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In “The People in our Lives”, I mentioned a meeting between Jim Lovell and Hooper Lansburgh.  The event has always stuck in my mind, so I thought I’d relate it…

What if you were the only person in the world?  What if you had all the cool airplanes and everything else you could possibly want, but still were the only…

Just before I crashed I felt a pair of hands squeeze my shoulders. I was flying my old single-seat Pietenpol Sky Scout and there was no way anyone was sitting…

Editor's note:  We've discovered that lots of pilots have wind stories. Perhaps inspired by my "Too Windy to Fly" and Gayle Crowder's "Too Calm to Fly", my colleague Bert Garrison…

I'm in my thirties. Over the past few years, since I started flying, some of my best pals have become folks in their sixties. Other than my parents, I'd never…

My friend, Gayle (“Too Calm to Fly”), and I were talking about this the other day:  I’ve long been very honest about the fact that when I began my career…

There are a bunch of pilots who can be spotted on various airports.  These particular pilots have two things in common:  They all tend to walk around with their chins…