Questions from the Cockpit: The Need for Speed
There's lots of tricks to increase speed: Adding power, reducing drag, changing aerodynamics, and reducing weight.
Should I feel guilty about flying in the pandemic?
The short answer: No. In fact, it's your patriotic duty to continue flying.
Questions from the Cockpit: A pointed question
Why on earth would pilots be wearing spurs?
Questions from the Cockpit: Dense about density altitude
I’m sure that you recall that the speed indicated on your airspeed indicator is pure fiction 99.9% of the time
Questions from the Cockpit: Fill ‘er up
While self-serve gas stations for cars have been around since 1964, the first self-serve fuel for aviation wasn't until 1987.
Questions from the Cockpit: Daredevils and fools
What would I do if I let my outlaw wild side out? I’d fly through St. Louis’s Gateway Arch. You gotta admit: The Arch just screams “Fly Through Me!”
Altitude treasure hunt
To find the answer to her question, It was time to look beyond the FAA to understand the FAA.
Questions from the Cockpit: Baffled by baffling?
How baffles work for general aviation engines is a lot more complex than most people think.
Questions from the Cockpit: High flight
If you like high flight, don’t pass up any chance to get a turbocharged engine.
Questions from the Cockpit: A matter of law
In July’s column we took a look at why captains sit in the left-hand seat, which ended up generating a lot of reader speculation that it might have had something to do with right-of-way rules, which in turn generated a lot of requests that we look at the origins of today’s right of way rules. […]