As we all know, “test driving” an aircraft is not the same as test driving a vehicle. You don’t pop down to your local dealership and take out the latest model for 30 mins, to see how it handles and how it feels. 

Trying it on for Size

I am very fortunate to have had many opportunities to fly different aircraft. Often this is because of the distance between the buyer and seller and is done as a service to assist in the movement of the plane to the buyer.

A Delivery Adventure

After the review of thousands of logbook pages, and years of reviewing entries in my own aircraft, I have discovered something. As owners, we do a terrible job of ensuring our logbooks are kept in great shape. I am not pointing fingers, unless you consider the one I am pointing at myself, as I am a culprit of this as much as anyone else.

Logbooks: Setting the record straight

Insurance is fundamentally about providing financial stability, so it is extremely important to have and to understand. This is especially true for those of us in aviation because of our industry’s high severity of losses, and even occasional fatalities.

Aviation Insurance 101: The Basics

We say a sad goodbye to Kathy Wrobel, who has written many excellent articles with valuable advice on purchasing and selling aircraft, as well as aircraft ownership in general.

Farewell

I had sold an aircraft to Europe that was to be shipped in a container, so the other day I went up to a small airport with a small crew to pick up the aircraft, as well as its floats and some other accessories that were to go with it.

When You Can Count on Your Aviation Family!

Aircraft have been stranded, folks struggling to get to where they are going. Some are having close calls, but thankfully so far no incidents. 

Come on World Time to Quit Smoking

What do we see from above? What do pilots see that no one else does?

A Pilot's View

Aviation lore abounds with stories of pilots summarily losing their flight privileges after running afoul of seemingly arbitrary, mysterious medical requirements. And yet, in my opinion, this usually wasn’t really the case.

Ten aeromedical things I wish pilots knew (that most don’t)

The TransCanada Highway crossed below me as I glanced at the Cav's airspeed read out. We eased up through 80 mph with the RPM good and the plane climbing strongly. I smiled to myself and thought for the tenth time that evening how much I love my airplane.

A Cavalier Attitude

Coast Dog Aviation, a well-known western Canadian maintenance organization, recently announced that a Transport Canada supplemental type certificate (ST) had been issued for the installation of a Cessna 206 cargo door modification, which provides a significant increase in safety.

Cessna 206 Quick Exit Door Modification

"When I think about my first article of 2020, where the year seemed so full of hope and great expectations, it seems like a blink of an eye ago and a million years ago all in the same feeling."

The Freedom of Private Aviation Renewed

A Canadian First at Frisian Flag, Aviation Insurance 102: Assessing Your Own Risk - Part 2, 100 Years of Autogyros, an Overview of Ukrainian Armed Forces - Part 2, Aircraft Ownership: Trying it on for Size, the Right of Way for ‘Wrong Way’, Remembering the Pioneers

A Canadian First at Frisian Flag, Aviation Insurance 102: Assessing Your Own Risk, 100 Years of Autogyros, An Overview of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Aircraft Ownership: Trying it on for Size, The Right of Way for ‘Wrong Way’, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - May 2022

An Overview of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Aircraft Ownership: A Delivery Adventure, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Aviation Insurance 102: Assessing Your Own Risk, Adolphe Pégoud - the First Ace, Canada selects the Lockheed Martin F-35, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - April 2022

From the Editor, The World's largest Aircraft Destroyed, The Race to Break the Sound Barrier, Invincible Ivan
Aircraft Ownership, The Mil Mi-8, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - February / March 2022

Boom Supersonic, Aviation Insurance 101: The Basics, The James Webb Space Telescope, Farewell
The Bombing of Japan, Escaping Terra Firma, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - January 2021

Hot Air Balloon Championship, Tiger Meet Turns 60, Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame, Support your future workforce, Grumman’s Fabulous Felines, Aircraft Insurance, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - October 2021

High Flyer Comic, Letter From the Editor, Ready for Fire, Big X: Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, When the Pandemic Moves an Air Show Over Your House, Defending Lima Site 85, New Airbus H145 for Sûreté du Québec, Aviation Insurance, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

Ready for Fire, Big X: Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, When the Pandemic Moves an Air Show Over Your House, Defending Lima Site 85, New Airbus H145 for Sûreté du Québec, Aviation Insurance, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - September 2021

Aviation News, Surviving Spatial Disorientation with ICARUS Devices, A Cavalier Attitude, Workforce Solutions for Aviation and Aerospace, Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame, Aeromedical, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - 30th Anniversary Edition

Aviation News, Air Policing in Romania, Overcoming Training Challenges With Augmented Reality, Sensenich Propellers 18 Royal Black Hawk, Aviation Insurance, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

Aviation News Journal - January-February 2021

Aviation News, Flying with Mission Aviation Fellowship, Pandemic With Pizzazz, Short Stirling Salvage, Rapid Progress in Autonomous Flight, Baccarat 2020 - War in the Mountains, Aircraft Ownership, Remembering the Pioneers

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