A Tale of Two Plane Crashes

Hard Times and Not-So-Great Expectations in a Very Dickensian Aircraft Incident

Down and Out in a Piper Apache

Stuck in the air in a wounded airplane, with a crash-landing imminent, a pilot reflects on Orwell’s “power of facing unpleasant facts.”

When a daughter struggles with self-esteem, a dad quietly boosts her out of the nest.

Flying Lessons: How to Appear Calm While Crashing a Small Plane

What would an airplane have to say about the horrors of 9/11? About being used to do supreme evil? A fictional take on that question.

A remembrance of my hero, Ellen Johnson, most flyingest flyer in all the world.

Revisiting an article from long ago, about a flying trip to Cedar Key and a flying airboat ride we’ll never forget.

A brief paean to pioneering aviatrixes