March is upon us and Patrick’s Day is never far from an Irishman’s mind in this month. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and his holiday, a religious one in Ireland, is celebrated with a touch more alcoholic abandon…

Doesn’t that sound dreadful? “Be it so resolved … .” Sounds like a political statement, don’t it? The beginning of another needless law. And, considering the horrors of the 2016 presidential campaign, the choices, the outcome, do we really want…

Our flying club suffered a mid-air in mid August, 2015, and 5 people died. I’m not writing about the events – no one will know what really happened until many months have passed, and, even then, we may never know…

Once we achieve our private pilot certificates – nearly overwhelmed by the hours of practice that’s required, not to mention the money spent – we tend not to practice landings, or maneuvers like slow flight, very often. After all, we…

I learned a big time lesson last month. I’ve been flying since 1975, instructing since 1998, and you’d think in all that time that I’d learn how to fly slow … and teach people how to fly slow. And I…

By Kris Lichter and Glenn Daly Kris: One of the things you learn about pilots as you become one yourself is that there are different strokes for different folks. Some people live to fly high and fast, others love cruising…

This is going to sound self-serving – and it probably is – but there is a point. No … really. It happens sometimes that a student chooses not to fly with me because my rates are higher than most instructors…

Ah, the New Year: bad hangovers and worse resolutions. Ideally, if you suffered the one, you haven’t vowed to eliminate the source of the other. Pain fades and hangar flying sessions are always fueled by adult beverages. Why add the…