On a Wing and a Whim

The day had started out grey and gloomy, but by lunch the clouds had broken overhead, and the banks of cloud hiding the mountains had been p...

Out in the Aleutian Mountains, where the waters of Polly Creek flow from Redoubt Volcano into a bay, joined by the glacial meltwater off the...

"Everybody knows" that planes are fabulously expensive things that you must have a heck of a salary to support, right? Except I...

If you've been flying, hiking, or climbing on and around Mount McKinley (Denali to the rest of us), or within the confines of the park, ...

Flew to Spruce Creek, Florida ( 7FL6 ), which is an airpark on a former base. It's large enough to support two real estate offices, a re...

Sunday, despite Saturday's icky IFR overcast, was a clear, beautiful day. Weather systems move fast in the Southeastern Lower 48! And de...

Out of four weeks for a flight across the country to fulfill all the requirements for my commercial checkride, I have 10 days left. Tomorrow...