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Flying with the family from NYC to visit the grandparents in Maryland yesterday, we popped out of Republic Airport (KFRG) and swung northwest to pick up the Hudson River corridor from north to south and get a view of the City on a beautiful late morning. We’d just spent two days cruising museums, parks and […]

As I was listening to this week’s podcast with Sean Tucker describing his fuel exhaustion incident in California, I got a mild case of the chills when he said “no one is immune.” You can say that again, brother, this coming from a fellow member of the fuel exhaustion club. More on my dumbass experience […]

Forgive me for inserting the Valley Girlism, but I needed it for effect. We are contemplating the larger metaphysical question of whether this annual spring show is in decline, destined for that boneyard occupied by the Reading Airshow and the Bendix Cup Race.I’m raising it here because in the river of e-mail that flows into […]

As the White House photo op fiasco continues to unfold, it looks like it’s going to evolve into a fascinating study of bureaucratic predilection toward secrecy. The question is, who ordered the clampdown?As we’re reporting today, an FAA memo making the rounds shows that one James J. Johnston in the FAA’s security branch wrote a […]

No, make that the entire country to the White House.Monday’s flyover of New York for a photo op of the 747 that serves as Air Force One was the most stunningly stupid decision by a group of adults authorized to use government airplanes that it’s possible to imagine. On a scale of 10 for utter […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. The guys finally make it out of Winnemuca after two days of snow and ice and cross the Sierras back into the Golden State.

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Marc and Paul runnamucca in Winnemucca! That’s in Nevada, by the way – and home of the friendliest FBO on the planet. Good thing, ‘cuz the boys have been snowed in there for […]

Since I’m sure I’m not the only one who thought of it, I will only take part of the blame for the tragic waste that is the pile of rubble in some landfill near Oshkosh that was once the air traffic control tower at Wittman Regional Airport.Oh, by the way, I’m not one of those […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Marc Cook and Paul Bertorelli continue their Sportsman odyssey with a look at this unique aircraft.

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Gearing up for the Sun ‘n Fun extravaganza in Lakeland, Kitplanes editor Marc Cook and AVweb editorial director Paul Bertorelli are motoring around the west in Cook’s Glastar Sportsman visiting companies prior to […]