It’s 1932 and Amelia Earhart has just completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman, exactly 5 years to the day Linbergh did it. Ms. Earhart departed Newfoundland flying to Europe some 2,000 miles away and landed in a field in Ireland in

Once you learn how to fly an airplane you begin to think about what you can do with an airplane, and learning to fly upside down is one of the first that comes to mind. For the uninitiated Air & Space Magazine published an article titled “How T

Ask most anyone these days who made the first trans-atlantic flight and you will probably be told Lindbergh. The problem is that Lindbergh did NOT accomplish the first trans-atlantic flight – John Alcock and Arthur Brown accomplished the first trans

Tired of those cramped airline seats for that long trip from New York to Los Angeles that never seems to end? Check in two hours before your scheduled departure time in order to get your baggage checked in and through security lines with enough time for a

Whenever an airliner accident happens it receives a lot of news coverage because they tend to cause alarm amongst the general population. Over the years NTSB investigations into these accidents has resulted in blame being assigned to the pilots more often

Over time there have been a number of aircraft accidents that changed aviation history, and those accidents have lead to important improvements in aviation safety. Today, accidents by commercial passenger jet aircraft are very rare, and airline travel saf

As we conclude our conversation about aviation insurance, I am interviewing Sandra Parks, CISR (Sandi) who works for Velocity Insurance Group, LLC in Howell, Michigan. Sandi began her career right out of high school and has been working in the aviation i

Milton Erdmann, former B-24 Liberator pilot, describes his experiences flying during World War II. I met Milt at a church outing when he sat across from me wearing a B-24 ball cap which, of course, started our conversation. On 9-11-42 while attending Mic

Some time back I met a young woman by the name of Susan Sherman who I hired to write some newsletters for this website. As it turned out, Susan is an airline pilot flying for Horizon Airlines, a regional air carrier out on the West Coast. We finally caug

Today we are talking with Chris Muklevicz, Vice President of Sales at AmSafe Aviation, Inc. AmSafe Aviation is a world leader in aviation seatbelts, aviation cargo restraint systems and the all new Seatbelt Airbag system for general aviation aircraft.