Soaring Tidbits
At the 2018 Soaring Society of America convention this week, I attended a session on "Safety Considerations for Soaring in Northern Nevada," which covered...
Watch this SPOT
A funny thing happened on the way to the coast. I’ve been flying with the Garmin GNX 375 GPS/transponder for a few months now....
Another Week, Another Prop
This week, we’re flying the new “Explorer” three-blade composite prop from Hartzell on our RV-8.
Tune-Up Time
Like the proverbial frog who doesn’t know that the pot of water is getting warmer, it is easy to adapt to an airplane or...
Planning for the Storm—on the Ground!
There is one thing for certain about a week in Oshkosh in July - you WILL worry your way through at least one strong...
HUD's Up!
I spent some time this weekend testing a new Heads Up Display product from Grand Rapids Technologies, and I think that folks who have...
Tundra Progress
I keep getting asked how our Tundra repair project has been coming along, and since I've talked about it here before, it is only...
Solo To AirVenture
This summer I turned 38, and to celebrate another year of living my best airplane nerd life, I received a book about backcountry flying...
Size Differences
Back in the months leading up to the reveal of the RV-15 Test Article at AirVenture 2022, there was a lot of speculation as...
Up to Date?
If you own a Lycoming Engine, you probably think of it as a piece of tired and true technology that has been around for so long there is not much anyone can discover that is new. And... you'd be wrong!
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Aero ‘lectrics
Transistors don't like excessive heat, but there's a way to beat it: an engineered heat sink.
A Matter of Survival
If your aircraft turns in to a smoldering pile of ash and your gear happens to be in the baggage compartment, well…what you’ve got is what you’ve got.