Upon realizing that it is 10 pm and I didn't post anything for the day, I thought I would put up a quick note regarding an interesting challenge bracket AOPA have put together. Today is the day to vote on the quarter-finals of the AOPA Favorite Aircraft Challenge. Tomorrow and Saturday will decide the semi-finals,... Read more »

BAE Systems have added another item to the long list of items that they have produced for the F-35 Lightning II, otherwise known as the Joint Strike Fighter--a new ejection seat. The seats will be installed in all F-35s. For interested parties, they've put the new system through a very rigorous barrage of tests and... Read more »

I get the Flightaware email newsletter and periodically it includes images of aircraft that strike a particular chord with me. Recently, I was presented with a rather interesting looking aircraft. It was a tilt-rotor, like an V-22 Osprey, but obviously civil. It reminded me a bit of a Citation with tilt-rotors instead of jets. It... Read more »

Late in my training my flight school transferred some aircraft to another location and picked up a new 2-place composite trainer, a DA20-C1 Eclipse. It is a slick looking little plane. I new that once I'd completed my check-ride I wanted to get checked out in the DA20, especially considering the new difficulty in getting... Read more »

I'd like to begin this post by asking a question. How many people would like to be taken from your vehicle at gunpoint, handcuffed and detained because several years ago someone stole a car with a license plate number that matches the one the state just assigned your new car? I don't imagine very many... Read more »