Vienna for the Coffee
What should we expect drinking coffee in a land of tea-drinkers? A rainy morning in London. Overcast skies. Steady drizzle.
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Author: George Scheer
Water Ditching: Please Hurry
In preparation for this crazy enterprise, flying a single-engine airplane around the world, Adam, his brother-in-law David, and I flew
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India, your faith is safe from me…
Of the many daunting bureaucratic tasks attending a flight around the world, few have seemed as ridiculously bureaucratic as obtaining
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A checklist by any other name
Perhaps it is too many years of running checklists in airplanes. Perhaps it is my failing memory. These days I
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Around the World: The Long Cross Country
I have been a flight instructor for decades. In the course of training for the basic pilot certificate, the Private
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Around the World Flight Planning: The Fatal Flaw
So, the other day (back in early March) I’m having coffee with my friend Adam, who is planning to fly
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The Mobius Strip
An old writer’s trick: begin in the middle. Because beginnings and endings are always hard. As the years flow by,
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Flight Controls: Free and Correct
Ever wonder why your before flight checklist reads “Flight Controls: Free and Correct?” (If it doesn’t, it should.) Ever watch
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Advice to a new instrument pilot
Yes, I know you didn’t ask for it. Sorry, it’s my job. As the possessor of a recently-acquired instrument rating,
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So, you want to learn to fly?
So you want to learn to fly? You’ve come to the right place. Let’s see if we can answer some
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