Surviving a mid-air

I’m writing this story four days prior to the one-year anniversary of my midair collision on December 27, 2014.

It had been a very VFR day and I was cleared for takeoff from Runway 31 at KLNS (Class D) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, returning to my home base KDMW…

Concorde adventures: time spent with the most extraordinary airplane ever

Editor’s Note: Richard Collins is looking back through his decades of logbooks and sharing his thoughts about memorable flights. It may surprise some that the first of these important flights was not in…

Logbooks: a long and wonderful flight, with beginning turbulence…

Date: 04/09/1979 – 09/17/2007

Aircraft Make & Model: Cessna P210N

Aircraft Ident.: N40RC

Letter to myself as a young student pilot — lessons learned after 20 years of flying

I’m certainly not the world’s most experienced pilot and I’m not facing a terminal illness, so it may seem an odd time for reflections about the meaning of life and all that. But this…

What controversy? 5 debates new pilots don’t understand

Pilots love a good debate. This may be the only thing that isn’t controversial in aviation. Enthusiasm for debates doesn’t necessarily make aviation unique; after all, sports fans are famous for their spirited arguments too. What is…

A double tragedy

Colgan Air Flight 3407

Heroes and goats

An embarrassing “emergency” in a jet fighter

I have my pilot’s license — now what?

In January of this year, I was fortunate enough to obtain my instrument rating. I’m a private…

Why you should care about the new Part 23 proposal

There has been a lot of talk lately (perhaps too much?) about aviation issues in Washington: Air Traffic Control privatization, the third class medical, and user fees to name just three. Somewhat obscured by these Capitol Hill battles is a…