Memories Of A First Solo Flight Delayed
Reflecting on my first solo flight during a birthday 24 years later spent under the instrument panel.
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Reflecting on my first solo flight during a birthday 24 years later spent under the instrument panel.
Whether it’s a float picker’s unexpected lift or a lucky ride on a rainy Anchorage night, simple, or sometimes not-so-simple, acts of thoughtfulness don’t seem random at all.
The photos, taken by remote sub, showed major components widely scattered.
The space flight carried Branson and three other Virgin employees to space, signaling the start of passenger service to space, kind of.
The media loves a scary story, and all the better when it’s about aviation. In this case, the facts don’t bear out such an interpretation.
There must be a good reason for it, right? There is, and we tracked it down.
Light GA has been around for more than 100 years now, which is something of a miracle considering all the misconceptions it has had to overcome.
Right place, right time for the photographer. The bird? Not so much.
In a scathing response, Jack Pelton called the new interpretation a ’solution to a nonexistent problem.’
The FAA approvals adds thousands of high-value aircraft to the GFC500 list.