Taking Wing

It's been an interesting winter, with a pronounced lack of deicing, snowstorms, holding, divert fuel calculations, or icy Saskatoon lay...

"What would you do if you couldn't be a pilot?" The question was first posed in one of my aviation classes at UND, and has ...

"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. ...