About us

We believe that by sharing personal experiences we gain insight and become better pilots. So we created this website where students, seasoned pilots, and everyone in-between can share their experiences with aviation in an easy to read, beautiful way. Our hope is that you will follow our site, read these heartfelt articles and continue to become the safest, most proficient pilot possible.

Carly Courtney

Carly Courtney graduated summa cum laude with her BFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College nestled in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Carly is still there, living the dream writing articles and flying (as a student pilot) whenever she can!
Hangars at dusk after a Flight Lesson

Flight Lesson Journal: $60 Worth of Paperwork

Preparing for Take-Off: My First Flight Lesson Recently I’ve decided to make ...

Bessie Coleman with her airplane

Bessie Coleman: Early Aviation’s Barnstorming Queen

Bessie Coleman’s Impact on Woman and Minority Roles in Early Aviation Was ...

Lincoln J. Beachey seated in one of his planes

Lincoln J. Beachey: The Tragic Rise and Fall of the Master Birdman

The Unusual Life of the First Aerial Stuntman Began and Ended at ...

Solo Circumnavigation in a Piper Malibu Mirage

Robert DeLaurentis: Zen Pilot, or Insanity in a 1997 Piper Malibu Mirage ...

A Piper PA-34 Seneca aircraft, the same type involved in the recent Connecticut airplane crash

UPDATE: Flight Instructor Burned in Crash Released From Hospital

In the days leading up to the Connecticut airplane crash, the pilot ...

Airplane crash survival tip 2

Airplane Crash Survival Tips: Building a Fire With Nothing

How to Build a Fire to Survive in the Wilderness Unprepared Flying ...

My first flight

The $100 Breakfast Burrito

An Outsiders Look into the World of Small Airplanes When my alarm ...