Don't always keep on keeping on

I have been thinking about some fascinating but challenging situations — events you hope never to encounter that involve decisions and require reactions to life-or-death consequences. "When to give up," a decision not naturally part of most pilots' DNA, has been rattling...

Spitfire circumnavigation planned

What sounds like a dream flight will undoubtedly be a technical and logistical nightmare as a British group attempts the first circumnavigation in a Spitfire. Although the aircraft climbs like a scalded cat and can go more than 400 MPH, Spitfires were designed for 20-minute...

Teaching (and learning) good attitudes

Good communication between flight instructor and student pilot can either make flight instruction a joy or make it a chore. In particular, the instructor needs to tell or show the student not only the desired result, but also how to achieve that result using airplane attitude...