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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.
Erika Armstrong

Erika Armstrong

From the front desk of an FBO to the captain's seat of a commercial airliner, Erika Armstrong has experienced everything aviation has to offer. She is a professional pilot columnist and her aviation stories can be found in seven national aviation publications. Her book, A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT, is available wherever books are sold.
A male and female airline pilot in a Boeing 757 cockpit - Do Men or Women Make a Better Pilot?

Do Men or Women Make Better Pilots?

Taking a look at chicks vs roosters in the cockpit, and what ...

An airliner being de-iced - How a Holdover Time Calculator App Can Save Lives

The Holdover Time Calculator App Could Save Your Life

Do You Make your Copilot calculate Holdover Time? Now There’s an App ...

Glass cockpit in a Boeing 787 - NextGen Pilots: Are Millennials More or Less Effective in the Cockpit?

NextGen Pilots: Are Millennials More or Less Effective in the Cockpit?

NextGen pilots is what I’m calling the new generation of pilots who will stand ...

A Cessna Citation Jet aircraft in flight

Cessna Citation: From Slowtation to Near the Speed of Sound

Looking at the Cessna Citation Family, From the “Slowtation” and “Near Jet” ...

A Boeing 767 on the runway - The Pilot Shortage Problem in the Aviation Industry

The Big Problem Driving the Aviation Industry’s Pilot Shortage

A Perfect Storm Created the Aviation Industry’s Pilot Shortage Problem The aviation industry ...

Jet aircraft and piston engine airplane flying together at 2016 Sun n' Fun International Fly-In and Expo

The 2016 Sun N’ Fun International Fly-In and Expo

Bringing You the Lowdown From the 2016 Sun N’ Fun International Fly-In and ...

Boeing 727 in flight

Flying the Amazing Boeing 727

The Boeing 727: Magnificent Memories After 48,060 landings, 64,495 hours and 3 ...

A Beechcraft King Air 350 on the runway

Beechcraft King Air: Over 60 Million Flight Hours and Counting

The Beechcraft King Air Still Reigns Supreme After 50 Years “Sorry, I ...

Struck by Lightning on Approach to Dallas

We were struck by lightning on approach to Dallas, in a snowstorm, ...

Photo of airline pilots in a hypoberic chamber - aviation medicine

Aviation Medicine: Surprising Long Term Health Risks to Pilots

Anyone that leaves the earth for more than a few flights per ...