by Marcia Winborne-Graven As long as I can remember, many family members such as my mother and dad’s brothers and sisters, lived in remote areas in states such as Montana and North Dakota. As some...
Building My Dream I have a dream…a dream about the future of travel. This future sees a time when travel is safer, faster and far more convenient. As of this writing (late 2018), we are right on the...
As I write this, I'm reflecting on AirVenture, the annual week-long celebration of all things aviation which is held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For 2017, innovation was one of the main threads running...
Introduction Major market forces appear to be pushing the US towards higher utilization of airborne traffic in many sectors: package delivery, mapping, resource management, emergency services, and...
A friend recently sent me a link to a feature article listing the top 10 "flying cars". As I read through the list, I was struck by the extent to which most of these (and the majority of the entries...
Perhaps you haven’t realized it, but we travelers have a new contact sport. Airline Travel! It used to be more relaxing and even enjoyable to fly commercially. You certainly didn’t have to risk...
With the new year upon us, I found myself reflecting on flying and on being a pilot. To be honest, it takes some work to become a pilot. This shows in the statistics, since less than 1% of the US...
A pilot friend of mine introduced me to the concept of ‘Get-there-itis’. It is a made up term for a condition where a private pilot has a very strong desire to get to their destination, which may...