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Wehave a December tradition here in the Pilot’s Lounge that some would regard asoverly maudlin or sentimental, but it is our way, and we like it. A significantnumber of the folks who fly from our little, virtual airport celebrate thewinter holidays. As a result, we always set aside one evening for folks to bringin food […]

Henry Haigh was born in 1924 inAnn Arbor, Mich. It wasn’t long before he was flying aerobatic competitionsusing gas-powered RCs. Uncle Sam taught him how to fly real airplanes, but WWIIended before Henry could get into it. After some time off to raise his familyand start a business, Henry bought a Ryan PT-22 and resumed […]

Whenthe United States was celebrating its 200th anniversary back in 1976, theChairperson of the Ninety-Nines asked Fay Gillis Wells, one of the originalorganizing founders of the Ninety-Nines,to come up with an idea to participate in the celebration. Fay’s answer was theInternational Forest of Friendship. Fay, who has outstanding skills at gettingpeople to do things, somehow […]

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For each compartment to be used by the crew or passengers: (a) The materials must be at least flame-resistant; (b) [Reserved] (c) If smoking is to be prohibited, there must be a placard sostating, and if smoking is to be allowed- (d) In addition, for commuter category airplanes the followingrequirements apply: (Section d snipped – […]

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ExcitementAnd Growth Still Energize General Aviation’s Hard-Core Hardy Anyone who arrived a day early for AOPA’s 60th Anniversary convention,Expo ’99, got a near-identical taste of what early arrivals experienced going toAtlanta the week before the NBAA Convention: low ceilings, soggy skies, and morerain than the runway drains could handle at Atlantic City International Airport(ACY). (Of […]

Rare is the movie or TV show that presents an accurate portrayal of anything aviation. Rarer still is a stage production about aviation, let alone an accurate one. But Charlie VictorRomeo, a new play that captures the human drama that occurred in the cockpit during six real-life airline accidents, does a very credible job of […]

Click on each picture for a larger image. Squidboy   the DV’s prowl the flight deck   grabbing the three   the COD taxies to the cat…   …DV’s hearts start pounding…   …and shins start aching   walking the Tomcat   whoa big fella!   are we having fun yet?   the angle of […]

Click on any image for a larger version. Recently I did two of the coolest thingsI’ve ever done in an airplane. I didn’t get to see either one of them and together theytook less than five seconds. What could possibly be this exciting? One day I arrived on the deck of the USS John C.Stennis […]