KITPLANES editor-at-Large Paul Dye will be selling a limited supply of his book, Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, at the Belvoir Publications/KITPLANES booth on the north wall of Hangar A at AirVenture all week. Dye plans to be at booth 11 – 12 each day and books can be purchased […]

I knew we were too high and too fast coming into Atlanta, Idaho (55H), the type of backcountry airstrip that offers no go-around potential. I had blown it, but CFI Paul Leadabrand, in the right seat, had forced me to select an abort point and departure route before we started into the pattern. It was […]

The second time I received a postcard showing a photo of a smiling gentleman of “senior” age seated in the left seat of an aircraft and emblazoned with the words Over 65? Boy, do we have a job for you!, I began wondering if the industry has really gotten so desperate for pilots that they […]