What is Flight-Simply Speaking

by | Apr 13, 2019 | Civil Aviation

We will start with a definition which is often debatable, but I will use the following for a starting point: Flight is the process by which an object moves through an atmosphere (or beyond it, as in the case of spaceflight) without...

Almost Lost My Stinson

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Civil Aviation

A true life story form our friend Glenn H. In April 1968 I pulled my Stinson 108, with a 150 horsepower Franklin engine, out of the hangar and did a preflight inspection. Prior to my solo flight I did a ground run-up checking the magneto’s for appropriate mag...