from a friend. Approaching my neighborhood, I said, “Turn left here.” I expected my...
Unleash Your Wings
You’re an active pilot, right? You even get some training now and then beyond what you’re required to get. But, if you spent a...
COVID-19 Lessons
The first thing that happened was a sudden shift in “safety” concerns over to handling COVID- 19. Should I go fly? Wear a mask?...
Around the “Hood”
Over the past months, some of us decided that flying was essential and a social distance of 6000 feet was a thousand times better...
GTN Essentials Training
Years ago, I attended Garmin’s combined G500 and GTN classroom training. This got me comfortable with my new avionics. However, not everyone is able...
Access to Asheville
When you were seven, your mother sent your father to the store for milk, and he came back three years later—but only because he...
No Two Alike
Maybe it’s because the long Midwestern winter is not yet over, but the idea that approach procedures are like snowflakes comes to mind. From...
Old School, New School
Admiral Grace Hopper was an amazing person, well known for her contribution to modern computing. Less well known than her famous nanoseconds (look it...