The Dangers of Noise Fatigue
Lightspeed Zulu aviation headset. Photo courtesy of Lightspeed Aviation I was tired. No, beyond...
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Lessons From The Logbook
Formation Without Perspiration
Formation flight needn’t be terrifying or dangerous, provided you stay loose Spitfires in...
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How to Avoid a Tailplane Stall
The tailplane stall has received very little attention in aviation training venues, and because of...
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20 Tips for VFR Flight
VFR flying can be more difficult than you might imagine. Investigators study accident statistics...
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20 Things to Consider About Night Flying
Night flying can be profitable. Back in the day when I was young and stupid, long before I...
Read MoreFly Cheap! (or at least cheaper)
Lessons from the Logbook 3 Tricks to Trim Fuel Costs I have a friend who owns a 36 Bonanza, and though his airplane has always been a dozen or so knots faster than mine, he’s consistently envied my bird’s lower fuel burn. At max...
Read MoreLooking for 200 Knots
Lessons from the Logbook Looking for 200 Knots Forty years ago, the goal was 200 mph. Today, it’s 200 knots. Fast feels good. For those of us obsessed with clocking along at the velocity of a Lamborghini, speed is the...
Read MoreNever Run It Dry
Lessons from the Logbook NEVER Run It Dry Keeping track of the time/speed/distance equation is only part of fuel management. It was the Christmas holiday, and I was on my way back from the Bahamas to Venice, Florida. Joe Ponte,...
Read MoreThere’s Something about Mountains
Lessons from the Logbook There’s Something about Mountains Far from menacing monsters, mountains can be your best friends. The Pan American Highway threads its way steeply uphill out of Santiago, Chile, climbing into the...
Read MoreWhy We Learn To Fly
Lessons from the Logbook Why Learn To Fly? Learning to fly is a big investment, but the payback can outstrip the cost by a factor of several thousand. Pete runs a dental practice and learned to fly so he could transport his...
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