Bucket List

After nearly 80 years, the Flying Fortress still has tales to tell.

Getting the hot seat in a front line fighter

The purpose of IFR is to land where no VFR pilot can. Surprisingly, it’s a rare opportunity.

Sometimes the journey to Private Pilot takes longer than planned.

A transition to tailwheel joy later in life

Sometimes the bucket list items get checked off early on

A couple of weeks ago I did cross one off the bucket list when I flew a paraglider for the first time. I’ve always been fascinated by early flight and by very minimalist kinds of flying, and paragliding is about as minimalist as you can get. There’s you, the wing (which is what these kinds […]