Category: Air Facts Journal

It was a simple, declarative sentence in faded letters on a metal sign. Learn to Fly Here. The...

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. The three least useful resources for a pilot are: the sky above,...

Click on image for full size. The view: Anchorage, Alaska, November 2019 The photographer (also a...

Today, Sporty’s issued the following news release to the aviation media. The official rules...

“Once-in-a-lifetime. Bucket list. Wish list.” Terms we often use to describe an out of...

We’ve posted over 40 Go Or No Go scenarios at Air Facts, where we present a weather briefing...

During my 45 years of observing and writing about aviation, pilot upset training is a topic that...

Click on image for full size. The view: The City of Detroit, Michigan, from 1700 ft., looking...

Summer, 1993, St. Louis, Missouri My captain, Mark Luman, was the most skilled DC-3 driver I have...

I recently offered my brother a ride in a plane. It had been a long time since I took my family...

Around major airports, vectors to final on an instrument approach are the norm. But outside radar...

If you’re asked about the minimum ground turning radius of the airplane you fly, you...