Ownership

Anytimea vector takes me across the scene of a hot-rod show or an ad hocdrive-in gathering, memories of weekend nights spent idling through hometowncruising spots nearly always sweep me back to my teenage years. That neverhappened with an airplane, though. Until, that is, those same hot-rod imagesflashed back to me upon my first glimpse 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 […]

When Bose introduced thefirst active noise reduction (ANR) headset to the aviation community at Oshkoshin 1989, pilots who visited Bose’s big black trailer and tried the headsethad two distinct reactions to it: Reaction A: “I just can’t believe how quiet and comfortable this headsetis! I’ve simply gotta have one!!! I don’t care what it costs.” […]

  Also see Mike Busch’s review of LightSPEED’s newest headset, the 25XL.   When Bose introduced the first active noise reduction (ANR) headset to the aviation community at Oshkosh in 1989, pilots who visited Bose’s big black trailer and tried the headset had two distinct reactions to it: Reaction A: “I just can’t believe how […]

Also see Mike Busch’s review of LightSPEED’s lower-priced ANR headsets, the 15K and 20K. LightSPEED 25XL I was really excited when I first discovered the LightSPEED 20K headset in June, 1997. After decades of flying with green headcrushers from David Clark, I was definitely looking for something that offered more quiet and comfort. I’d flown […]

Bose wasted no time introducing their eagerly-awaited Aviation Headset X at 1998’s EAA AirVenture Oskhosh. It was the first product demo on the first morning of the event. You got the feeling they were just chomping at the bit to unleash their “LightSPEED Slayer.” Since August 1998, Bose has had to slay their own dragons. […]

First Pioneers Tapped For Ultralight Hall of Fame Twenty-four EAA conventions back, a flyer of slight stature stepped off theOshkosh grass and into the air – before his Easy Riser tumbled to the groundbefore tens of thousands of eyes. But three years later, John Moody’s minormishap in his McCullough 101 chain-saw-engine-powered flyer was hardlyremembered compared […]

There are many waysto do a prepurchase inspection on used aircraft, and whether the method you choose isright for you depends on the outcome. There are those who say that nothing short of afull-blown annual inspection is the way to go, while others do little more than a cursoryexam. Cursory exam or full-blown annual? Which […]

At the insurance agency where I work, we talk with hundreds offellow pilots every week about aviation and insurance. I am amazed at the number of pilotsthat do not know whether or not their life insurance covers them if they die in a generalaviation accident. Do you? For example, many employers provide group term life […]

After you’ve decided on type, size, seating capacity, engine,airframe, mission, performance, and so forth, ad infinitum, you eventually get tothe two final considerations: How much will it cost to buy and how much will it cost tooperate? The first part of this question is beyond the scope of this article, but here’s a goodway to […]