“We’re going to be in the Hudson.” It was Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger announcing they were going to dead stick US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River. It is a story most of us are ...
In May 2022, an air-traffic controller in Florida received a frantic call. The pilot of a single-engine Cessna 208 had collapsed, leaving the sole passenger—with no experience at all flying a plane—to ...
Confidence is one of those attributes a pilot must have in just the right amount. Too much makes you the poster child for hazardous attitudes. Too little, and your training can stretch out, despite ...
There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...
Marie Ronny and Kyan Bovee expect their futures to take off. Literally. The Black teens from Detroit are part of a free program teaching young people how to fly while exposing them to careers in ...
It's possible to become a U.S. certified pilot in just 12 days. With the help of certified flight instructor Etian Contreras, left, Matt Sloane, right, earned a special light sport pilot certificate, ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — There is a popular way of learning to fly but it has nothing to do with an airplane. Paramotoring is where a motor is strapped to a pilot’s back — like a backpack — along with a ...