Going There: Flying the Grand Canyon
January 14, 2022
The Grand Canyon has attracted people for twelve millennia, from Paleoindian hunter-gatherers during the last ice age through Puebloan civilizations a thousand years ago, the indigenous Southwest peoples, naturalists andREAD MORE
HAI Salute to Excellence Communications Award
January 11, 2022
Alexandria, Virginia (January 10, 2022) – Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to announce Helicopter Life Editor Georgina Hunter-Jones as the recipient of the Salute to Excellence Communications Award. TheREAD MORE
Landing There: STOLing in the Alps
January 7, 2022
Welcome to “Landing There,” the blog series where we talk to pilots who regularly land in remote places, and get their recommendations, perspectives, and tips about unusual landing sites. InREAD MORE
Landing There: The Freedom of Backcountry Flying
December 14, 2021
Welcome to “Landing There,” the blog series where we talk to pilots who regularly land in remote places and learn their recommendations, perspective, and tips about unusual landing sites. InREAD MORE
Landing There: Touching Down on The Beach and Avoiding Polar Bears
December 7, 2021
Every pilot has to be ready to handle an off-airport landing in case of an emergency. But for many general aviation pilots, off-airport and off-airstrip landings are a job, anREAD MORE
Dispelling The Myth: ANR Blocks Engine Noise
December 3, 2021
Every experienced pilot is tuned to the sounds of their aircraft, what’s normal and what’s not. An unusual sound can be the first warning that something is wrong, sometimes evenREAD MORE
Aviation No Tie Downs: The pilots who walked away from the Miracle on Mt. St. Helens
November 9, 2021
Episode 4 If you’ve watched the previous Aviation No Tie Down stories about the two pilots who crashed in the Pacific Northwest and walked away to tell their story, youREAD MORE
Lightspeed Running for a Cause
October 29, 2021
Lightspeed recently had the opportunity to participate in Southern Timing Foundation’s Run the Runway 5K event in Florida. This special event was established to help support education through exploration viaREAD MORE
Aviation No Tie Downs: The rescue, community support and lessons learned
October 28, 2021
Episode 3 In this third episode about Truman and Craig’s crash, join Executive Vice President and Aviation No Tie Downs host, Teresa De Mers, as she learns what happened withREAD MORE
Aviation No Tie Downs: Fly it through the crash and survival lessons
October 25, 2021
Episode 2 We pick up our story as the pilots’ plane rests right above the forest floor and learn what steps they took to guarantee their survival following their crash.READ MORE
Aviation No Tie Downs: We’re going to put it in the trees
October 18, 2021
Episode 1 In the Spring of 2021, Truman O’Brien and Craig Beles, two pilots from Vashon Island, WA experienced what pilots prepare for and fear the most – a crashREAD MORE
Going There: Flying Over Niagara Falls
September 17, 2021
For our second installment of “Going There—the blog series where we present the how-to’s and highlights of flights to amazing places—we talked to pilot and aviation YouTuber Kevin Thornton, aboutREAD MORE