The picture below is how it looked six months ago, when we were headed westward from Gaithersburg airport, outside Washington…
I mentioned last night that we’d devised a plan to pick our way through passes and valleys in the Rockies…
Nearly six months ago, I announced a hiatus from online life (except for Twitter), while my wife Deb and I…
Genuine thunderstorms, of the type that form a long line when a cold front is moving across the country into…
Previous items today concerned Donald Trump’s reaction to an airplane crash that was noted briefly on Fox News, while he…
In an item earlier today I quoted a Boeing engineer who was dumbfounded / amused by Donald Trump’s off-hand comment that…
1) Heading for KRAP, landing at KRCA. Way back in 2009, when a Northwest Airlines flight “overshot” its destination (perhaps…
Many generations have gone by since the world-riveting exploits of Charles Lindbergh, since the tragic mystery of Amelia Earhart, since…
Two days ago I mentioned the unflappable, multi-tasking and multi-dimensional competence with which an air-traffic controller at Denver’s Centennial airport…
During our travels Deb has often mentioned our interest in, and nearly-all-times admiration for, the Air Traffic Controllers with whom…
In one way or another, all Clinton-era “scandals” trace back to Whitewater. That was the late-1970s Arkansas real estate deal…
As a break from political drear, a festival of news from the skies. 1) Good news: Solar Impulse…
The first one is a concept video from Aero Glass, a company working on an “augmented reality” way to display…
Seattle looms large in all things aviation-related, due mainly to the presence of Boeing. It looms large in my own…
Matthew Amend of Seattle, with whom I have corresponded about piloting issues for years, sends this photo. Here’s his explanation…
Yesterday Stu Smith, who flies as a seasonal pilot for Kenmore Air in the Seattle area, shared a wonderful photo…
It’s overcast today in Seattle, where my wife Deb and I have come for the annual Citizens University conference —…
In response to a new pilot’s note about what he enjoyed in the aerial view, a reader who has worked…
I’m stepping in for Chris Bodenner, usual host in this space, because I was so delighted to hear the back…
On Sunday night I showed a picture and linked to Air Traffic Control tapes of the latest “parachute save” involving…