A description of a typical day's flight from Montreal to Vancouver and back - as a backdrop for a detailed, non-technical description of what an airline pilot does. (check left hand column for series
The aerodrome I haven't named yet (but still might) will be my home base for the next week or so, but I'm
making side trips from there. In the north you don't mess around with fuel, so given the opp
Things are gettting a little crazed in the Uncontrolled Airspace world as we approach the annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh. The gang had to do a missed approach on their regular Thursday morning gathering
My original plan for leaving San Diego and moving to Virginia included a bit of a detour by way of Oshkosh, WI, where I planned to check out the show and meet u
Saturday 7/14/2007: We flew from Auburn to Sanford Maine (KSFM) to enjoy breakfast. Flew down straight VFR as the weather was excellent, even under warm summer conditions. Breakfast was great. Dep
I read a story today over at the Washington Post about the FAA is possibly and I say possibly trying to hide controllers’ mistakes. One of the serious incidents stated was in Dallas when two a
There’s no coffee in the flight school, or even any other instructors to B.S with, so I go outside to hang out with Student E during his preflight. This airplane is dripping fuel from its right
With the recent passing of my mom early this past Thursday morning, my mind has spent a great deal of time reflecting upon much of my past.
As I wrote the Eulogy that I was to read at her service, one
It’s another week and it’s another review of what’s been hot around PilotJohn.com this week! The weather sure has been hot and muggy, but there has some be hot posts a
I like to get to RIAT at least once every two years and this year I was due. Spoke to my Canadian neighbour and after a few gulps at the price (converted to Canadian Dollars), he decided to go with h
The new American startup airline Virgin America will start flying next month as the FAA gave its final approval to the new airline formed by Richard Branson. The airline will just now need to release
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