Pilot Stories

Poor visibility (and poor judgment) leads to potentially dire consequences over rural West Texas

Three thousand feet above the North Dakota prairie, on a warm, clear-sky morning, Mike Paulson gets a smile on his face. “Check this out,” he says. Mike takes his feet off the rudder pedals and puts the airplane into a bank to the left. Almost immediately, the nose squirrels hard to the right. “Adverse yaw,” […]

A Beech Premier jet crashed with a passenger at the controls who did the unthinkable

As pilots, we’re obligated to take steps to mitigate risks and embrace a safety-minded culture with checks and double-checks.

Fun facts about the history of AirVenture Oshkosh

Legendary air-to-ground photographer Robert Campbell captures otherwordly views of our home planet

I was almost 16 when I started flying lessons in a J-3, thinking—but not even close to knowing—where this would lead. And so began an airborne journey, a journey with destinations at once geographical and intangible. At first, flying, to me, was so concrete, apparent, so kinetic, a skill to be learned, practiced and perfected, […]

Reports from the NTSB

Why mystery still surrounds the crash of a B200 King Air into a Training Center at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

It may be inevitable, but we can control how we react to it