Pilot Stories

The first Oshkosh we’ve ever waited two years for is about to come true. Here’s why it will be the best, most joyous event ever’€”and that’s saying a lot.

A prototype of the composite canard aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on a flight test that never should have happened.

A gifted air-to-air and fly-in photographer, Koepnick has over the years gotten the chance to train his lens on some remarkable people’€”pilots, that is. The results are nothing short of breathtaking.

After going to France to get her license, she came back home and immediately began making a difference.

Near-Midair Collisions Reported Each Year: Approximately 200 Actual Collisions: Between 15 and 25 Fatal: 70% Distance From Airport Most Occur: Within 5 miles Average Altitude: Less than 1,000 feet Typical Meteorological Conditions: VFC Most Common Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends Percent Occurring Within Traffic Pattern: Around half During Takeoff/Climb: 10% At Non-Towered Airports: 78% Cases […]

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during takeoff in gusting wind conditions.

Cessna’s multitalented Caravan utility model can fly pretty much any mission you can imagine.

Piper PA28  Wilmington, Delaware/Injuries: 1 Serious A witness reported seeing the pilot walking around his airplane while his son sat inside it. The witness then saw the pilot laying unresponsive on the ground in front of the engine. According to the police report, the pilot sustained a serious head wound, and blood spatter was observed on […]

The broad reform of the regs will impact many unpiloted aerial vehicle operators. But did they go far enough in protecting aircraft from intrusions of the worst kind?

The Super Connie went missing over a remote tract of open ocean. Sinister theories abound. But what really happened?