Friday Flyday: A dinner run to Faro, Portugal
A weekend excursion quickly turned into 14 hours on the ground in Faro, Portugal. Just enough time for a delicious dinner and exploring the neighborhood...
Flying
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Friday Flyday: Taking the CS100 for a spin
What's it like flying in the Bombardier CSeries CS100? The plane was on static display during the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2016 but jut...
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Quick Take: Solar Impulse completes Pacific crossing
Another incredible milestone for solar-powered flight. Records keep toppling as this airplane makes its trip around the globe. I'm in awe of the engineering and...
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Just how far away is that??
The world is shrinking. Okay, not really - the size is more or less the same as it was a hundred years ago. But looking...
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Friday Flyday: Flying over Portland in a Grumman Albatross
Just another day of work, riding in a 60+ year old flying boat at low altitudes over the Willamette River Valley. An incredible experience learning...
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Chasing the Megabits: On the First JetBlue E190 with FlyFi
Just another 4:30am alarm clock, set to go make and adventure in air world. This time it was chasing down the first FlyFi wifi flight...
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‘Negative. . .A Door Flew Off the Aircraft’
A group of five passengers got quite a surprise in early August when the door to their Cessna Citation (N506UP) "flew off" the plane as...
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Some interesting new routes announced this week
Some of these make sense to me, some not so much. All are new routes announced in the past week or so.
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Friday Flyday: Flight deck view St. Maarten to St. Barth’s and back
Come along for the ride from St. Maarten (SXM) to St. Barth's (SBH) and back on a Winair Twin Otter. Flight deck views are always...
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Another setback for Republic Airways
The pilot union at Republic Airways declined to put the "Last, Best and Final Offer" for a new contract to a vote. Bankruptcy reorganization may...