• November 2025 Issue, On Final
• October 2025 Issue, On Final
Boost pumps on. Mixture rich, then cut off. “Clear left,” I yelled out the storm window. The PBaron’s Continental engine on the left...
• On Final, September 2025 Issue • 2 Comments
“How do you get in?” That’s the first thing Patty said to me when she saw the PBaron. It had been decades since she flew in the right...
• August 2025 Issue, On Final • One Comment
• July 2025 Issue, On Final
We often think of wind in terms of crosswind components. Some airframes have specific limitations, say 30 knots. Some have...
• June 2025 Issue, On Final • One Comment
It had been 18 months since I piloted an airplane by myself. And this one was very different than my Citation Mustang. Six power levers...
• May 2025 Issue, On Final
• April 2025 Issue, On Final • One Comment
“Mixtures, props, and throttles firewalled. Pitch to put the nose on the horizon. Step on the rudder to stop the yaw and keep the nose...
• March 2025 Issue, On Final
Reprinted from May 2011 Airplanes can take us to new destinations, on around-the-world adventures, and sometimes to downright embarrassing...
• February 2025 Issue, On Final • One Comment
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