I’ve been thinking about the weather lately. This weekend, I’ll fly my plane to Atlanta to join my…

I’ll let you in on a secret, but don’t laugh. Well… you can laugh, but try not to do it in front of me. Here goes: the reason I learned to fly an airplane was because…

One luxury of flying an airplane is you travel straight to your destination. Barring an obstacle along the route, like restricted airspace or an ornery weather system, you can…

Balance is critical in aviation. Flying a plane that has a center of gravity too far forward or aft invites trouble. You can stare at the outside of a…

This might come as a shocker, but aviation weather forecasters don’t always get it right. The accuracy level they’ve achieved in recent years is phenomenal, but you can bet there are times when…

If you ask a pilot how he navigates, how he knows which direction to fly, the acronym GPS will probably appear somewhere in the answer. After all, there are no signs in the sky…

There are no signs in the sky—well, at least no man-made signs. I like this. One of the reasons I relish my time in the air is due to…

A trimmed plane flies itself. I was making it hard because I believed it was supposed to be. What are you white-knuckling?