Air Facts
JUNE 24, 2024
To put it in aviation terms, if I told you Bill is a doctor, you might assume he’s flying a V-tail Bonanza. Even at the end, as the right-seat passenger pointed out “we’re sideways,” the pilot was thinking only about the panel, saying “it’ll navigate” and “activate vectors.” The tail failing is simply the final straw.
Jetwhine
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The Champ was one of the few taildragger airplanes that could be flown solo from the front seat, which greatly improved the visibility for the pilot in command. When I raised the tail, the prop twisted my wrist to the left. With Aeronca’s Cincinnati roots, the Champ is a favorite for many of the Sporty’s flight crew.”
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Professional Pilot
AUGUST 8, 2024
This is when a pilot has a knowledge of the rules but makes a conscious and deliberate decision to violate them. The crew requested a straight-in approach to Runway 36, even though the tail wind was estimated between 10–15 kts, and at times exceeded the manufacturer’s limitation.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Pilots in command were provided with a free "Fly-In and Pig Out" T-shirt that I have since turned into a wall decoration in my hangar. From bush wheeled tail draggers to nose dragger Cessnas and Pipers, many walks of aviation life came together around Benton's grass runway. I've seen that one before. Lunch was excellent.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
For a mere $6,995, for a standard model, a pilot could find themselves in the left seat as an aircraft owner. Reggie is the pilot in command and Bakeberg is the significant other turned right-seater, weatherwoman, trip planner, idea bouncer, and content gatherer, have owned N22318 since 2020.
Air Facts
JANUARY 29, 2025
The XO was now pilot in command and I was doing co-pilot duties on the flight to Dallas. As the aircraft began to slow and the tail wheel contacted the runway and the aircraft began to drift slightly to the right. The planned flightSan Diego, El Paso, Dallas, Pensacola was uneventful and I signed off on the XOs re-qual.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Tell them your tail number, where you are, and the IFR flight plan you’d like to open. That’s obviously the heading ATC expects you to be flying when you contact them after leaving the traffic pattern, but it’s also a reminder that you as the pilot in command are responsible for terrain and traffic avoidance right after takeoff.
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