by Clay | Jan 25, 2017 | Manned Flight
Learning to fly naturally involves your own flight school at your home airport. The plane starts and ends at the same spot each time. Maybe you have the number to call for fuel saved in your phone. My flight school has the plane fueled and ready on the ramp when I...
by Clay | Jan 18, 2017 | Manned Flight
When I was learning to fly, I didn’t have nearly the resources that exist today, especially when it comes to technology. Don’t worry, this isn’t a lecture on how things were when I was your age. In the early 2000s, when I wanted to consume aviation...
by Clay | Jan 11, 2017 | Manned Flight
What in the world do all of these gauges do? That’s often the first reaction when someone sees an airplane cockpit. There is a lot of information being displayed on the various needles in an aircraft – it can be overwhelming. But every airplane has a few staple...
by Clay | Jan 5, 2017 | Manned Flight, Unmanned Flight
It’s easy to look up to the sky and see a bunch of nothing. I’m always in wonder when there are lots of unusual clouds because it gives great dimension to an otherwise endless blue void. On the ground, we draw imaginary lines all over the land, making...
