Category: Air Facts Journal

Air Facts Journal has published many stories about rusty pilots returning to the cockpit, some...

September 11, 1996, will always remain in my memory. We had recently departed Terre Haute,...

Click on image for full size. The view: Taxiway A at Indianapolis Executive (TYQ) at sunset. The...

This is very likely my all time favorite expression about aviation regulations. And although there...

My first (and I hope last) aircraft incident in 45 years of piloting took place a few years ago on...

I became a flight instructor late in life (my mid-50s) and it has been fascinating after many...

I spent most of my career flying out of Westchester County Airport (HPN) in New York. The airport...

Click on image for full size. The view: Overlooking Vancouver’s Fraser Valley The pilot: Pete...

We all have a passenger or two that we simply do not forget. Could be a grandchild’s first flight...

Serving as aircraft commander of “Dustoff 619,” a medical evacuation helicopter in...

Hang around aviation long enough and you will hear some strange things. Do You Want to Fly Twins?...

As the Cold War intensified, General Curtis LeMay recognized the need for emergency landing...