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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.

Exploring the Gyrodyne Craze of the 1950s

The Fairey Rotodyne and Other Gyrodynes: The Original Heliplanes During the years ...

Cessna 172 on the runway - Flight Lesson Journal: Stalls, Slow Flight, and Life

Flight Lesson Journal: Learning About Stalls in Flight and Life

Stalls, Slow Flight, and Life: An Emotional and Physical Roller Coaster [This ...

A Robinson R66 Helicopter in flight

Robinson Celebrates the Delivery of Their 12,000th Helicopter

Robinson Helicopter produced and delivered their first helicopter on 1979. Robinson Helicopter ...

Cessna 172 Cockpit in flight -

Stalls and Spins and the Conditioned Reflex

Pilots need to spend more time practicing recovery from stalls and spins. A ...

An airplane at the Creighton Island airstrip in Georgia

RAF Announces Re-Opening of the Creighton Island Airstrip

The Creighton Island Airstrip offers the ‘best tasting coastal water you’ve ever ...

Fighter aircraft in flight - The Korea Files 3: Charles "Charlie" Ray Spath, or Charlie Spath

The Korea Files 3: Charles ‘Charlie’ Ray Spath

Remembering Charlie Spath, Green 4, Lost in the Iron Triangle This article ...

Belite Pipper aircraft kit, wing component

Two Seat Belite Pipper Aircraft Kits Announced

The first Belite Pipper flight is scheduled for Spring 2017. Belite Aircraft ...

Sonex Xenos B-model Aircraft Kit cockpit

Sonex Adds New Features to Xenos B-Model Motorglider

Sonex expects shipments of Xenos B-Model kits to start in March 2017. ...

A mock up image of the Spike S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet

First Flight for Supersonic Jet Prototype Expected By Summer 2017

The Spike S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet is expected to be brought to market ...

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin Parasite Fighter attached to mothership

Parasite Fighters: 40 Years Were Spent Trying To Make Them Work

Some plane concepts, like parasite fighters, never really take off. During the ...