Lessons Learned
Explore Lessons Learned About Flying (and about life), where pilots share their first-person accounts of gripping flights gone bad, and how their skills and quick thinking allowed them to survive to fly another day
Near-Disaster: Flying A Vintage Piper With Dad
I should have caught the issue on preflight. Truth is, I had never checked this component before, ever.
A Really Short Final And Hard Lessons Learned
Working to avoid something bad sometimes lead to a different form of pain.
Intercepted By An F-16
A Luscombe doesn’t seem like much of a threat. The DHS and the USAF seemed to disagree.
Medical Certificate Issues Ends Flying Dream
The FAA’s medical standards denied a bright flying future to one young would-be pilot, and it’s aviation’s loss.
Flying To Fate’s Doorstep: Young Pilot Speaks Up To Save Veteran Pilot and Self
One half-hour on the Hobbs meter with a legendary instructor and old family friend and a life lesson on the fine art of staying alive.
Lessons Learned: A Different Kind Of Slow Flight
How a sim partner was the best teacher.
Lessons Learned: Defying Gravity And The Odds
How learning to fly helped a senior director at Reddit achieve her goals.
