The Science of Starting a Piston Aircraft Engine
Wondering why it is so hard to start a piston airplane when it’s cold outside? Suspect that there is a secret procedure that works every time?
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Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 25 May
25 May 2016 Cairo, Egypt Yesterday we woke up on one continent and went to sleep on another. We flew
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Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 23 May
George’s daily journal from N5831R’s round the world adventure 23 May 2016 Heraklion, Crete 0857 Local 0557 GMT Left Rethymno
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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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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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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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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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Old School in a Changing World
The ground is ever shifting beneath our feet. But lately it seems to be tilting in a way that makes
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