Halloween is approaching fast. Here in Austria, the custom has only caught on recently. I wouldn’t even call it a custom. In fact there are many people who are opposed to “importing American culture” and refuse to partake in any …

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I have flown over a quarter of a century by now, and I still don’t feel super comfortable every time I do a checkride with the FAA. I have done more of those than I can count over the years …

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The small GA airport in the town Stefan and I grew up in had this tire testing center right next to it. In addition to a circular track and a sort of race track layout, it also had a long …

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Fortunately, our mom was not a helicopter mom. My brother became a helicopter pilot anyway, so I’m not sure if the correlation hinted at by Jason is actually works that way. I’m very much a fan of letting my kids …

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