Sport Pilot Talk

I had the opportunity to get 3.5 hours of dual in a EuroFox after not being at the controls of af an aircraft since 1976. Military and life got in the way. I really enjoyed flying that aircraft except for one thing. Cockpit was not designed for long legged 6+ft. people. I had a bit of a problem with...

Taken from Flying Magazine years ago.

Times like those with "Dad" your son will cherish forever. Enjoy them while you can. I remember most of the times with my Dad, who was in instructor and the times I spent riding with him for the first 10 years of my life. My first, which of course I do not remember, was when I was less tha...

Nut Tree got crazy once in awhile. Lots of students in the pattern at times and folks just out shooting touch and goes. I was in the pattern one day in a Cardinal RG and announced over unicom I was turning final and about half way down I noticed a shadow merging with with my shadow so I got to heck ...

I have been around aviation most of my life. My Dad learned to fly a Taylor E2, which he bought, in Alhambra, CA in 1937. Later owned a flying school in Pueblo, CO till WWII broke out. He then instructed AAF Cadets to fly. I found out my first airplane ride was in a Rearwin 9000L Sportster in 1942. ...