The sports pilot certificate provided an opportunity for pilots to get a license for daytime flying with one passenger in light aircraft

To answer what you might be think­ing, yes, we have had mid-air collisions between aircraft. Some serious and a couple without fatalities.

It is important to remember that even if you don’t own the aircraft completely, or at all, you still have responsibility.

As I have said before, I like going to aviation events. I used to go to a lot more events around the country. Years ago, there were small regional fly-ins in Texas, Arizona, Cali­fornia, Washington, and more.

Not surprisingly, airports are increas­ing the insurance requirements of pilots who hangar their planes at their location.

By Scott “Sky” Smith Recently we’ve had several people wanting to talk about partnerships, flying...

Unless I know the pilot well (or I have their money in hand) I don’t let them fly my aircraft. This is my choice.

Single-engine prices have been increasing since 2017. The prices for average light, single-engine aircraft have gone up almost 75-80 percent.

I think most pilots have a regular routine. It is kind of instilled in pilots during their training that things we do should be a “routine.”

If you are like me, a week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh gets you all excited and motivated for a new airplane.

If the owner of a smart watch was a pilot, information like this could be detri­mental to their medical or career in general.

I like new stuff. For years I told myself I bought things for the long haul. It didn’t matter if it was a car, boat or aircraft.

Ever own a Corvette? I owned a 1974 Convertible. Great car, fun to drive and very impractical. Fast, sleek and simple.

I am one of those pilots that I tell people not to be. I am a private pilot with single engine and multi engine rat­ings.

As a follow up to my past article about “Your Ego Buying Aircraft You Can’t Get Insured,” here are some additional details.

“Flying is not inher­ently dangerous, but crashing is!” Aviation is one of those areas that has a higher risk if you are in over your head.

I was talking to a client the other day about the training requirements for a new airplane being purchased.

Aviation insurance continues to get higher priced and harder to get. In fact, it’s now one of the top three costs of owning an aircraft;

If your plane can’t fly, what happens to your insurance? Sometimes owners drop insurance until they can fly again.