RV-6 30th anniversary formation and West Coast Ravens at EAA AirVenture
Want to know the coolest thing in the world? Watching your favorite person kick ass achieving a major goal. In my case, …
EAA AirVenture airshow awesomeness
In addition to boasting airplanes everywhere, with arrivals and overflights at all hours, a fantastic feature of AirVenture at Oshkosh is the …
A week wandering aviation Disneyland
Trying to describe EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh to pilots who have never been is hard enough, but whenever I talk about it to non-pilots, …
#100Happy Days: Golden West Air Show
Saturday, June 7 at Golden West Airshow at the Yuba County Airport. I think of it as the unofficial start to air …
#100HappyDays: Conquering crosswind landings
My Saturday flying lesson featured stiff winds–10-15 miles an hour, gusting to 20, at 45 degrees across the runway. When I first …
#100HappyDays: West Coast Ravens, smoke on!
Tank, Slick and Rodoc of the West Coast Ravens smoking up the sky at the West Coast Formation Clinic, April 2014, in …
#100HappyDays: West Coast Formation Clinic 2014
Mr. T leading the ground school for safety and lead pilots at the West Coast Formation Clinic affiliated with the West Coast …
World record 50-ship formation over NASCAR at Phoenix International Raceway
World record 50-ship formation flight over NASCAR to celebrate Phoenix International Raceway’s 50th anniversary. Every pilot is certified to fly formation (“carded” …
A grateful heart: Breathtaking sky views
Breathtaking sky views: Flying over the Rocky Mountains on the way to Denver. In the last 10 days, I’ve traversed the country …
To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 2
Greetings from the desert! Literally, I’m writing from Phoenix today, and also from that desperately dry patch between big aviation events where …