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Alaskan Weather Resources to Explore
Tom George, AOPA Fall has firmly arrived along with hunting season in most of Alaska. Figuring out if the weather is good enough to fly, while always an important question, becomes a little more critical with the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and whatever else Mother Nature decides to throw at us. Here are a few…
Read MorePrivate Pilot to Flight Instructor
By Wella Jay Dear Grant and Scholarship donors, flight instructors, mentors, family and friends. I am writing to you today with a heart full of gratitude. Your collective mentorship, support, financial backing, cheerleading, words of wisdom, and patience have been the pillars of my journey over the past four years as I’ve pursued my goal…
Read MoreThe Paper Clip and the Propeller
By Bernie Willis How many times can you bend a paperclip before it breaks? Does it matter if it’s a large or small clip? If you bend it fast or slow? What you do know, is that it will break sooner or later. Most of the materials in our aircraft have a fatigue life. That’s…
Read MoreTHE SEASONS ARE A’CHANGING!
By John M. Dahlen How’s that title for demonstrating an amazing grasp of the obvious! After one of the wettest summers on record here in Anchorage, hopefully everyone has gotten their winter supply of salmon, halibut, moose, caribou, garden vegetables, berries, and all the other outdoor groceries we are so blessed to have access to…
Read MoreA Logical Idea That Might Make Your Engine Happier
By William Fell We all know that the soft iron of our engine cylinder walls rusts easily… And after our engines sit through months tied to the ground and not flown, rust accumulation occurs and mostly on the low side of the cylinder wall. Come spring and start up, the rings scrape away the rust…
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