Why do we own a Mooney? Everyone has the same amount of time in a day, the same number of days in a week, the...

This one has been sitting in the draft folder for about 18 months. At the time I couldn’t remember the last time I flew commercial....

General Jimmy Doolittle’s autobiography is titled “I Could Never Be So Lucky Again.” I often feel like I could steal that title for my own...

General aviation has so many great benefits that it is hard to nail down the top one. I believe that somewhere in the top five...

I don’t like delays, for anything. There are so many great things about flying private, and one of those is setting your own schedule. You...

In September I celebrated my 52nd trip around the sun. My wife had the idea that I could try to fly once a week for...

Every pilot should have personal minimums. Mine for fuel is to be on the ground with 10 gallons in one tank. That requires running a...

I was planning to meet up with my wife in Idaho for Spud Days, but instead found myself filing an IFR flight plan to Arizona....

When Vegas is only about a 1 1/2 hour flight away you can easily make a day trip out of it....