Category: Flying

FLIGHT OF THE MONTH: Veteran’s Day at The Pik-N-Pig

December 8, 2015

November’s flight-of-the-month found Connie and me flying to Gilliam-McConnell Airfield in Carthage, North Carolina on the 11th. We picked this airport for the pork barbecue restaurant located right on the field, the Pik-N-Pig, but found much more on our little Veteran’s Day adventure. A mere 22 nautical miles from Raleigh Executive Jetport (KTTA) near Sanford, … More FLIGHT OF THE MONTH: Veteran’s Day at The Pik-N-Pig

HURRICANE GENESIS: A science review by Mark Betancourt in Air & Space Smithsonian

September 1, 2015

I’ve enjoyed Air & Space magazine for years, but an in-depth article by Mark Betancourt in the August 2015 issue goes above and beyond. I expect informative technology reviews and personal interest articles sating my inborn curiosity in aviation and space developments, but this story is one of the best science reviews I’ve read in … More HURRICANE GENESIS: A science review by Mark Betancourt in Air & Space Smithsonian

AIRSPACE CROWDING

June 4, 2015

As a general aviation pilot, a story about increasing conflicts among fliers sharing the skies overhead carries an intrinsic interest with a safety overtone. As a biologist and a birder, realizing the story is about wildlife-human aerial interactions awakens quite a different interest, still with a safety overtone. Sergio Lambertucci, a wildlife ecologist at the … More AIRSPACE CROWDING

AVIATION: The Invisible Highway – a review of the trailer!

November 15, 2014

There’s a new documentary coming out next year called, Aviation: The Invisible Highway. The trailer claims that…“When airplanes were invented, their purpose was simple, to take us faster and farther.” I disagree. Airplanes were invented because people wanted to go up into the air. They wanted to fly above the ground. They wanted to see … More AVIATION: The Invisible Highway – a review of the trailer!