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Read more about the article #226  “Prop-Slingin’ a Specialty

#226 “Prop-Slingin’ a Specialty

  • Post published:March 7, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

"...perhaps it was the snap roll that did it.  Whatever it was, the sudden force on the crank shaft caused it to break and the propeller to depart from the rest of the airplane."

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Read more about the article The Pilot’s Bookshelf:  #225,  “The Doughnut Boy”

The Pilot’s Bookshelf: #225, “The Doughnut Boy”

  • Post published:February 21, 2019
  • Post category:Articles/The Pilot's Bookshelf

A few years ago, Mike Dennis shared his philosophy of writing with me.  It seems he felt the main reason for telling a story was to bring forth one from…

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Read more about the article #224  Bad Training Baggage

#224 Bad Training Baggage

  • Post published:February 7, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

"She swooped for the runway in an extremely short approach and landed in a turn, making the first turnoff."

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Read more about the article #223  Sometimes Ya Just Can’t Win

#223 Sometimes Ya Just Can’t Win

  • Post published:January 25, 2019
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    I once heard someone say that general aviation is the most regulated form of transportation that there is.  I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s gotta be…

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Read more about the article #222  All my hobbies require a helmet

#222 All my hobbies require a helmet

  • Post published:January 11, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

“Have you noticed,” he said, “that all my hobbies require the wearing of a helmet?” 

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Read more about the article #221 “Pueblo, Colorado

#221 “Pueblo, Colorado

  • Post published:December 27, 2018
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"The audience roared with laughter, and Tom was embarrassed to be so confused as to his location that weekend.  When I heard about his Faux Pas, I was inspired and stole the bit for use in virtually every performance I did for years afterward."

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Read more about the article #220   What’s the Difference?

#220 What’s the Difference?

  • Post published:December 13, 2018
  • Post category:Articles

"Most flight instructors are building time while they lust after that airline job.  When it is finally in their grasp, they haul ass, leaving all their students to find another flight instructor, who is also lusting after that airline job!"

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Read more about the article #219   Ground Loops (Gulp!)
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#219 Ground Loops (Gulp!)

  • Post published:November 30, 2018
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"let’s not forget that some of us will revert to the actions of a guy who is driving a Soap Box Derby racer."

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Read more about the article #218   More Traditions
A proud Papa cuts his boy's tailfeathers.

#218 More Traditions

  • Post published:November 15, 2018
  • Post category:Articles

  Written in July, 2018     In a recent article in the Tailwheeler’s journal, I described with my tongue just a little bit in my cheek, how I’d established…

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Read more about the article #217  The Tailwheel Drag

#217 The Tailwheel Drag

  • Post published:November 1, 2018
  • Post category:Articles

"Like the Dutch Touch, The Tailwheel Drag is incredibly difficult.  But mastery of it will create a pilot who is truly the master of the plane.  And isn’t that what we’d all like to be?"

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