Though only a youngster, Henry is reputed to be very well informed about the UK air display scene and attends air displays when and wherever he can. Lucky then that we are moving towards the 2008 se
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I flew through some light snow showers on my way to Kingston with my daughter this morning, so I turned on the pitot heat just before joining the circuit to make sure the pitot blade wa
Flying requires skills in at least four fields: precise aircraft control - preparation and navigation - communication - decision making.
One could argue endlessly about priorities (read more on that <
After trying so hard to make a post composed entirely of uninformed speculation yesterday, I succumbed to temptation and did some research. Ignorance was bliss. The process is worse than I imagined, b
Astronomy is kicking my butt. Not because it's too hard, but just because it's a lot of work. I could easily spend full time on these two classes, but I'm still teaching 3.5 days/week. I rarely do
As reported in this month’s Flying Magazine, the National Weather Association (NWA) is offering a free online weather theory course.  It is designed to help general aviation pilots unders
Well, I now remember what I dislike about wintertime in Minnesota. It's not really the cold snaps that get to me - there are only a few per winter and you can minimize outdoors time during them. No, i
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