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Left hand on the throttle, right hand on the stick and eyes glued on the J-3. I had her cut back to 1500 rpms. She is a solid flyer at 70 mph (the cub’s cruise speed). A glorious sunset on July 9, 2018.

Kids 60 years ago had heroes who were pilots. They inspired. Who are the current generation's heroes? I don't know the answer. I am just asking the question.

A 17-year old kid joined our EAA chapter. I set him in the front of a champ for about 5 or 6 hours. We worked on coordination, slow flight, and a bunch of take-offs and landings. He flew with another guy in the same airplane several times. Then he started taking lessons officially in a Cessna...

We VFR pilots that deal with this very TFR call ATC, file a flight plan, get a squawk code and talk to ATC when we are ready to take-off. We do not activate the flight plan. Also, the general rule of thumb for some of us is to avoid TFRs unless we can not. Don't forget to do the same when...

Tire pressure?

Single engine performance gives the plane enough power to take you to your crash site.

Not a tease...a legit offer.

And you see neat stuff. In grade school I learned about the pioneers crossing the Mississippi. Now it is my turn. I am on my own carving my way west in an open plane. I look at the tach needle at 1800, the altitude about 1800’ agl and enjoy the trip. Well planned cross county flying is a...

I see you are located just above West Point. Take a cross country down my way and we can fly the Waco. 50PA

I learned how it feels to be lost and 100 miles from home...when I was 16. Pilots can still learn this if they leave the GPS home. Navigation used to be the paramount lesson in cross country flying. With a smart phone and a free app you can take some long cross country flights and never be...

One or two? A trimmed SR-8 with a 5 gallon bucket in front of the back seat has been known to work real well for #one.

What kind of plane?

Why do some people flying tricycle-gear planes think they are driving a car? Don't they know anything about stall speed? Are they not proficient at stalling an airplane??

The Claw is the tie-down of choice in the world of antique aircraft.

To avoid rapidly deteriorating weather you may have to land on a little grass strip that does not have tie-down anchors.

Are you sure he didn’t check with the FBO ahead of time?

Plan ahead and take tie-downs

I think the service ceiling is around 12,000’

the first day of summer flying from the Cub Fly-in to the Waco Fly-in...over the PA hills north of Penn State.

The movie “Dunkirk” had lots of fine aerial sequences; however, the dead-stick Spit scene tarnished movie for me. I hope this new film keeps it real. https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Spitfire-Movie-To-Debut-In-UK-230972-1.html