I recently had the opportunity to take my four boys ages 17-25 with me to Alaska for a big-time adventure/vacation that we had planned for a while. Unbeknownst to myself at the time, Alaska would provide a perfect backdrop for combining...
One of the first questions I toss out to a prospective flight student is, “Why do you want to learn to fly?” These getting-acquainted sessions are simply back-and-forth information swaps, providing the potential learner a chance to size me up, as...
My conflicted relationship with Cape Cod dates to the 1970s when my family spent a series of summer vacations there. Mom and Dad would cram me, my two older sisters, the dog, and all manner of beach toys into the family...
Pat Ackerman wants pilots to fly more. “I think that one of the biggest travesties that I see in general aviation is that people spend the time and money to get a pilot certificate and then not fly on a regular...
Barbie Brunson has been involved with nearly all of the operations at Hicks Airfield (T67) since first learning to fly there in the early 1990s. As Brunson recounts, she has worn “a lot of hats” over the years. One of the...
