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Written by Canadian Aviator Editorial Staff
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Walkaround The military tradeoff Airmail Pilot shenanigans Waypoints Planes, products and news Gear and Gadgets Eight product reviews North of Sixty A day at a northern airport | Vectors Keeping numbers straight Pep Talk Oil basics Eye On The Sky Information at your fingertips Tales From The Lakeview The indomitable Moth There I Was First Air Force flight Flightbag Branden’s Blog, Quiz, Crossword | |
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Editor's Note - The Military Trade-Off |
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Written by Russ Niles
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I’ve written before about the archaic “system” that flings young, inexperience pilots into some of the most demanding and exhausting flying anywhere so they can “pay their dues.” It’s like taking a rookie construction worker and putting him or her in charge of a skyscraper. I’m also naturally concerned about my son, the Air Force pilot. What I can’t sort out in my own mind is whether he’ll be safer as a military pilot in the future than he would have been in the past. |
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Written by Grant Sheppard
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Canadian pilots fought and died in the Pacific during the Second World War, but they’ve been largely ignored. Veterans speak out about why their efforts have gone unheralded. |
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Written by Bill Inglee
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What happens when you ask a bunch of journalists to design, build and fly an aircraft? The Red Bull Flug Tag event answers that question with some carefully crafted belly flops. |
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