Delta’s Flight #60 from Rio was cleared to land on runway 27R at approximately 06:00 October 20. The 767 inadvertently landed on a parallel taxiway. It is just pure luck it wasn’t a disaster.

I was standing at the counter for gate 11 in the Atlanta airport when a tall, strapping man in his late fifties approached me. Out of the corner of my eye I could see he was holding a large bible.

Who is lobbying Congress to water down the training and experience requirements for Airline Pilots?

As of this posting, Captain Sully and his First Officer, Jeff Skiles, are in the air on the same flight as the one that ended up in the Hudson River.

I remember 9/11 very vividly. For me, it was very personal: an aircraft from my airline (American), crashed into the Pentagon, killing an old friend and squadron mate—Commander Daniel “Spike” Shanower, a great guy and a great Intel Officer. I sat with my son, Leland (III) a couple of days later; he was 15 and [...]

AeroMexico Flight 576 was hijacked after leaving Cancun today. Unable to gain access to the cockpit the hijacking ended in Mexico City when Federal Agents re-took the aircraft. All 104 passengers were freed an hour after landing. Apparently the 5 hijackers were Bolivian Nationals seeking an audience with the President of Mexico.

On July 7th, 1944 1st Lt. Bernerd Harding was leading 9 other B-24 Liberators of the 859th squadron, on a combat mission over Germany. The 25 year old flight leader crossed the target framed by flak, dropped his bombs and turned his flight to the egress heading. Their fighter escort was called away to aid [...]

Douglass Corporation model 3 is the quintessential airliner and not just for the 1930’s and 1940’s, it remains one of the most recognizable aircraft today. The DC-3 was the first reliable and economically feasible aircraft the airlines flew. It ushered in the expansion of the world’s airlines in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Rugged [...]

The latest edition of the Flight Journal magazine has a picture of me and two buds in old F-4 Phantoms. I opened it up and was surprised to see a blast from the past; three F-4 Phantoms from VX-30, in column formation. I’m in the lead, Steve “Icky” Crane is dash two and Rich “Mink” [...]