Taking Wing

"That dusty old chair there, the one above the icebox...I don't know if this is bullshit or not, but supposedly Abraham Lincoln sa...

"Cleveland Center, NewCo 5831, checking on flight level three five zero." "NewCo 5831, Cleveland Center, good morning...u...

"Cherokee 43408, winds 070 at 17 gusting 29, runway 6 cleared for takeoff." "Runway 6 cleared for takeoff, Cherokee 408....

Six or seven years ago, I wrote a post about my interest in sailing and the many similarities it shares with flying. Since then, I've b...

I reached up to the overhead panel and flipped on the taxi light, with pitifully little effect; the beam was swallowed whole by the night. ...

I haven't made the jump to an electronic logbook just yet. I want to, particularly every few months when I drag out my paper logbook to...

Being a morning person is a tremendously helpful attribute in an airline pilot, and I'm just not. Ever since adolescence, I've been...