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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.

John Peltier

John has been an aviation enthusiast since the age of ten. After countless hours in front of the flight simulator on the family computer, he finally earned his fixed-wing license right before joining the Air Force. There, served as an F-15E Instructor Weapon Systems Officer for ten years, obtaining 1,600 flight hours over two deployments to Afghanistan and well over 100 combat missions flying Close Air Support. Once in the civilian world, John made the leap to helicopters, going all the way through CFI-I in the unforgiving flight training environment presented by the mountains around Lake Tahoe. John is an avid backpacker, sailor, and photographer; follow his non-flying adventures on his website, by clicking the button below.
Cessna T303 Crusader on Runway

The Light Twin Cessna T303 Crusader

The Cessna T303 Crusader: Cessna’s Answer to Beech and Pipers Twin Trainers ...

Amelia Earhart with her Lockheed Electra - Will New Expeditions Solve The Amelia Earhart Disappearance?

Will New Expeditions Solve The Amelia Earhart Disappearance?

Is Nikumaroro Island the Location of the Amelia Earhart Disappearance? Of all ...

Robinson R66 Helicopter in flight

Robinson R66 Helicopter

The Robinson R66 Helicopter’s Turbine Engine Brings the Power If there’s one ...

The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer - The Final Flight of Aviation Record Breaker Steve Fossett

The Final Flight of Aviation Record Breaker Steve Fossett

Remembering Aviator and Adventurer Steve Fossett Most adventurers would agree that it’s ...

A Bell 206 JetRanger Flying

Bell 206 JetRanger

Bell 206 JetRanger: The Most Successful Commercial Helicopter Ever Produced It’s probably ...

Cessna 340 In flight above the clouds

Cessna 340

The Cessna 340: One Of General Aviation’s Most Popular Pressurized Twins Featured ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, or A-10 Warthog, in flight above the Afghanistan desert

A-10 Warthog: The Close Air Support Specialist

The Call of the A-10 Warthog The A-10 Warthog. Combat ground troops ...

Robinson R44 Helicopter in flight by the shore of a lake

Robinson R44 Helicopter

The Robinson R44 Helicopter: The Top Piston Helicopter Available The Robinson R44 ...

How Much Do You Really Know About Hypoxia?

What is Hypoxia, and What Causes It? True or False: As a ...

Scaled Composites Proteus Aircraft in flight

How Dick Rutan and Burt Rutan Changed Aviation

The Legacy of the Rutan Brothers Nearly a century after the Wright ...