“You’re a bright boy…. You’ll go far…”
Those were William Shatner’s words to me as the two of us returned to LA aboard a Cessna twin which had been hired by our boss, the producer of the…
Those were William Shatner’s words to me as the two of us returned to LA aboard a Cessna twin which had been hired by our boss, the producer of the…
"By the way, since this article was written, my pall Jamie Klaes has not only become a flight instructor, but she is now in charge of a program to teach indigenous kids from villages all over Alaska to fly. A better person could not have been found".
I guess I’ve spent a lot of time over the years either driving or flying along Hwy 20 as it passes alongside the Malhuer River in Oregon. I’d had an…
It was back when I was in the airshow biz. I was on my way to an airshow in Ontario, Oregon. Since it was fairly close, I was flying my…
I was this guy’s first flight instructor and soloed him. On his first solo he proved that he had the correct instinct when he made a low pass on one wheel. He went on to become the Commanding officer of an FA-18 Squadron on an Aircraft carrier.
It has occurred to me that, not only do I say some rather unflattering things about the Acme flying school, but such statements may cause those who learned from Acme to feel bad. Trust me, that is not my intent.
I was prompted to write this article because of one applicant with whom I recently flew. It seems that until he flew the tailwheel endorsement course, he suffered from a bad coordination habit and no one thought to correct it.
I’ll bet THAT title surprised you. The ol’ curmudgeon claiming that the Acme Flying School’s training is GOOD? Well, sure, and, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’ll let you in on my thinking.
There may be no better symbol of how flight training is conducted than the old debate about what controls speed and what controls altitude.
Written in July, 2019 All of us who fly are indebted to our flight instructors. There are good ones and not so good ones. But they guide their students…