1928, first flight across the Pacific Ocean

Thanks to Wired for this historically significant article about Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm and their unbelievable journey from California to Australia by air in 1928. Look at the photo at the top of my blog, and picture heading out to sea—without the Golden Gate bridge, as it was not yet even begun—at less than [...]

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How to Land in a Vineyard

I almost set this to “private”, but it is time for me to write about it. Picture this.  You are flying home from work one day in the small private plane, a Beech Sierra, which you use to get back and forth to the main office for meetings—normally, you telecommute full-time from what some people [...]

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Flying Cars, Coming to a Showroom Near You

Note:  I do NOT plan to use this blog as a soapbox to promote products.  However, in my opinion, this is one that is newsworthy. As a pilot, I have often found myself stranded at small airports scratching my head about how to get from there to where I actually wanted to be.  Airports are [...]

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“In the Hudson”—good on ya, Sully

Passing on a link from Wired showing a very interesting animation of the US Airways water landing last month. I feel a personal attachment to this story. A little over four years ago, I also experienced an engine failure and emergency landing, though in a much less dramatic fashion. I have a private pilot’s certificate, [...]

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