Pilot Stories

You have to know when you’re too close to crossing the line

Bitter temperatures and a race against time

Astronaut and Reno racer Robert “Hoot” Gibson takes Plane & Pilot on an exclusive tour of the Unlimited Pits at the 2010 Reno Air Races.

After losing the engine in Voodoo, a P-51D Mustang, racer Will Whiteside makes a safe landing on Stead Field’s Runway 14.

When the propeller departed his Relentless 42 race plane, pilot Kevin Eldredge kept his cool and landed safely.

An intimate look at the Shuttle Orbiter

Believe it or not, there are some easy, inexpensive ways to fly faster

When the space shuttle reenters the earth’s atmosphere, it becomes nothing more than a huge glider—with a pretty awful glide ratio—and the shuttle commander gets just one chance to land.

What’s it like to reenter the atmosphere from Earth’s orbit?

The Bellanca that could not be resisted