Golden age of aviation
Pilot ProficiencyPro Tips for Private Pilots: Time for a New Golden Age
By my reckoning, there have been two golden ages of general aviation in my lifetime. The first peaked around 1976, coincidentally a year when so many of the airplanes we…
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