Behind The Yoke

Watch this short clip with Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes on why we shouldn’t travel. I agree with pretty much everything he says but my excitement came from the fact that it gives more credence to the importance of general aviation and the push to avoid commercial airlines.
Let’s face it - airlines must change the [...]

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a project for the aviation blogger community called Wingaroo. Its a new search engine specifically created to search aviation blogs. Here is the introduction I wrote on the ‘about’ page:
Wingaroo was created in 2008 for the aviation community. Wingaroo provides the opportunity to discover hidden [...]

I highly recommend taking ten minutes to watch this slide show from aviation and motorsports photographer Tim Adams. It gave me goosebumps. Most of the slide show is of classic warbirds. The other half is of the American LeMans Racing Series shot at Road America. I figure if you like classic airplanes you like [...]

There’s been a lot of talk lately on the boards that there is a growing number of people concerned that GA is slowly dying. AV Gas is getting more expensive, training costs are soaring, the government is proposing more and more user fees, the number of new pilots is going down every year, etc.  And [...]

After months of searching and research, I found my new flight instructor this weekend. His name is Teddy and he has a great promotional video for his new students to watch that demonstrates his amazing flying skills and teaching style. I was so impressed by his spin recovery that I immediately signed up. I’ll of [...]

For the past five years or so, I have constantly thought about where the aviation business is heading. With all these canceled flights and delays I just knew that the public would have a breaking point of tolerence. The days of waiting in the baggage check line for two hours, going through security check-points, having [...]

Hey there everybody hope all is well - I’ve was pretty busy last week so posting has been kinda low. Anywho…a few things. I thought you would enjoy this extensive restoration of a 1937 Fairchild. The guys did a very good job in my opinion and makes me envious of people that have the talent [...]

A couple of guys in Jacksonville, FL named Brian Kraut and Milford Shirley have started a new aviation radio show that airs Saturdays 9am - 10am on AM1320 WBOB. I’m listening to it now and sounds pretty good. I’m gonna give them a call once the lines open to support them. Here’s what they [...]

I felt it was necessary to post something X-mas related so here you go:
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp,
Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ.
The aircraft were fastened to tiedowns with care,
In hopes that come morning, they all would be there.
The fuel trucks were nestled, all snug in their [...]

Last week I wrote a letter to Maine’s Governor Baldacchi asking to explain the states GA ‘use tax’ and this was the response I got on Friday from the Deputy Commissioner from the Department of Administrative and Financial Services:
“Thank you for your recent correspondence to Governor Baldacci regarding the imposition of Maine’s use tax [...]