Thanks to everyone who sent a suggestion via email, Twitter, Facebook or added a comment to the blog. Here are your General Aviation Hero choices, presented in no particular order. #1 The 16-year old Kid. Ian Twombly of AOPA submitted my favorite suggestion “It's under the category of ‘general hero’ but I've always admired… the … Read more
Part I of this series honored Clyde Cessna, Part II featured a group of people: Flight Instructors and Part III covered EAA founder Paul Poberezny. Tomorrow’s final article in the series will be based on reader suggestions. Tell us who you feel is a General Aviation hero by clicking on Comments at the bottom of this … Read more
Part II of this series featured a group of people: Flight Instructors. In Part III, we honor an individual—Paul Poberezny, the founder of EAA. Ryan Keough, who writes a blog, contacted me through twitter.com and suggested Paul. If you’d like to make a suggestion for this series, click on Comments at the bottom of this … Read more
Part I of this series featured an actual person—Clyde Cessna. In Part II, we honor a group of people: Flight Instructors. Except for the early aviation pioneers who had to teach themselves how to fly, nearly every pilot flying is indebted to one or more of their flight instructors. If you have a true passion … Read more
Every day this week, I’ll be posting a story on General Aviation Heroes. When you think of aviation heroes, Sully Sullenberger, who successfully ditched US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River following multiple bird strikes, comes immediately to mind. Yet our focus this week is on General Aviation, not Commercial Aviation. The articles are … Read more
[Coming up in 1 week: Our series on General Aviation Heros. Enter your email address to receive the series]A famous Beach Boys song says to “Be true to your school now/ And let your colors fly.” One pilot friend is doing that—and he’s helping to keep General Aviation alive at the same time. If you’ve … Read more
Great films are rare. Great flying movies that evoke the passion of flying are even rarer. I’m happy to say that A Pilot’s Story looks like it will be one of those rare films that move us as pilots and reconnect us with the passion that permanently bonds us to aviation. Best of all, it … Read more
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time in a Cirrus SR22 Perspective aircraft. I enjoyed checking out all of the features and noting the differences between this glass cockpit (which is similar to the Garmin G1000) and comparable aircraft, such as the Cessna 400. We talked previously about some of the … Read more