Light Flight

One of the great bonuses of taking photos while flying is, when I get home and download the images to my computer, I can take a closer look. Things that I saw while flying can be puzzling… but close …

A new friend of mine, Jimmy Young, has been bending my ear with many questions over the past several months about flying. He’s been very enthusiastic , is taking sport pilot lessons and been pouring …

I was reviewing some aeronautical weather information, and came across one of those tidbits of information that you retain just barely long enough to get the answer right on the pilot written test: …

This is a blog, not a news column, but I doubt this story will get much press. I felt it more than worthy of some exposure. Rob Dubin, yesterday, reported on the RotaryForum, that Mike Bantum, flying …

Weekend before last, I took a little flight out in the country, kind of going toward Brenham, then kind of going toward Bellville, but mostly just flying around. One of the things I did that was new …

This probably didn’t get much press here in the U.S. — heck, it probably didn’t get much press in India — but here is an Indian Times report of the completion of a round-the-world flight in a …

Tractors were everywhere, today. I felt like I was on tractor patrol. Another row to hoe Sorry for the reflections but I had a hard time positioning for these photos! The sun was out, the air was nice …

While the head of the FAA — Marion Blakey — was at Oshkosh this year, the EAA had a private interview with her where she made comments about ultralights. With permission from EAA AirVenture Today, …

Since most of the Light Sport Aircraft announcements at Oshkosh this year involved ready-to-fly prices greater than $100,000, I simply couldn’t get too excited about them. However, near the end of the …

If you’re in Houston, then I don’t need to tell you that we’ve gotten more than our share of rain this month. Normally at this point, we’d have seen about two and a half inches of rain, yet July isn’t …