More Pilot Talk

“I fly for food,” was Dick Rutan’s good-humored and modest response when I thanked him for flying the photo flight.

Kicking the Rotax myth in the head once and for all

Around the patch in a Superfortress

Even after tragedy and Global Econ 101, fun flying wins out

Is the impossible turn, in fact, possible?

To commemorate the centennial of naval aviation, Plane & Pilot Publisher Mike McMann and I journeyed to Naval Air Station Lemoore. We spent our day with strike-fighter squadron VFA-122, at the controls of an F/A-18 simulator, on a hangar tour and shadowing an LSO during landing practice for carrier qualification.

Here’s a flight school/club where fun flying is #1

Even though ski flying doesn’t require an endorsement, it’s critical to get instruction first

Real-world kudos from the folks who fly LSA day in, day out

It never seems to matter what headset I’m wearing—when I’m flying over a large stretch of water, I can hear every single sound that the engine makes.